"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Daley: We're a 'country of whiners'

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:59 PM PST

Space plane and its secret payload set for launch

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:36 PM PST

The 29-foot-long experimental spacecraft is slated to launch Friday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The craft has piqued the interest of Russia and China.

An experimental robotic space plane developed for the Air Force is slated to launch Friday from Cape Canaveral, fueling an ongoing mystery about its hush-hush payload and overall mission.

Emanuel wants top cop and schools chief by start of term

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:28 PM PST

Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel said Thursday that he hopes to have his City Hall team, including a new police superintendent and Chicago Public Schools chief, lined up when he's sworn in May 16.

Wis. governor says he'll issue layoff notices Friday

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:38 PM PST

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he will start issuing layoff notices to state workers on Friday if his bill calling for them to pay more for their benefits and taking away collective bargaining rights isn't passed by then.

Indiana elections chief charged with voter fraud

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:14 PM PST

Indiana's top elections official was indicted Thursday on voter fraud and other charges for allegedly listing his ex-wife's address as his own on voting and loan forms, and ineligibly serving on a town council, a prosecutor said.

Chicago Marathon registration closes in record time

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PST

Registration for this fall's 34th annual Chicago Marathon has closed in record time this year, with 45,000 people signing up in just 31 days, organizers said today.

NU president criticizes sex toy incident

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:13 AM PST

Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro, left, issued a statement today saying a professor used "extremely poor judgment" in allowing a sex toy demonstration after a psychology class last week. Schapiro said Northwestern is looking into the appropriateness of the demonstration.

Ammunition found outside Wisconsin Capitol

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:05 AM PST

Police say they have found live ammunition scattered on the ground around the Wisconsin Capitol.

Survey finds fewer high school teens, young adults having sex

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:43 PM PST

ATLANTA (AP) — Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less.

Emanuel calls for disclosure on allies' secret campaign fund

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:55 AM PST

Former Glenbard student indicted in rape

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:23 AM PST

A former Glenbard West High School student accused of raping a girl just an hour before he was seriously injured in a car crash last year was indicted in Cook County's Rolling Meadows branch court this morning.

NU president criticizes sex toy incident

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:13 AM PST

Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro said today he is "troubled and disappointed" by the sex toy demonstration on campus last week. The university is investigating the appropriateness of the demonstration, in which about 100 students in a psychology class witnessed a woman using a sex toy.

Judge refuses to halt new health care law

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:53 AM PST

Blackhawks to visit the Obamas

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:13 AM PST

WASHINGTON—The reigning Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks will visit President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House on March 11.

Wisconsin judge nearly ordered protesters out of Capitol

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:35 AM PST

A judge weighing whether state officials overstepped their bounds by restricting protesters' access to the Wisconsin Capitol nearly ordered all the demonstrators out on moments' notice before state and union attorneys talked him out of it.

U.S. wants to know who's in charge of Libyan revolution

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:29 PM PST

U.S. efforts to identify the leaders of Libya's revolution and their long-term goals yield no clear answers. The push comes as the U.S. is trying to determine how to provide humanitarian relief and whether to assist Moammar Kadafi's foes.

The Obama administration has emphatically called for Libyan dictator Moammar Kadafi to step down and has pledged assistance to the rebels seeking to overthrow him.

Will there be football? NFL labor deal to expire tonight

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:15 PM PST

There are no solid indications they are any closer to a deal to replace the current collective bargaining agreement, which expires Thursday night. Both sides tentatively agree to more mediation.

Reporting from Chantilly, Va.

Ex-Hawk enforcer Probert suffered from brain disease

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:42 AM PST

TECUMSEH, Ontario -- Researchers at Boston University found a degenerative disease in brain tissue donated by former NHL enforcer Bob Probert, according to reports in The New York Times and The Globe and Mail in Toronto.

Hillard's return just warm-up for real drama » Video

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:03 PM PST

Speculation begins as potential top cop candidates are sized up

Eight years after he retired as Chicago police superintendent, Terry Hillard returned Wednesday to the South Side headquarters to fill in as the department's interim boss, a day after Jody Weis left office.

Cook Co. rehires cut nurses

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:09 AM PST

Cook County has found other jobs for most of the nurses whose positions were cut at two of its public hospitals.