"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Car hits 2 students near Lane Tech; driver also injured

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:50 PM PST

Two students were hurt Wednesday morning in Chicago when a car hit them and crashed into a restaurant near Lane Tech High School, authorities said.

British journal: Study linking vaccine to autism was fraud

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:50 PM PST

LONDON (AP) -- The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved, according to a new report on the widely discredited research.

Gone in 6 minutes: Bull market for Bears playoff tickets

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:34 PM PST

If you were late in firing up your computer Wednesday morning, chances are you didn't score Bears playoff tickets.

Bail set for son accused of stealing dad's police SUV

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST

Anti-U.S. cleric returns to Iraq from exile

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:38 AM PST

It's Muqtada Sadr's first return visit home since 2007. An assistant says the militant religious leader, whose Shiite fighters battled U.S. troops, is in Iraq to stay.

Muqtada Sadr, the cleric whose Shiite fighters battled U.S. troops at the height of Iraq's civil war, returned to the country on Wednesday, an assistant said. It was the militant religious leader's first visit to his homeland since 2007.

Lura Lynn Ryan in intensive care

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:33 PM PST

Lura Lynn Ryan, wife of former Gov. George Ryan, is in intensive care, according to a Ryan attorney. Former Gov. Jim Thompson said Lura Lynn Ryan's condition is "grave" and that an emergency motion has been filed to allow Ryan to be released from prison.

Prisoner left in holding cell 18 hours

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:59 PM PST

In what Husan Smith called "the worst night of my life," he spent nearly 18 hours with his hands cuffed behind his back and no food, water or bathroom facilities, although he was just feet from a Kane County courtroom. The Elgin man was left in a holding cell overnight last month.

Police near Phoenix detain man after standoff at mall

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:17 PM PST

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Arizona evacuated Chandler Fashion Mall Wednesday after undercover officers exchanged gunfire with a robbery suspect. Officers think the shooter is somewhere inside the mall.

Braun declines to discuss tax returns

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:28 AM PST

Mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun today declined to discuss tax returns she released showing she is struggling financially. PDFs: 2008 return | 2009 return

Omaha student shoots, wounds 2 before fatally shooting himself

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:21 PM PST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say that two adults have been wounded in a shooting at a high school in Omaha, Neb.

Alomar, Blyleven elected to baseball Hall of Fame

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:01 AM PST

112th Congress convenes

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:07 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. John Boehner was elected speaker of the House, sealing newfound Republican power-sharing in Congress and drawing the curtain on the history-making Nancy Pelosi era at the helm.

Car hits 2 students near Lane Tech; driver also injured

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:52 PM PST

Starbucks updates logo

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:40 PM PST

The Chicago Way White House

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:00 PM PST

John Kass: It's perfect. Billy Daley goes out to Washington to run Obama's government, and Rahm Emanuel — the guy Billy's been supporting for mayor &#8212 slides in to run Chicago for Billy's brother, Mayor Richard Daley.

John Boehner takes over as House speaker

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:50 AM PST

As the 112th Congress gets underway, John Boehner defeats Nancy Pelosi on a vote of 241 to 173 to take over as House speaker. 'The American people have humbled us,' says the Ohio Republican. In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid calls for a change in filibuster rules.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Boehner was sworn in as the 61st speaker of the House as Republicans took control of the chamber Wednesday. He pledged to make the House "honest, accountable and more responsive" to the needs of the American people.

Avowed neo-Nazi convicted in federal trial

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:57 AM PST

Chicago attorney picked as Michelle Obama aide

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:00 AM PST

Navy Pier to get own board

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:06 PM PST

Bears playoff tickets sell out in 6 minutes

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:25 PM PST