"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Not the brightest bulb (The Newsroom)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:28 PM PDT

The Newsroom - Everywhere you look, people are telling you how to go green: Walk. Recycle. Compost. Turn off the water. Turn off the lights. But it looks like there's one place in America that didn't get the memo. The firehouse in Livermore, …

Obama: 33,000 troops out of Afghanistan

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by year's end and a total of 33,000 by the summer of 2012.

What Afghans think about President Obama’s troop drawdown (The Newsroom)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:58 AM PDT

The Newsroom - Many Afghans have mixed feelings about tonight's announcement from President Obama that the US will begin drawing down the levels of troops in Afghanistan.

Priest pleads not guilty to helping mobster

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:12 PM PDT

A Roman Catholic priest pleaded not guilty today to federal charges he tried to help Outfit hit man Frank Calabrese Sr. spirit a family violin away from the government after it had seized the imprisoned mobster's possessions.

Cleaning up, drying out after the storm

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:37 AM PDT

The Chicago area was drying out, cleaning up and -- for many, waiting for the electricity to come back on -- after fierce storms blew down power lines, tore off roofs, uprooted trees and even upended some small planes.

Teachers picket board meeting over raises

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Hundreds of teachers gathered this morning to protest the Chicago Board of Education's decision to rescind a blanket 4 percent annual raise promised to teachers and other school union members in their contracts.

Chicago to host global summits next year

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:29 AM PDT

World leaders will gather in Chicago next spring to assess the situation in Afghanistan and discuss the future of the war effort there, President Barack Obama will announce in an address from the White House tonight.

Florida governor wooing Chicago exchange

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:04 AM PDT

Gov. Rick Scott is urging CME Group Chairman Terrence Duffy to move the Chicago-based futures exchange to his state after Duffy complained about Illinois taxes.

Michigan Ave. bomb scare proves false

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:55 AM PDT

Chicago police this morning have reopened streets around the Chicago Cultural Center after a suspicious box found there was determined to be harmless.