"Chicago Tribune" Reader

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Lawsuit blames Norridge amusement park in boy's death

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Amusement park in Norridge accused of negligence

The family of a 3-year-old boy who fell from a ride to his death this month at the Go Bananas amusement park in Norridge filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the park Wednesday.

LIFE slideshow: Chris Hondros – In Memoriam (The Newsroom)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT

The Newsroom - LIFE.com offers some of the last photos Chris made before he was killed -- a graphic record of a man doing a job he loved, and doing it exceptionally well, in circumstances that, too often, were absolutely hellish.

Probation for man in hit-and-run that killed girl, 11

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 02:49 PM PDT

A West Side man was sentenced to four years probation today after pleading guilty in the hit-and-run death of an 11-year-old girl.

War photographers killed in Libya

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:17 PM PDT

Tim Hetherington (on right), a photographer and Oscar-nominated co-director of the documentary "Restrepo," died. Photojournalist Chris Hondros was also killed. Two others were wounded.

Man charged with killing 3 teens

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:28 PM PDT

A Blue Island man accused of killing two 18-year-old women and a 17-year-old girl may be responsible for other murders, officials said today as they called on the public to contact them if they know the suspect or someone who is missing.

Coin toss decides 2 elections >> Video

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:03 PM PDT

With the flip of a recently polished quarter onto a royal blue tablecloth, Green Oaks Village Trustee Patricia Thomas - who said she usually doesn't have such good luck – won re-election. In a rarity, it was one of two elections decided today by coin tosses.

NIU football player who was shot is released from hospital

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:41 PM PDT

DeKALB, Ill. (AP) — A Northern Illinois linebacker has been released from the hospital two weeks after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting.

Obama to attend second-to-last shuttle launch

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 11:47 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to attend the April 29 launch of space shuttle Endeavour, adding even more star power to NASA's second-to-last shuttle launch, according to a White House official.

Taco Bell demands apology after lawsuit withdrawn

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 11:50 AM PDT

Taco Bell has a beef with the law firm that alleged its menu items don't have enough real meat.

Movie director killed in Libya

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Award-winning news photographer Tim Hetherington is killed and three other photojournalists are injured in an explosion in Libya.

Tim Hetherington (on right), a photographer and Oscar-nominated co-director of the documentary "Restrepo," died and three other photojournalists were injured in an explosion.

Preckwinkle unveils $680 million building plan for Cook

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Daley says Maggie is recovering well

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Mayor Richard Daley today said Chicago first lady Maggie Daley will remain active and involved in programs she works on despite Tuesday's surgery to replace a metal rod in her leg.

Jury selection begins in Blagojevich retrial

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:09 AM PDT

Lawsuit blames Norridge amusement park in boy's death

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The family of a 3-year-old boy who died at Norridge amusement park Go Bananas earlier this month filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the park today.

New CPS chief defends record in Rochester: 'I am a reformer'

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Chicago Public Schools' new chief executive Jean-Claude Brizard appeared poised and spoke eloquently this morning in a lengthy and sometimes hostile press conference at his former school district in Rochester, N.Y.

Pay for new deputy mayor: $1

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:50 AM PDT

GOP boss praises 'cheesehead revolution' in Wisconsin

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:30 AM PDT

Color-coded terror threat scale is tossed

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:03 AM PDT

The Department of Homeland Security is replacing its ridiculed five-color alert system with a simple warning on two levels: Elevated threat or imminent threat.

WASHINGTON — The much-lampooned color-coded Department of Homeland Security threat alerts are being replaced with a simpler, two-level system that warns of specific dangers for a defined period of time.

Fire guts ISU frat house

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:51 AM PDT

A fire gutted the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house near Illinois State University's campus, but the men who lived in the two-story building all got out safely.

2 women attacked in Oak Park

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:44 AM PDT

Two more women have been attacked late at night in Oak Park, and police say at least one of the attacks matches a string of recent robberies.