"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Illinois AG opposes ComEd automatic rate hikes

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:20 PM PST

Groupon users revolt against FTD flower deal

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:26 PM PST

Lawsuit: Playboy Mansion not as cheap as Hefner says

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:39 PM PST

Bickering over blizzard ranking

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:18 PM PST

The Blizzard of 2011 is again the No. 3 worst in Chicago history. For a while today, the National Weather Service had downgraded it to No. 4. But after an outcry by meteorologists, the decision was reversed.

At least 38 sickened by carbon monoxide near Elgin >> Video

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:16 PM PST

Former Sox manager Chuck Tanner dies at 82

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:17 PM PST

Details emerge in fatal crash involving Lynwood village clerk

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:05 PM PST

New details emerged today about a deadly crash involving the south suburban Lynwood village clerk who was driving a village car.

Dunes search turns up no sign of missing woman

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:29 PM PST

Searchers working in sub-zero temperatures have been unable to find an Indianapolis woman who disappeared from the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, officials and family members said today.

Blue Island teen dies after root canal surgery >> Video

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 05:09 PM PST

Cook County authorities say a 17-year-old boy from the Chicago suburb of Blue Island died of an infection that developed after he underwent root canal surgery.

CSO's Muti gets pacemaker

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:07 PM PST

While Riccardo Muti continues his recuperation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the finals of his first CSO Sir Georg Solti Conductors Competition and Apprenticeship, which were postponed to Saturday because of the music director's injury and subsequent surgery, have now been postponed indefinitely, according to CSO spokeswoman Raechel Alexander.

Blizzard of '11: No. 3 after all

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:08 PM PST

The Blizzard of 2011 is again the No. 3 worst in Chicago history. For a while today, the National Weather Service had downgraded it to No. 4. But after an outcry by meteorologists, the decision was reversed.

Groupon pulls controversial Tibet spot >> Watch the ad

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:33 AM PST

Ex-Sox exec pleads guilty in kickback scheme

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:05 AM PST

One-time high-ranking White Sox executive David Wilder today pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges that he solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from Latin American prospects hoping to make it in the big leagues.

GM, Chrysler salaried workers to get big bonuses

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:15 AM PST

Egypt explodes in celebration

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST

Fireworks burst over Tahrir Square and Egypt exploded with joy and tears of relief after pro-democracy protesters brought down President Hosni Mubarak with a momentous march on his palaces and state TV.

The Fast Fix: The Conservative Convention (The Newsroom)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:36 AM PST

The Newsroom - The Fast Fix pays a visit to CPAC conference, the influential annual gathering of conservatives in Washington D.C. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix …

CPS taps U. of C. prof as new chief education officer

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 09:38 AM PST

Chicago Public Schools Interim CEO Terry Mazany will announce the appointment this morning of University of Chicago professor Charles Payne as the school system's new chief education officer, according to a source.

Trump still weighing presidential bid >> Video

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 05:15 AM PST

Donald Trump upstages Republican stars at the start of the Conservative Political Action Conference.

It isn't easy to upstage Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich before a crowd of conservatives, but Donald Trump managed to pull it off.

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Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:40 PM PST

Legislator wants to allow corporate ads on license plates — for a price

Illinois residents are used to seeing license plates supporting everything from their college to the Hawks. But one official thinks the state might be able to make some cash by turning some plates into mini billboards.

Winter melt appears around the corner >> Video

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:57 AM PST

For the first time in what seems a long time, today's forecast includes no hazardous weather watches or warnings, no wind chill advisories and, of course, no once-in-decade blizzards. >> Video: Winter blues