"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Cops release new photo of missing boy

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:55 PM PDT

6-year-old's car seat was at grandmother's

Police on Saturday released a more recent picture of Timmothy Pitzen, the 6-year-old Aurora boy who has been missing since his mother apparently committed suicide inside a Rockford hotel room.

Pfleger returns to St. Sabina

Posted: 21 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

In a twist on biblical symbolism, the flock welcomed the shepherd back into the fold Saturday, as the Rev. Michael Pfleger returned to St. Sabina Catholic Church on Chicago's South Side.

Second Blagojevich trial missing some 'greatest hits'

Posted: 20 May 2011 09:07 PM PDT

Prosecutors' leaner case drops explosive accusations as well as oddball moments

Rod Blagojevich is hands down the sharpest dresser at his corruption retrial. But the current crop of jurors, unlike their predecessors last summer, haven't heard that the former governor stocked his wardrobe with $4,000 hand-tailored suits while complaining he couldn't afford to send his kids to college.

Cops: Uncle killed toddler in Aurora hit-and-run

Posted: 21 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

An Aurora toddler was killed this afternoon when an uncle backed over the child with an SUV on that city's southeast side, officials said.

Week 1: Emanuel hits the ground running

Posted: 20 May 2011 08:03 PM PDT

New mayor busy making good on pledges during Week One

Rahm Emanuel spent his first week as mayor the same way he spent much of his time campaigning for the job — with a focus on money, government reform and economic development.

MJ comparisons unfair to Rose

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Bulls point guard needs to facilitate offense rather than try to take over

For eight seasons and three NBA championships, John Paxson was Michael Jordan's teammate. Paxson drafted Derrick Rose in 2008.

Pfleger returns to St. Sabina

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:34 PM PDT

In a twist on Biblical symbolism, the flock welcomed the shepherd back into the fold today, as the Rev. Michael Pfleger returned to St. Sabina Catholic Church on Chicago's South Side.

Search continues for son of dead woman

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Police today released a more recent picture of Timmothy Pitzen, the 6-year-old Aurora boy who has been missing since his mother apparently committed suicide inside a Rockford hotel room.

Crash ends photo shoot on North Side

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:54 PM PDT

Eight people, including some involved in a photo shoot depicting a wedding party, were injured when a city pickup truck hit a group of pedestrians on the Near North Side this afternoon, officials said.

Missing model's car found in North Branch of Chicago River

Posted: 21 May 2011 03:39 PM PDT

A car belonging to a missing model was pulled from the North Branch of the Chicago River near Goose Island.

Trial to highlight new specialty: Defending alleged terrorists

Posted: 21 May 2011 09:30 AM PDT

As an attorney in the U.S. military, Charlie Swift had already defended more than 50 service members against charges ranging from murder to fraud when he got a call from his bosses in 2003.

Walking away from your mortgage

Posted: 22 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Slight drop in strategic defaults unlikely to last as more people do the math, see they can't recover and make a business decision to walk away from their mortgage, even if it ruins their credit

As more homeowners do the math, they see they can't recover and make a business decision to walk away from their mortgage, even if it ruins their credit.

Heart-valve rings slip through FDA loophole

Posted: 21 May 2011 08:27 AM PDT

Permanently implanted devices OK'd without clinical studies

If you have a faulty heart valve and decide to get it replaced, a surgeon will implant an artificial one that has undergone rigorous examination by the Food and Drug Administration.

Pay soaring for Chicago CEOs: the $10 million-plus list

Posted: 21 May 2011 05:42 PM PDT

The average increase in compensation for top executives at the region's 100 biggest publicly traded companies skyrocketed by 24.5 percent in 2010. See photos of the big winners. >> Read the story

Special section: Oprah Winfrey

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:27 PM PDT

With help from the host herself, a search for answers

Madonna said Oprah Winfrey was her only living female role-model. Dakota Fanning, speaking for a group calling itself The Oprah Show Babies, said Winfrey had been there as a mother, through all their crises of girlhood. . Jada Pinkett Smith used the word "goddess." And Maya Angelou, America's most illustrious living poet, turned her adopted name (she was christened "Orpah," from the Book of Ruth) into a custom-created, populist, onomatopoetic refrain.

Obama grants 8 pardons

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday pardoned eight people convicted of crimes ranging from conspiring to import marijuana to selling alligator hides.

Books: Erik Larson's latest

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT

His literary love affair continues in latest book,

Erik Larson, author of "Devil in the White City," writes another book with a Chicago connection. It's focus is University of Chicago professor William E. Dodd, who was America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany.

Teen killed in Rogers Park

Posted: 20 May 2011 07:17 PM PDT

Omar Estrada set out on his bicycle for the Rogers Park neighborhood to meet friends on Thursday. Hours later the 18-year-old lay dying from a gunshot wound to his head.

House Democrats move to lump together sitting Republicans

Posted: 20 May 2011 07:31 PM PDT

SPRINGFIELD — Hours after House members headed home for the weekend, Democratic leaders released plans Friday to redraw their districts and lump together more than a dozen sitting Republicans to keep the party out of power for another decade.

Injured police recruit back at it

Posted: 20 May 2011 06:56 PM PDT

New officer was seriously hurt when trying to help motorist on Stevenson Expressway

Daniel Vazquez, 29, is on the street working foot patrol seven months after getting hit by a car on the Stevenson Expressway when he pulled over to help a woman whose car crashed.