"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Rose ready for whatever is thrown his way in playoffs

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:12 PM PDT

If Pacers think they can take Bulls point guard out of his game, they're welcome to try

Fouls aren't called on the asphalt courts at Englewood's Murray Park.

No more passwords under proposed security standard

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:52 PM PDT

Arrests, warrants close big Internet poker sites

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Emanuel spent $800,000 on ballot fight

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel spent roughly $800,000 successfully fighting off an attempt to knock him off the ballot by challenging his residency, a transition aide said today.

Body count from mass graves in Mexico rises to 145

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Sixteen police officers are arrested for allegedly providing cover to drug-cartel gangsters suspected in the slayings. The graves were found near the northern Mexico town of San Fernando, where the arrested officers worked.

The number of bodies pulled from mass graves in northeastern Mexico has risen to 145, officials said Friday, following the arrest of 16 police officers for allegedly providing cover to drug-cartel gangsters suspected in the grisly slayings.

U.S. lifts ban on Metra funds

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:28 PM PDT

As Metra Chairwoman Carole Doris announced her resignation today, she also said that the Federal Transit Administration is lifting its restriction on Metra's access to federal funds because of reforms the agency has implemented.

Arizona may require proof of U.S. birth for candidates

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A bill that makes Arizona the first in the nation to require presidential candidates prove U.S. citizenship has cleared the state Legislature.

More evidence links diabetes, Parkinson's disease

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 09:15 AM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with diabetes may be more likely to also develop Parkinson's disease - and this seems particularly true for younger patients, a new study suggests.

Study: 25% of meat has drug-resistant bacteria

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 09:09 AM PDT

E-book sales top paperbacks for first time

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Police sergeant charged with slapping cuffed man >> Video

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:16 PM PDT

Brutality charges have been filed against a Chicago police sergeant caught on video slapping a handcuffed man who appeared to be complying with police orders, prosecutors said.

Beck: Chicago, commies, progressives

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:34 AM PDT

A grinning Glenn Beck proclaimed from the stage of the Chicago Theatre that Chicago is the nicest city in America. "Now if we could just get rid of all the commies and progressives, we'd be set."

Wisconsin gov: 'Sometimes bipartisanship is not so good'

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defended his school of union hobbling as a route to fiscal discipline to budget-weary Washington, telling a House committee that protracted, nail-biting negotiations in tough economic times can produce inaction and bad policy.

Slain Arlington Heights man was found bound, gagged

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:26 AM PDT

The Arlington Heights man whose death led to a police chase through several northwest suburbs Thursday was found in his home bound to a chair with duct tape and gagged, officials said this morning.

Mom's phone call unanswered as teen lies dead in alley

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 06:10 AM PDT

Vanessa Lopez found the boy propped up against the garage behind her Little Village home, a cellphone ringing at his side.

Stevenson High School kicks Bears' Olsen off field

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 06:41 AM PDT

Greg Olsen took to Twitter on Thursday night to say that a story about him being denied access to a high school football field had been "blown way out of proportion."

Hinsdale housewives poke fun on Facebook

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:25 PM PDT

Borrowing a page from reality TV, Facebook site offers inside look at upscale community

They may not be reality television celebrities, but the housewives of Hinsdale showcased in a new Facebook page are real people — with an edge.

Mitt Romney’s hurdles in 2012: The Fast Fix (The Newsroom)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:09 AM PDT

The Newsroom - Health care? His Mormon religion? What will be Mitt Romney's biggest hurdle in his 2012 presidential campaign? Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix newsletter. …

Motorists beware: Big concrete pour on Wacker Drive today

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 03:48 AM PDT

A caravan of about 125 concrete-mixing trucks this morning began--slightly ahead of schedule-- pouring the first of seven intersections being rebuilt in the Wacker Drive reconstruction project.

Metra chairwoman to step down

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:59 PM PDT

Despite pressure to resign, she's 'not being forced out,' associate says

Carole Doris, Metra's chairwoman since 2005 who steadfastly rebuffed criticism of the agency's board after the pay scandal and suicide of former Executive Director Phil Pagano last year, will step down this month, the Tribune has learned.