"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Barriers installed where fashion model plunged to her death in river

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:46 PM PDT

To prevent vehicles from plunging into the murky water, city workers installed concrete barriers and reflective signs Monday where a Goose Island side street dead-ends at the east bank of the Chicago River.

Top CD rates outpaced by inflation

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:16 PM PDT

It's not getting any easier for conservative savers earning measly yields on their certificates of deposit.

Cops press on in missing boy case despite setback

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:53 PM PDT

The realization that 6-year-old Timmothy Pitzen's car booster seat was at his grandmother's home -- and not with the persons in whom his mother said she had trusted his care -- was a setback in the investigation to find the missing boy, authorities said today.

Cops: Uncle surrenders in hit-and-run that killed toddler

Posted: 23 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT

An Aurora man has surrendered to police, two days after he struck and killed his 15-month-old nephew while backing an SUV out of a driveway, police say.

Barriers erected at scene of fatal river crash

Posted: 23 May 2011 01:13 PM PDT

Concrete barriers were erected at a dead-end street on the Chicago River today, two days after a car containing the body of a missing model was pulled from the water there.

Europe on travel alert for Icelandic volcano ash cloud

Posted: 23 May 2011 01:15 PM PDT

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Britain said flights could be disrupted over parts of the country on Tuesday by an ash cloud billowing from an Icelandic volcano, but it did not expect a repeat of last year's travel chaos.

Charges in slaying of cabdriver in Evanston

Posted: 23 May 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Acting on an anonymous tip, Evanston police have arrested a 19-year-old Chicago man who has been charged in the shooting death of an Evanston cab driver.

Noah fined $50,000 for slur

Posted: 23 May 2011 02:24 PM PDT

A contrite Joakim Noah was fined $50,000 Monday by the NBA for directing a gay slur toward a fan during the first quarter of Sunday's Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. >> Video

Obama cites Irish peace accord as model for other conflicts

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT

President Obama on Monday paid tribute to the success of the peace process in Northern Ireland, lauding the ability of formerly warring sides to "re-imagine their relationships" and holding them up as an example for other parts of the world now caught up in conflict.

Supreme Court to Calif.: Release 38,000 inmates >> Warning bell for Illinois

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:56 AM PDT

The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history. The court majority says overcrowding has caused 'suffering and death.' In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns 'terrible things are sure to happen.'

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ordered California on Monday to release tens of thousands of its prisoners to relieve overcrowding, saying that "needless suffering and death" had resulted from putting too many inmates into facilities that cannot hold them in decent conditions.

Noah: 'Didn't mean any disrespect'

Posted: 22 May 2011 09:24 PM PDT

Bulls center apparently directs profanity, anti-gay slur toward fan

Joakim Noah could face league discipline after directing a profanity followed by an anti-gay slur toward a fan Sunday during the first quarter of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Wis. board clears way for 3 GOP recall elections

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:39 AM PDT

The Wisconsin board that oversees elections has rejected most challenges to recall efforts targeting three Republican state senators.

Glenn Beck enters e-commerce business

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:42 AM PDT

Conservative television host Glenn Beck is entering the e-commerce business.

Witness: Pakistan agency aided terror

Posted: 23 May 2011 01:36 PM PDT

The key witness in the trial of a Chicago businessman accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks testified today that he trained with a militant group that received assistance from Pakistan's intelligence agency.

GE promises 1,000 more Chicago jobs

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:47 AM PDT

OSHA cites military health center on safety violations

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:38 AM PDT

Federal regulators say they found unsafe and unhealthful working conditions at a veterans and military health care center in North Chicago.

Strauss-Kahn's farewell letter to IMF staff

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:11 AM PDT

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Obama visits family roots in Irish village

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:02 AM PDT

MONEYGALL, Ireland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sipped a pint of stout and cuddled babies Monday as a tiny Irish village Monday welcomed home "a long lost cousin" with an outpouring of affection.

Cops: Half-million dollar heist on Jewelers Row

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:40 AM PDT

High end watches estimated by police to be worth a half million dollars were stolen this morning at store in Jewelers Row, officials said.

Recount affirms Prosser win for Wis. high court

Posted: 23 May 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser's victory over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg has been certified by the state board that oversees elections.