"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Emanuel pulls credit cards from city agencies after misuse

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today ordered the Chicago Park District, Chicago Housing Authority and other city agencies to stop using credit cards after a preliminary review revealed some employees used them to pay off red-light camera tickets and pay for gifts and expensive dinners.

Commissioner sees no trouble with Cubs' debt structure

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:42 PM PDT

Selig says neither he nor baseball's 'financial people' have any 'concerns'

Commissioner Bud Selig helped write baseball's initial debt-equity rules in 1975 and has watched teams bob in and out of compliance through their revisions in his two decades as the sport's highest ranking executive.

Catholic Charities in Joliet, Peoria opt out of adoptions

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:56 PM PDT

Citing new civil unions law, agencies say they will no longer license adoptive or foster families

Catholic Charities of Peoria and Joliet have informed the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that they will no longer license families who applied to become foster care or adoptive parents because the state's civil unions law went into effect Tuesday.

Bumper crop of mosquitoes ready to drive Chicago buggy

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:20 PM PDT

Next week's pests are best known for their bite; West Nile carriers expected later

With rising temperatures following a steady stream of rain last month, entomologists say Chicago-area residents should expect to soon see an influx of the dreaded insect of summer — the mosquito.

Dolphin born at Shedd Aquarium

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Aquarium hopes fourth dolphin calf born there in 20 years will be first to survive

A Pacific white-sided dolphin gave birth to an apparently healthy calf today at the Shedd Aquarium after coming home pregnant last year from a trip to Miami's Seaquarium.

Fire hits South Side apartment building

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:56 PM PDT

Fire crews this afternoon battled the heat as they brought under control an extra-alarm fire inside a South Side apartment building. Dozens of firefighters fought to douse the blaze inside a 4-story building in the 7900 block of South Dobson Avenue. No major injuries were reported, though a firefighter was treated for a minor injury at the scene and returned to work.

'Gunsmoke' actor James Arness dies at 88 >> Photos

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT

James Arness is best known for his role as Marshal Matt Dillon in 'Gunsmoke,' one of the longest-running prime-time series in network TV history. He was a towering symbol of frontier justice in the series that broke the mold for TV westerns.

James Arness, the towering actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon, the strong and commanding symbol of frontier justice on the landmark TV western series "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88.

Dolphin born at Shedd Aquarium

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:06 PM PDT

A Pacific white-sided dolphin gave birth \today at the Shedd Aquarium after coming home pregnant last year from a trip to Miami's Seaquarium. The birth is a rare and important one for the Shedd.

Police: Lakeview robbers used pepper spray

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:54 PM PDT

Chicago police are warning Lakeview residents to beware of two men who have been robbing people walking home late at night in the neighborhood in recent days.

Quinn signs new state legislative map

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:48 PM PDT

SPRINGFIELD -- Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a new state legislative map that aims at keeping Republicans out of power for the next decade.

Ex-convict guilty of sex assault on 74-year-old widow

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:13 PM PDT

An ex-convict from Chicago was convicted today of climbing into an apartment where he beat and sexually assaulted an Elgin widow, a crime a prosecutor described as a "most horrible" attack.

Federer snaps Djokovic's 43-match win streak

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:57 PM PDT

PARIS -- No go, Djoko. It's Roger vs. Rafa in the French Open final once again.

Police looking for man in NW Side sex attacks

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:58 PM PDT

Chicago police believe that the same man grabbed two women and tried fondling them in separate incidents on the Northwest Side earlier this week.

Police warn of man exposing himself at park field house

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:56 PM PDT

A man who posed as a Chicago Park District janitor lured a 10-year-old girl to a secluded part of a Northwest Side field house and exposed himself, police said today.

Obama defends policies despite weak figures

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:01 PM PDT

President Obama on Friday strongly defended his policies, especially the federal bailout of the auto industry, and pledged to fight to improve the economy, which still faces challenges to recover from a grueling recession that he inherited.

Expert: Conditions are right for mosquitoes

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Here's another reason to hate the cool, wet spring of 2011.

Republican Romney: 'the world is getting warmer'

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:23 AM PDT

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney broke with Republican orthodoxy on Friday by saying he believes that humans are responsible, at least to some extent, for climate change.

Stocks extend losses after dismal jobs report

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:23 PM PDT

An unexpected rise in the unemployment rate caused stocks to slump again on Friday. The market erased some of its losses following a positive report on the service industry and news that Greece will get more help managing its debts.

Tim Pawlenty plans major economic policy speech in Chicago

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:22 PM PDT

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will come to President Obama's hometown of Chicago next week to deliver a major economic policy address, a campaign aide said Friday.

Catholic Charities suspends foster care licensing

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Catholic Charities of Peoria and Joliet have informed the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that they will not license families who applied to become foster care or adoptive parents after civil unions went into effect on Tuesday.