"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

1 wounded in police-involved shooting

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:57 PM PDT

A person was seriously wounded in a police-involved shooting on the same West Humboldt Park block where a 15-year-old boy was gunned down earlier this week on his birthday.

Cops: Son says in 911 call, 'I just killed him'

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:47 PM PDT

Minutes after allegedly beating and stabbing his father to death in his Arlington Heights home, Steven Cole called police and told a dispatcher: "I killed him because he's been abusing me and my psychiatrist said he could have killed me."

City agency overstated minority money

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:11 PM PDT

A city agency that oversees hundreds of millions of dollars of construction projects "grossly overstated" the amount paid out to certified minority contractors in 2009, according to a report issued today by the city's top internal watchdog.

US guns fuel Mexico drug war? The politics behind the issue. (The Newsroom)

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:42 AM PDT

The Newsroom - A new report shows that 70 percent of confiscated weapons submitted for tracing come from the US, but critics say the figure is politically motivated.

Gaming Board chair: Expansion is 'garbage'

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:01 AM PDT

The state's top gambling regulator blasted the gambling expansion lawmakers approved last month, saying it was not well thought out.

CPS board rescinds teacher raises

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:35 PM PDT

The Chicago Public Schools board voted unanimously today to rescind a 4 percent increase in teacher salaries in the Chicago Teachers Union's contract.

FBI seeks tape of Lance Armstrong, accuser

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 06:48 AM PDT

The FBI has contacted a Colorado restaurant to get surveillance tapes of an allegedly "aggressive" conversation between cycling legend Lance Armstrong and ex-teammate Tyler Hamilton, who has accused Armstrong of doping.

Pakistan arrests CIA's bin Laden informants

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:38 AM PDT

Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested several CIA informants who fed information to U.S. intelligence before the raid which killed Osama bin Laden, according to U.S. officials.

Hit-and-run driver kills girl on bike

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 08:45 AM PDT

An 8-year-old girl riding a bike died early this morning after she was struck by an SUV outside her Southwest Side home on Tuesday.

Chicago cops shoot, kill carjacking suspect

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Chicago police shot and killed a man on the city's Far South Side, officials said this morning. The shooting occurred after a motorist was robbed at gunpoint of his pickup truck on S. Michigan Ave.

Pakistan arrests CIA's bin Laden informants

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:58 AM PDT

Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested 5 CIA informants who fed information to U.S. intelligence before the raid which killed Osama bin Laden, according to reports.

Boy, 16, shot while playing basketball

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:13 AM PDT

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg late Tuesday when a gunman opened fire on a group of people playing basketball on a South Side street, police said today.

Prentice on endangered list

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:50 PM PDT

Drawing national attention to the local campaign to stop Northwestern University from tearing down old Prentice Women's Hospital, the National Trust for Historic Preservation on Wednesday will name the high-rise to its list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

Rob Lowe to play Drew Peterson in TV film

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Rob Lowe is going from playing the lovable boss on "Parks and Recreation" to a man awaiting trial for the slaying of his third wife in Lifetime's fact-based TV movie "The Drew Peterson Story."

Prentice Hospital added to endangered list

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:53 PM PDT

Listing may aid effort to prevent NU from tearing down structure

Drawing national attention to the local campaign to stop Northwestern University from tearing down old Prentice Women's Hospital, the National Trust for Historic Preservation on Wednesday will name the high-rise to its list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.