"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Man charged in attack on traffic aide

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:20 PM PST

Maywood man disputed parking ticket in River North, police say

A Maywood man was charged with attacking a female Chicago traffic aide after she had written him a ticket, police said.

Gun pointed at state rep on West Side

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST

A handgun was pointed at the Illinois House's assistant majority leader over the weekend in the city's Heart of Chicago neighborhood.

Illinois expands options for uninsured

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:06 PM PST

New plan for those who've been without insurance for at least 6 months

Illinois has expanded insurance options for people with pre-existing medical conditions, advancing the state's efforts to implement national health reforms passed last year.

Man charged in attack on traffic aide

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:26 PM PST

A Maywood man was charged with attacking a female Traffic Management Authority employee after she had written him a ticket, police said.

Former Tunisia government figures arrested

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 10:34 AM PST

Gunfire erupted in Tunisia's capital Sunday as the interim government prepared to name a new Cabinet free of figures linked to the deposed president.

Heavy gunfire erupted in the heart of Tunisia's capital Sunday as the army appeared to be closing in on stalwarts of the regime driven from power last week and the interim government prepared to name a new Cabinet free of any major figures linked to deposed President Zine el Abidine ben Ali.

Poll shows opposition to health care law drops

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the health care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided.

Gun pointed at state rep on West Side

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:53 PM PST

The Illinois House's assistant majority leader had a handgun pointed at him in the Lower West Side's Heart of Chicago neighborhood over the weekend.

U of I gets more than $90M for supercomputer

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:11 PM PST

URBANA - The University of Illinois is part of a partnership building a supercomputer that counts for nearly half of the school's funding from the National Science Foundation.

Ted Williams' booming voice and deep trouble

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:47 PM PST

We should have seen the addiction underlying his hard-luck tale.

It was a nice story, and I hope it has a happy ending. But the tale of Homeless Man with the Golden Voice has already lost its fairy-tale patina.

Rep. Giffords' condition is upgraded to serious

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST

The condition of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been upgraded from critical to serious because she is off a ventilator.

Suspected Tucson shooter 'slowly spiraled into madness'

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:51 AM PST

Interviews with friends, law enforcement reports and Jared Lee Loughner's own writings depict a troubled young man who seemed in need of mental health intervention.

The two teenagers were in an old minivan just before midnight, driving through their scrubby neighborhood on the outskirts of Tucson when they were pulled over by sheriff's deputies. The driver and his passenger, Jared Lee Loughner, both smelled strongly of pot. It was the eve of Loughner's 19th birthday. Deputies cited him for possessing drug paraphernalia, his first criminal charge as an adult.

Long time coming: Bears-Packers

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:45 PM PST

The Bears beat the Seahawks 35-24, setting up an epic Soldier Field showdown next Sunday with the Packers for the NFC Championship. The Bears and Packers will meet in the postseason for the first time since 1941.

Cautionary tale of a Facebook hacker

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 06:23 PM PST

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a cautionary tale for users of social-networking sites, a California man has admitted using personal information he gleaned from Facebook to hack into women's e-mail accounts, then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book.

Theriot object of derision at Cubs Convention

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 06:37 PM PST

Former fan favorite irritates some with critical comments he made about team

Once considered the all-American Cub, Ryan Theriot suddenly has morphed into public enemy No. 1 on the North Side.

Man charged with beating ex-landlord with barbecue grill

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 06:35 PM PST

Prosecutors say he used metal leg of barbecue grill as weapon

A Chicago man is charged with beating his former landlord with the metal leg of a barbecue grill.