"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Controller error led to O'Hare close call after Biden landed

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:12 PM PDT

An error by a new air-traffic controller is being blamed for a close call between two planes on a converging course at O'Hare International Airport this week, officials said Wednesday.

Bulls-Heat, round 2

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT

The Bulls and Heat are planning no glaring lineup or strategy changes in tonight's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Bulls are looking to go up 2-0 at home before the series shifts to Miami.

Evanston cabbie shot in head dies

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:58 PM PDT

A cab driver who was found shot in the head after his taxi rolled into a parked vehicle earlier this week died this afternoon in an Evanston hospital, officials said.

Planes fly too close at O'Hare; FAA to investigate

Posted: 18 May 2011 04:24 PM PDT

An error by a new air-traffic controller is being blamed for a close call between two planes on a converging course at O'Hare International Airport this week, officials said today.

Allergic food-reaction injection bill sent to Quinn

Posted: 18 May 2011 04:15 PM PDT

The death of a Chicago seventh-grader who suffered an allergic food reaction during a classroom party last year has led to a bill now awaiting the governor's signature that would allow school nurses to administer life-saving epinephrine injections regardless of whether a student has been diagnosed with an allergy.

Should Illinois, neighbors battle for business or work together?

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:44 PM PDT

18-month effort by Paris-based research group to provide roadmap to leverage region's strengths, but state of Indiana isn't supporting the project

Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin are clawing at each other in the battle for corporate investment. So it may seem an odd time to engage in an in-depth study on how the three states can work together as a region to pull itself out of its economic doldrums.

Schwarzenegger sons born days apart

Posted: 18 May 2011 03:51 PM PDT

Arnold Schwarzenegger's son with his housekeeper was born less than a week after Maria Shriver gave birth to another Schwarzenegger son, according to birth records obtained Wednesday by CNN.

Cops remove Ferrara Candy executive from headquarters

Posted: 18 May 2011 03:05 PM PDT

Ferrara Pan Candy Co. called local police last week to have Sal Ferrara II, the company's president and chief operating officer, removed from the premises.

LeBron: Wade no hometown villain

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:27 AM PDT

LeBron James knows how hard it can be to play against the team from your hometown. The former Cavaliers star who spurned Cleveland says Chicago fans will still love Dwyane Wade, who was born in Chicago, even if the Heat beat the Bulls in the Eastern Conference finals.

Search for murder victim on Far South Side finds nothing

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:09 PM PDT

A police search today on the Far South Side for the body of a teenage girl believed to be at least the third victim of a serial killer has ended without searchers finding anything, authorities said.

Cops: Stolen Oprah tickets a hoax

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Chicago police say a Canadian man staged his own beating and robbery after he brought his wife here claiming to have passes to see Oprah Winfrey's farewell TV show tapings, when in fact he never had them.

Air Force One lands safely on 2nd try

Posted: 18 May 2011 11:07 AM PDT

Air Force One had to pull out of its first landing attempt at a Connecticut airport with President Barack Obama on board on today, but landed on its second try. >> Controller error blamed for O'Hare close call

IMF chief's arrest stirs up U.S.-bashing in France

Posted: 18 May 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Many French object to the handling of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest on sexual assault charges. But their reaction may be based less on loathing and more on a vast cultural divide.

It was only a matter of time after the arrest in New York of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges before the America-bashing would begin in France.

Chicago architecture student dies while biking in Ky.

Posted: 18 May 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Police in Kentucky are trying to piece together why a Chicago architecture student struck and killed by a car was riding a bicycle in darkness on an unlit rural highway between Lexington and Frankfort.

Cop accused of tripping, choking teenager

Posted: 18 May 2011 11:09 AM PDT

A Calumet Park police officer tripped and choked a 16-year-old boy during an arrest last year, then covered it up by falsifying police reports, a Cook County prosecutor said in court today.

Libya frees 4 journalists

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:22 AM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya freed four foreign reporters on Wednesday who had been charged with entering the country illegally and said it was hard for its army to distinguish between journalists and people working with rebels.

Gates: 'Somebody' in Pakistan knew bin Laden was there

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believes "somebody" in Pakistan knew Osama bin Laden was hiding there, but there is still no evidence that top leadership in the country was aware.

New college grads earn 10% less than before slump

Posted: 18 May 2011 09:55 AM PDT

College students who graduated in 2009 and 2010 earned 10 percent less than those who entered the job market before the financial crisis, according to a report released Wednesday.

Caribou Coffee to open more stores in Chicago area

Posted: 18 May 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Caribou Coffee is planning to open seven to 10 new coffeehouses in the Chicago area in the next year and increase the number of its stores from 56 to as many as 300 in the next five to 10 years.

Air Force One lands safely after aborted attempt

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:47 AM PDT

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Air Force One with President Barack Obama aboard made an aborted landing attempt at the Windsor Locks, Conn., airport Wednesday before trying again and landing safely, officials said.