"Chicago Tribune" Reader


"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 05:57 PM PDT
Federal officials think obscure addressees of abortive bomb plot part of message from al-Qaida

While Chicago synagogues may not have been the principal target of last week's foiled bomb plot, U.S. officials now think the addresses of those synagogues were used in an attempt to magnify the emotional effects of the attack and may represent a message from al-Qaida.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 06:15 PM PDT
Cook ballots help Bean, but GOP's Walsh says lead is safe

Democratic U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean shaved Republican challenger Joe Walsh's already-thin lead during absentee ballot counting Thursday in suburban Cook County, but the GOP upstart said his advantage is insurmountable.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 05:47 PM PDT
Gay and lesbian organization says it is in dire financial shape, blames mismanagement of grant money

The alleged mismanagement of millions of dollars in grant money associated with a decades-long study of HIV-positive and HIV-negative men has left the Howard Brown Health Center, one of the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health care organizations, in dire financial shape, officials said Thursday.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:30 PM PDT
1st to win World Series in both leagues managing Reds and Tigers

Sparky Anderson, baseball's first manager to lead teams from both the National and American leagues to World Series titles, died Thursday at 76.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:45 PM PDT
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:07 PM PDT
The historic main building at the former Michael Reese Hospital, the one structure city officials had promised to save, will be demolished, officials said today. In tearing down the former hospital campus as part of his Olympic plan, Mayor Daley had promised this building would stay.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:42 AM PDT
United Airlines today unveiled a newly painted plane at O'Hare commemorating the 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The Boeing 757's tail is blue with Winfrey's signature, with the words "The Farewell Season" painted on the fuselage.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:24 PM PDT
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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:11 PM PDT
MUMBAI, India (AP) — A Delta flight landed at Mumbai on Thursday night after suspicious cargo was reported on board. All the passengers got off safely but the airport was on high alert.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PDT
The Dorsey High standout was the first baseball manager to lead teams from both the National and American leagues to World Series titles. He began in the majors by guiding a young Cincinnati team to become the Big Red Machine in the 1970s.

The Dorsey High standout was the first baseball manager to lead teams from both the National and American leagues to World Series titles. He began in the majors by guiding a young Cincinnati team to become the Big Red Machine in the 1970s.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:33 AM PDT
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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:26 AM PDT
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson has died. He was 76.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:02 AM PDT
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:28 AM PDT
'It's not just going to be a photo op,' President Obama says after inviting top Republican and Democratic members of Congress to the White House.

Two days after voters soundly chastised his party, President Obama on Thursday invited Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to the White House in the hopes, he said, of getting all sides to work together on the nation's problems.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:22 PM PDT
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn today said he feels "elated" about his more than 19,500-vote lead, but did not call on Republican challenger Bill Brady to concede defeat. "Who wouldn't be (elated)?" Quinn said while getting lunch at Manny's, a traditional photo op hangout for politicians.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:55 AM PDT
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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:05 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A special type of CT scan can detect lung cancer early enough to save some lives, the National Cancer Institute announced Thursday — the first evidence that a screening test may help fight the nation's top cancer killer.