"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

City, airlines still talking about O'Hare expansion

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:34 PM PST

Judge delays hearing so sides can hash out financing of O'Hare expansion

After barely speaking for more than a year, officials from Chicago and United and American airlines conducted a second straight day of talks Thursday aimed at settling their differences over financing the final pieces in the expansion of O'Hare International Airport.

Aurora man gets prison after 17th traffic violation

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:27 PM PST

An Aurora man may have beaten two past murder cases filed against him, but he couldn't avoid prison on charges of being a habitual traffic offender.

Apple working on smaller, cheaper iPhone

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:28 PM PST

Arizona sues government on Mexico border security

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:18 PM PST

By David Schwartz

CTA guard accused of assaulting teen

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:32 PM PST

A security guard contracted by the CTA is accused of handcuffing and sexually abusing a teenage boy at an Orange Line station over the weekend.

Allstate homeowner premiums expected to rise

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:33 PM PST

Loop hit-run victim: 'It all happened so fast'

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:15 PM PST

Jean Frederick still isn't sure what made her glance to her left while she and a friend crossed a busy Loop intersection on a green light Tuesday night.

Exelon CEO's pay rises 14%

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST

Park district takes over 'Taste'

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:15 PM PST

This year's Taste of Chicago will be run by the Chicago Park District and will go without "big musical acts," instead incorporating music from four of the city's smaller niche festivals, officials announced today.

Judge approves delay in O'Hare expansion suit

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:46 PM PST

A Cook County judge today approved a five-day delay in hearing the lawsuit that United and American airlines have filed to stop the city of Chicago from borrowing about $1 billion for the expansion of O'Hare International Airport.

Warmer weather by midweek

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:40 AM PST

There's going to be a turn for the better by the weekend. It could reach the middle 30s by Sunday, which would be a nearly 50-degree change for some in the Chicago area.

Tearful Hudson tells Oprah: Still trying to make mom proud

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:59 AM PST

In a tearful interview, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson said she's still trying to make her mother proud, and that's what has kept her going since her mother and two other family members were murdered.

Chicago realty company owners indicted in fraud

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:45 AM PST

Obama lays out plan for wireless Internet expansion

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:35 AM PST

By Jeff Mason

Mubarak refuses to step down

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:35 PM PST

Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei is predicting "Egypt will explode" after President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down and is calling on the military to intervene.

Boy suicide bomber kills 31 in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:25 AM PST

By Fayaz Aziz

CIA expects Mubarak to go today

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:08 AM PST

Egyptian state TV says President Hosni Mubarak will speak to the nation tonight from his palace in Cairo. Egypt's military has proclaimed on national television that it stepped in to "safeguard the country," and in Washington, the CIA chief said there was a "strong likelihood" Mubarak will step down today.

Swedish official to WikiLeaks' Assange: Turn yourself in

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should turn himself in for questioning in a Swedish rape investigation and has no reason to worry about not getting a fair trial, Sweden's justice minister said Thursday.

Harsh winter hard on local wildlife

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:46 PM PST

With lingering deep snow and an arctic chill this week, the worst may be in store for some species of wildlife struggling to find food buried under 20 inches of snow. The longer the snow stays around, the more animals likes quails and squirrels will continue to struggle.

1 dead, 5 missing in after Pa. explosion | Video

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:03 AM PST

Explosion destroys at least two center city homes, sets six on fire, more than 600 people evacuated.

One person has died and five others are missing after a thunderous gas explosion demolished two center city Allentown row homes late Wednesday night and set six neighboring houses ablaze, injuring several residents and forcing more than 600 people from the surrounding city blocks and the Gross Towers senior apartment complex.