"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Obama calls lawmakers to White House

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama today called congressional leaders to the White House on Thursday for negotiations on the debt limit, saying an agreement was within reach.

Anthony found not guilty of 1st-degree murder

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:54 PM PDT

A Florida jury has acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. She was found guilty of providing false information to investigators.

State Farm gets 4,600 storm-related claims

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:49 AM PDT

The insurer said it has received about 4,000 automotive claims and 600 homeowners' claims due to the severe thunderstorms that pelted the Chicago area with hail late last week.

Ex-top cop taking job with crime commission

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:36 AM PDT

Former Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis is taking a position as the Chicago Crime Commission's new deputy director.

Prosecutors to drop case against ex-IMF chief

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Prosecutors will drop sex assault charges against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn at, or before, his next court appearance.

Casey Anthony jurors resume deliberations

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:23 AM PDT

The 12 jurors who will determine Casey Anthony's fate after the death of her daughter will continue deliberating this morning at a Florida courthouse.

Orland Park man drowns in Lake Michigan

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:37 PM PDT

The body of an Orland Park man was pulled out of Lake Michigan this morning, hours after he disappeared from a boat. "We had hopes he would somehow make it,'' a relative said of Christopher Szmajlo, 29.

Oil cleanup challenging on Yellowstone River

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:42 PM PDT

The cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River could be tested as rising waters make it harder for Exxon Mobil Corp. to get to areas damaged after crude leaked from a company pipeline.