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"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Sox's Peavy added to All-Star team

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 05:07 PM PDT

Sox right-hander replaces Angels' Wilson, who has blister on left middle finger

Pitcher Jake Peavy was added Sunday as a replacement to the All-Star game, giving the White Sox four players on the American League squad.

Family, friends mourn couple found dead after train wreck

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:30 PM PDT

More than 700 mourners packed a north suburban synagogue Sunday to honor Burton and Zorine Lindner, a couple whose bodies were discovered July 5 in the wreckage of a collapsed railroad bridge.

Locals vow revenge for Afghan woman's execution

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 02:47 PM PDT

Taliban publicly execute woman near Kabul - ...Sayed Jalal furrowed his eyebrows in anger as he vowed to avenge the public execution of a woman in front of a large crowd not far from Kabul, brazen violence that spurred shock and sharp condemnation from Afghan authorities and the United States. The Taliban denied involvement in the killing in Parwan province, in which an unnamed woman's head and body were riddled with bullets at close range in punishment for alleged adultery. Authorities in Kabul directly blamed the Islamist group. "We will take revenge for this. ...

$20,000 reward for missing Hollywood executive

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 09:13 AM PDT

$20,000 Reward for Missing Hollywood ExecutiveFamily and Friends are Stepping up Efforts to Find Gavin Smith

Syrian military holds exercises in show of force

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 12:05 PM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Monday, July 4, 2012, purports to show a Free Syrian Army soldier aiming his weapon in the northern town of Sarmada, in Idlib province, Syria. Syria's military began large-scale exercises simulating defense against outside "aggression," the state-run news agency said Sunday an apparent warning to other countries not to intervene in the country's crisis. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOIn a show of force, Syria began large-scale military exercises Sunday to simulate defending the country against outside "aggression." Damascus' staunch ally Iran warned of a "catastrophe" in the region if no political solution to the 16-month-old Syrian conflict is found.

Democrats want Romney to explain offshore accounts

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:24 PM PDT

Romney Campaign Shocked Democrats Would Question Offshore AccountsMitt Romney privately raised millions of dollars from New York's elite on Sunday, as Democrats launched coordinated attacks against the likely Republican presidential nominee, intensifying calls for him to explain offshore bank accounts and release several years of tax returns.

Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine dies at 95

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 02:26 PM PDT

The Cinema Society & OC Concept Screening Of "RED" - Inside ArrivalsErnest Borgnine, who created a variety of memorable characters in both movies and television and won the best-actor Oscar for his role as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95. Borgnine's longtime spokesman, Harry Flynn, told The Associated Press that Borgnine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with [...]

Maine Sen. Collins' voting streak approaches 5,000

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 08:21 AM PDT

Senators Reed, Harkin, And Brown Discuss The Stop The Student Loan Interest Rate Hike ActMaine Sen. Collins can boast she's never missed a roll call as 5,000th consecutive vote nears

Sox's Peavy added to All-Star team

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 02:37 PM PDT

Pitcher Jake Peavy was added Sunday as a replacement to the All-Star game, giving the White Sox four players on the American League squad.

NATO: Six service members killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:46 PM PDT

A French soldier from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands alert in AfghanistanA bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed six NATO service members, on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs and insurgent attacks.

George Zimmerman under private protection in Florida

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:35 PM PDT

FILE -In this Friday, June 29, 2012 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Fla. A Florida judge on Thursday, July 5, 2012, granted bond for a second time to George Zimmerman. Bail was set at $1 million. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)The neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin is in a safe house that is being protected by his security team.

Spidey swings back to action with $140 million launch

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT

Spidey swings back to action with $140M launchYour new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has spun himself a $65 million opening weekend and $140 million in his first six days at U.S. theaters.Overseas, Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" added ...

Liberal alliance claims lead in Libyan vote

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Altogether, 3,707 candidates stood in 72 districts nationwideIn a historic election hailed as mostly peaceful, a liberal alliance claimed to be in the lead in Libya's parliamentary elections--the first since the fall of Moammar Gadhafi. Faisal Krekshi, secretary general of the Alliance of National Forces led by Mahmoud Jibril, said preliminary results put the group in [...]

NATO: Six members killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:27 PM PDT

A French soldier from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands alert in AfghanistanA bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed six NATO service members, on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs and insurgent attacks.

Woman charged in fatal DUI crash

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:47 PM PDT

A Cicero woman was drunk when she caused the rollover accident that ended with her boyfriend being crushed by the tumbling vehicle, prosecutors said.

Putin orders probe into Russian flood deaths

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:37 AM PDT

A local resident walks at a flooded house in Krimsk, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) south of Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. The death toll from severe flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia has risen to at least 150. (AP Photo/Ignat Kozlov)Russia's president moved quickly to address anger over the deaths of at least 171 people in severe flooding in the Black Sea region that turned streets into swirling muddy rivers and inundated thousands of homes as many residents were sleeping.

Heat lingers, but relief on the way

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:23 AM PDT

Frank Moralez sells cold beverages to motorists on the Roosevelt Boulevard, Saturday, July 7, 2012, in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia. Temperatures of more than 100 degrees were forecast in Philadelphia and excessive heat warnings were issued for several states in the Midwest as a heat wave continued. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)Finally. The National Weather Service said a strong cold front will continue to drop southward throughout the day Sunday and Monday, bringing much-needed relief to Midwest, Atlantic and Northeast states blistered by a heat wave that's been blamed for at least 30 deaths and shattered more than 3,000 temperature records in July alone.

Shorter Taste, but same security

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:40 AM PDT

The Taste of Chicago, which kicks off Wednesday, will be five days shorter than in years past, but Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said today security plans for the event remain basically the same: Police inside and outside the event, with undercover and uniformed officers working together to control crowds.

Tough ID laws could block thousands of votes

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2012 file photo, Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann holds a postcard to help identify voters in need of a free state government issued card that will be issued through his office at no charge, in Jackson, Miss. More than two dozen states have some form of ID requirement, and 11 of those passed new rules over the past two years largely at the urging of Republicans who say they want to prevent fraud. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)When Edward and Mary Weidenbener went to vote in Indiana's primary in May, they didn't realize that state law required them to bring government photo IDs such as a driver's license or passport.

Roger Federer wins seventh Wimbledon title

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:21 AM PDT

Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the winners trophy after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in their men's final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in LondonRoger Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, beating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 under a closed roof on Centre Court.