"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Sox win 1-0; Cubs' Quade ejected in 2nd

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT

The first White Sox hit off Matt Garza also produced the first run in the sixth inning, compliments of Friday's hero Juan Pierre

70-pound tortoise lifted from pet store

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:28 PM PDT

The people who pilfered a 70-pound tortoise from a Lincolnwood exotic animal store early this morning may have unwittingly gotten more than they bargained for, the store's owner said.

6 tickets for wrong-way motorist

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:57 AM PDT

An 82-year-old woman was cited with six traffic violations today after she drove on the wrong side of Michigan Avenue and struck and injured two pedestrians during Friday rush hour.

Burglars hit Mag Mile Louis Vuitton store

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:14 AM PDT

A smash-and-grab break-in early this morning at the Magnificent Mile Louis Vuitton store netted several purses and other leather goods from the high-end retailer.

Suspect in unsolved slaying due in court

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 05:03 PM PDT

A Seattle man is expected to appear in court today for a bond hearing after he was arrested there earlier this week in connection with the killing of a 7-year-old girl in Sycamore, Ill., in 1957.

Kvitova wins her first Wimbledon title

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 08:10 AM PDT

Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova kept her nerve to out-gun and out-play favourite Maria Sharapova and win the Wimbledon singles title for the first time today.

Highs to hit 90s; thunderstorms coming

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Temperatures are expected to rise to 90 degrees or higher in the Chicago area today and humid air moving into the region could bring thunderstorms by the afternoon.

Pedestrians hurt in wrong-way crash

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 05:35 AM PDT

Charges or citations could be filed against a motorist in her 80s who drove in the wrong direction on Michigan Avenue during Friday rush hour and struck two people in a crosswalk.

Obama: 'Nothing can be off-limits' in budget

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:20 AM PDT

President Barack Obama said today that every tax break and federal program must come under scrutiny as the White House and Congress try to reach a spending deal before a looming deadline to raise the government borrowing limit.

Prosecutors could still pursue Strauss-Kahn

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:28 AM PDT

The rapidly dissolving case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces challenges fairly common in sexual assault prosecutions, namely a less-than-perfect accuser.