"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Researchers find problems with purity of imported olive oil

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:41 PM PDT

The food fight over the purity of extra virgin olive oil has boiled up again.

Daley feeds $50 million into parking meter reserve account

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:51 PM PDT

Thanks to more money coming in than anticipated, the city will put $50 million back into an account created when Mayor Richard Daley leased Chicago's parking meters.

Suicides and a bad economy go hand in hand

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Everyone is familiar with stories of businessmen jumping to their deaths from window ledges during the Great Depression. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that those stories, sometimes viewed as apocryphal, have a strong basis in fact: The rate of suicides rises during times of economic hardship and declines in periods of prosperity.

Obama kicks off fundraising visit

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrived in Chicago this evening to raise funds for his re-election campaign. His plans included two private fundraisers — at N9NE and MK Chicago restaurants — and an event at Navy Pier.

City refills parking meter reserve fund

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Drive-by in Little Village leaves teen dead

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot this afternoon in a drive-by shooting in the city's Little Village neighborhood, authorities said.

Death risked U. of C.'s Medicare funds

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:09 PM PDT

The government threatened to strip Medicare money from University of Chicago Medical Center after an error contributed to the death of Chicago Sun-Times Chairman James Tyree. The U. of C. says its participation in Medicare is "intact."

House passes government funding bill

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:00 PM PDT

The House has approved a bipartisan plan to fund the government for the rest of year, the first step in sealing the deal that averted a government shutdown.

Tyree death put U of C's Medicare funding at risk

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Cops: Lakeview woman suffocated 8-month-old son

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 11:38 AM PDT

A Lakeview mother who was reportedly suffering from severe postpartum depression has been charged with first-degree murder in the suffocation death of her 8-month-old son earlier this year.

Education changes pick up steam in Illinois Senate

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:05 PM PDT

CHA relocations: City, not suburbs

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 11:37 AM PDT

A report by the Chicago Housing Authority released today shows that most families from demolished high-rise developments such as Cabrini-Green (pictured) have been relocated within the city, with only a handful in the suburbs.

Suspect held in Oak Brook slaying

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:15 PM PDT

A man is accused of fatally shooting his former girlfriend in an Oak Brook parking lot after tracking her with a GPS device glued to her car — and after researching Illinois law on the death penalty, prosecutors said today.

CHA: Most high-rise families relocated within city

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 11:37 AM PDT

A report by the Chicago Housing Authority released today shows that most families from the demolished high-rise developments have been relocated within the city, with only a handful in the suburbs.

Steel coil creates mess on I-80 entrance ramp

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:58 AM PDT

A steel coil that wasn't secured properly fell off a flat-bed truck this morning, causing two semis to hit the coil and a two-hour closure of two lanes of the ramp from north I-65 to west I-80 in northwest Indiana.

Gambling regulator leaves post to return to judgeship position

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:25 AM PDT

Teen gets 40 years for killing sister, 4

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:47 PM PDT

Nineteen-year-old Keith Randulich was sentenced to 40 years in prison this morning for stabbing to death his 4-year-old sister with a steak knife.

Report says working Americans more prone to suicide

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:19 AM PDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Suicides in the United States ebb and flow with the economy, rising in bad times and falling in good, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

1,700 counterfeit driver's licenses seized at O'Hare

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT

Customs agents at O'Hare International Airport have seized more than 1,700 "high quality" counterfeit driver's licenses that have been shipped from China this year.

Parents of tipsy toddler sue over drink mixup

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:17 AM PDT