"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Hawks trying to stay in series

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 01:51 PM PDT

In a season overflowing with must-win contests, this is the most must-win of them all for the Blackhawks, because elimination is a virtual guarantee when faced with a 3-0 series deficit to the Canucks and star goalie Roberto Luongo.

Former Northwestern grad student held in Libya

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 04:28 PM PDT

Among 3 journalists captured by government 2 weeks ago

A former graduate student at Northwestern University reporting on the unrest in Libya is believed to be a captive of the government and has not been seen or heard from in nearly two weeks.

Boy shot while hunting with dad in Wisconsin

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 02:21 PM PDT

JACKSON, Wis. -- Authorities say a boy dressed in camouflage was shot while turkey hunting with his father in Jackson Marsh in southeastern Wisconsin.

Mystery deepens as bodies turn up on Long Island

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 03:08 PM PDT

A search on a rustic barrier island for a missing prostitute has yielded a series of grisly finds pointing to a serial killer, or maybe two. Authorities are stumped, and locals are shaken.

In the summertime, the beaches along Ocean Parkway on Long Island are an American photo album of family picnics, July Fourth fireworks and minivans wedged bumper to bumper. But in the winter, this idyllic place is a windswept wilderness laced with thickets of brush that, it seems, provide the perfect dumping ground for murder.

Iowa collision blocks Chicago-bound Amtrak train

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 02:14 PM PDT

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Chicago-bound coal train rear-ended a train carrying maintenance equipment about an hour outside of Des Moines on Sunday, killing two crew members, shutting down the tracks and upsetting Amtrak service on a train bound for Chicago.

Blackhawks' Scott ready to cause 'chaos'

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:02 AM PDT

The Chicago Blackhawks have gotten serious about creating traffic in front of Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo during Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals.

Former Northwestern grad student detained in Libya

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 04:49 PM PDT

A former graduate student at Northwestern University reporting on the unrest in Libya is believed to be a captive of authorities in the North African country and has not been seen or heard from in nearly two weeks.

45 dead as storms roar across South

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 03:15 PM PDT

A devastating storm system spawned dozens of tornadoes as it barreled from Oklahoma to North Carolina, decimating communities in six states and leaving dozens dead in its wake, almost half in North Carolina.

Facebook cashing in on user data

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 07:34 AM PDT

Super rich see federal taxes drop dramatically

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 01:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Monday's tax filing deadline nears, ponder this: The super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades ago, and nearly half of U.S. households pay no income taxes at all.

Facebook looks to cash in on user data

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Profiles, status updates and messages all include a mother lode of voluntarily provided information. The social media site is using it to help advertisers find exactly who they want to reach. Privacy watchdogs are aghast.

Julee Morrison has been obsessed with Bon Jovi since she was a teenager.

'Principal picks' letters go out to high school applicants

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 02:53 PM PDT

Principals of some of the city's most competitive high schools say they took a second look at high-scoring students who didn't quite make the rising cutoff scores for some Chicago neighborhoods as part of the controversial "principal picks" program.

Son, 3 others charged in killing of Arlington Heights man

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Charges have been filed against four men, including the son, of a slain Arlington Heights man found bound and gagged in his home Thursday.

Maggie Daley hospitalized >> Video

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:30 PM PDT

Chicago's first lady to be in for 'a couple of days,' doctor says

Chicago's first lady Maggie Daley is expected to remain in Northwestern Memorial Hospital for "a couple of days" after being admitted there Saturday morning with what a spokeswoman said was pain in her right leg.

Muti, CSO take New York by storm with 3-hour 'Otello'

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 06:47 AM PDT

You could detect more than a whiff of Muti-envy in the intermission buzz

NEW YORK – Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra came, saw and emphatically conquered.

New thinking: Scrimp on dinner, splurge on brunch

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 06:59 PM PDT

Less costly dining option likely to hold its own with consumers, restaurants

Steak and red wine used to be ideal components of a meal on the town. But in the wake of the recession, lots of consumers are thinking more along the lines of huevos rancheros and a mimosa.