"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Preckwinkle says war on drugs a failure

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:31 PM PDT

In a step few politicians would take, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today declared the war on drugs a failure.

Cubs stifle Yankees

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Davis dominates Yankees for 3-1 victory

The largest crowd of the season turned out at Wrigley Field today and saw the Cubs beat the Yankees 3-1 in the series opener.

Sears lays off 700 appliance specialists

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Sears Holdings Corp. is letting go around 700 Kmart appliance sales people as the Hoffman Estates-based retailer struggles to turn around its slumping appliance business.

Court orders trial for abortion-notification law

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:46 AM PDT

The Illinois Appellate Court has sent a never-enforced law requiring a girl's guardians to be notified before she has an abortion back to Cook County Circuit Court for trial.

United faces fine over drug tests

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:19 AM PDT

U.S. aviation regulators today proposed a nearly $600,000 fine against United Airlines for allegedly violating drug testing regulations.

Colbert addresses NU graduates

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert used his address at Northwestern University this morning to reminisce about his years there.

LIFE slideshow: NASA envisions alien worlds (The Newsroom)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:44 AM PDT

The Newsroom - Captured by a camera or, as in this gallery, envisioned by artists, the far reaches of space continue to humble and amaze.

Judge won't seal doctor's record

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:55 AM PDT

A former Carol Stream doctor lost a bid today to seal his 2005 conviction for fondling a patient.

How the Dems toppled Weiner (The Newsroom)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:49 AM PDT

The Newsroom - The sexting congressman refused to resign, but Nancy Pelosi had other ideas. Patricia Murphy on how the party leaders forced out the man who'd become a national embarrassment.

Ryan’s shrewd budget payday (The Newsroom)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:44 AM PDT

The Newsroom - The congressman stands to make money from his stakes in four businesses that lease land to energy companies which would benefit from $45 billion in tax breaks and subsidies in his proposed budget. Daniel Stone reports.

Man linked to unsolved Zion deaths pleads in Va. slaying case

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:07 AM PDT

A man reportedly linked by DNA to the vicious slayings of two young girls in a Lake County park pleaded not guilty today to the murder of a 20-year-old Navy petty officer found dead in her barracks room.

Strauss-Kahn: I have immunity

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:36 AM PDT

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told police he had diplomatic immunity shortly after he was detained on accusations he tried to rape a hotel maid.

Hearing in Indiana suitcase body case

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:37 AM PDT

An extradition hearing will be held today for the boyfriend of a Michigan woman whose body was pulled from a pond in Northwest Indiana, authorities said.

1 teen killed, 1 wounded in separate shootings

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:50 AM PDT

One 17-year-old boy was shot dead and another wounded in separate shootings on the South Side on Thursday night.

Ice may cover parts of Mercury

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:08 PM PDT

The planet closest to the sun appears to have more ice at its poles than does Earth's moon, say scientists analyzing data from the Messenger spacecraft.

Despite their proximity to the sun, portions of the surface of Mercury appear to be covered in ice, scientists said after analyzing about 20,000 new images of the solar system's smallest planet.

Bin Laden's deputy takes control of al-Qaida

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:26 PM PDT

Osama bin Laden 's longtime second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, has taken control of al-Qaida, the group declared Thursday, marking the ascendancy of a man driven by hatred of the United States who helped plan the 9/11 attacks.

3 hurt in separate shootings in city

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:06 PM PDT

Three people were wounded in separate shootings Thursday evening on the city's South and West Sides, officials said.

New York 1 vote away from gay marriage

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 04:56 PM PDT

The Assembly easily approved the bill, but the Republican-led state Senate is one vote shy of passage. Supporters say the momentum is on their side.

New York, where the gay rights movement was born but has run up against conservative forces, could again change the political landscape for gays by becoming the largest state to allow same-sex marriage.