"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

'Buy America' popular with red and blue

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:04 PM PDT

Severstal North America steel workers stand by the operating station for shrink wrapping steel coils in the Severstal steel mill in Dearborn, MichiganWhile President Obama and Mitt Romney bicker over whose policies will send more jobs overseas, there is one side of the job creation coin that both candidates agree on: that the government should do its darndest to keep manufacturing jobs in America. Unlike many of...

Hillary Clinton calls Romney ads featuring her a ‘waste of money’

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:15 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a press conference in Cairo Saturday, July 14, 2012. Clinton arrived in Cairo for talks with new Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, amid a power struggle between the Islamist leader and the generals who ruled Egypt after Hosni Mubarak was ousted. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mitt Romney is wasting his money running ads using footage of her scolding her former rival Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. In an interview with CNN's Elise Labott, Clinton says she hasn't personally seen Romney ads but predicts they'll have little impact on voters ahead of November's election. [...]

Duckworth outraises Rep. Walsh in 2nd quarter by 2-to-1 margin

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth outraised Republican Rep. Joe Walsh by a better than two-to-one margin from April to June and both candidates in the heated 8th Congressional District contest began this month with more than $700,000 to spend.

Pentagon sends carrier to the Middle East early

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:09 PM PDT

The USS John-Stennis strike group will be deployed four months earlier than scheduledThe Pentagon is sending the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis to sea four months ahead of schedule to ensure that there are at least two carriers in the Middle East. The U.S. Navy has had two carriers operating in the Middle East for quite...

GPS leads police to quick arrest in Aurora bank heist

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:14 PM PDT

A GPS tracking device is responsible for the capture -- less than a half an hour after the crime -- of a man accused of making off with more than $7,000 on Saturday.

Ohio high school kingpin arrested in major drug bust

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Ohio High School Kingpin Arrested in Major Drug BustOhio police have arrested an alleged drug kingpin, a 17-year-old accused of running a multimillion dollar ring that distributed high-grade marijuana through two school districts and netted $20,000 a month.

Paterno family plans own investigation after Freeh report

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:05 PM PDT

Penn State: Paterno Family Plans Own Investigation After Freeh Report on Sexual Abuse CaseThe family of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno announced today that it plans to conduct its own investigation into the report that concluded that Paterno and other top Penn State officials worked to conceal Jerry Sandusky's long-running alleged sexual abuse to protect the school from negative attention.

Obama reveals his favorite Girl Scout cookie

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:10 PM PDT

He can kiss the Tagalong voters goodbye. President Barack Obama on Monday revealed that his favorite Girl Scout Cookies are Thin Mints—an announcement that generated a boo or two from a rowdy crowd at a town hall-style rally in Cincinnati. After questions on gay rights, environmental protection and how he planned to help small businesses, [...]

Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio challenges George Lopez to a meeting

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 10:01 AM PDT

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., responded to George Lopez's profanity-filled tirade against him by telling the comedian to come meet with him. "Get some guts, come down here and meet me face to face. Let's see how you act then," Arpaio, known as...

Cat has been mayor of Alaska town for 15 years

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:44 PM PDT

National polls show that voters all over the country are losing faith in their elected leaders. But the 900 residents of Talkeetna, Alaska, say their mayor is doing a great job bringing in tourist dollars and has served in office for over a decade. "He's good. He's probably the best we've ever had," resident Lauri [...]

Google's Marissa Mayer tapped as Yahoo's chief

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:31 PM PDT

TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2012 - May 23Marissa Mayer, one of the top executives at Google, will be the next C.E.O. of Yahoo, making her one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley and corporate America.

GOP super PAC receives big donation from casino mogul

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 12, 2012 file photo, Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson speaks at a news conference for the Sands Cotai Central in Macau. Allegations have surfaced in a Nevada court that billionaire Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson personally approved allowing prostitution and knew about other improper activity at his company's casinos in the Chinese enclave of Macau. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)Young Guns Action Fund, a super PAC established to elect Republicans to the House of Representatives, received a $5 million donation from casino magnate Sheldon Adelson in April, federal disclosure records show. The super PAC, which last week announced a partnership with a group co-founded by George P. Bush (nephew of former President George W. [...]

GOP turns on Roberts, Supreme Court after health care ruling

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 11:42 AM PDT

FILE - This June 20, 2012, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. It's the biggest secret in a city known for not keeping them: the nine Supreme Court justices and more than three dozen other people have kept quiet for more than two months about how the high court is going to rule on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Republicans have a much lower opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court in general following the court's June 28 decision that upheld President Barack Obama's health care reform law. Only 27 percent of Republicans surveyed by Gallup last week said they had a favorable opinion of Roberts, down from 67 percent after [...]

1st female country superstar Kitty Wells dies

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:54 PM PDT

FILE - This 1976 file photo shows Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Kitty Wells during the Country Music Association (CMA) awards in Nashville, Tenn. Wells, the first female superstar of country music, has died at the age of 92. The singer's family says Wells died at her home Monday after complications from a stroke. Her recording of "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" in 1952 was the first No. 1 hit by a woman soloist on the country music charts. Other hits included "Making Believe" and a version of "I Can't Stop Loving You." (AP Photo, file)Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Or Loretta Lynn.

Obama says a Romney presidency would create 800,000 jobs–abroad

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama blasted Mitt Romney's economic plan during a stop in the pivotal swing state of Ohio on Monday, saying the blueprint would create 800,000 jobs—just not in America. "Today, we found out, there's a new study out by a nonpartisan economist that says Gov. Romney's economic plan would in fact create 800,000 jobs," [...]

Romney won’t ‘apologize for being a successful businessman’

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Mitt Romney vowed Monday that he would not "apologize for being a successful businessman" and tried to turn the focus on President Barack Obama's ties to political donors. Speaking at a fundraising lunch in Baton Rouge, La., Romney made no direct mention of the Democratic attacks over his record at Bain Capital. But it was [...]

Dems threaten 'fiscal cliff' in tax-cut debate

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:31 PM PDT

Congressional Super Committee Close To Failure On Deficit Reduction PlanSen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Monday announced that Democrats are willing to allow a slew of tax cuts and spending provisions to expire if Republicans refuse to raise taxes on the wealthy, potentially inching the country off a "fiscal cliff." "If we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal, that calls on the wealthy [...]

CTU president: Arbitrator will recommend pay hike of up to 20%

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis confirmed that an arbitrator's report will recommend a pay hike for teachers of about 15 to 20 percent.

U.S. Navy fires on ship in Persian Gulf, 1 dead

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:15 AM PDT

U.S. Navy supply ship Rappahannock at sea in this handout photo taken in the South China SeaAn American Navy ship fired on a boat in the Persian Gulf today, killing one person and injuring three others aboard the craft, a U.S. naval official told ABC News.

Teens' deadly attack was 'Knock 'Em Out' game: prosecutors

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Three teens were playing a game they called "Pick 'Em Out and Knock 'Em Out" when they videotaped a deadly attack on a 62-year-old man, prosecutors said.