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"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Armored car heist suspects had robbed together before

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:29 PM PST

Two men police say were involved in a botched armored truck robbery Friday on Chicago's West Side had previously committed similar robberies together nearly 22 years ago, according to records.

Chicago man charged with trying to kill same woman twice

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:41 PM PST

Defendant in hospital as judge denies bail

A 33-year-old Chicago man was in a hospital Sunday as a judge denied him bail, two days after authorities say he made a second attempt to kill the same woman.

Icy casualties of the season

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:41 PM PST

Emergency rooms filling up with casualties of the season

Barbara Brotman: Chicago residents have been doing battle with sidewalk ice, for the past two weeks in particular, filling local ERs with broken bones and bruised ribs.

Red Line stations safe, CTA says

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:40 PM PST

Agency taking suggestions for potential overhaul

Jon Hilkevitch: Red and Purple Line riders can relax. There are no plans for the CTA to close five rail stations. But the agency is in the early stages of soliciting feedback for an overhaul of the north branch of both lines from about Belmont north through Evanston and to Linden in Wilmette.

2006 hero trooper could face prison in gas theft

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:42 PM PST

Trooper who pulled police from burning car accused of stealing gas

An Illinois state trooper honored as a hero for helping rescue an injured Chicago police officer from a burning squad car in 2006 could go to prison and lose his job if convicted of using his state-issued credit card to steal a few hundred bucks of gasoline.

Over 99 percent of south Sudan votes to separate

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 07:12 AM PST

By Jason Benham and Jeremy Clarke

Some Calif. hospitals offer no-wait ER visits for fee

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:42 PM PST

Eight Southern California hospitals have signed up for a system called InQuickER that lets patients pay a fee of $14.99 to $24.99 to set up an appointment online for emergency care. If they're not seen within 15 minutes, they get their money back.

Lakewood Regional Medical Center last week joined a small but growing number of Southern California hospitals that allow patients to make emergency room appointments online. In exchange for a fee, instead of sitting in a waiting room wondering how long they'll have to wait, users can show up at the assigned time with the assurance they will be seen within 15 minutes or get their money back.

William Daley becomes White House's business connection

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:42 PM PST

Former Midwest chairman for JPMorgan Chase expected to influence president's dealings with Wall Street

Who will take over William Daley's usual table at Rosebud?

Armored car heist suspects had robbed together before

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST

Two men police say were involved in a botched armored car robbery on the West Side Friday had previously committed similar robberies together nearly 22 years ago, according to records.

Impromptu: Yo-Yo Ma at a Metra station

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 07:18 AM PST

Yo-Yo Ma makes an impromptu visit to a Metra station in Chicago with his cello.

Blizzard watch issued for Northern Illinois, Indiana

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:43 AM PST

If you thought the East Coast had it bad last week, brace yourself for the huge storm forecast to overtake the Chicago area this week.

Hit-and-run crash cost victim her leg, prosecutors say

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:48 PM PST

$100,000 bail for woman accused of driving onto sidewalk

A Cook County judge ordered a Chicago woman held in lieu of $100,000 bail Saturday on charges that she drove onto a South Side sidewalk and injured a 58-year-old woman waiting for a bus so severely that doctors had to amputate one of her legs.

Steve Chapman: A ban on walking with music?

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:20 PM PST

Distracted pedestrians collide with overreaching politicians

You've had the experience of walking along and negotiating around someone who is walking slowly, weaving or bumping into other pedestrians for an obvious reason: He or she is talking on a cell phone, listening to an iPod or texting on a Blackberry.