"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Three towns top DePaul's list of commuter-friendly suburbs

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:15 PM PDT

La Grange, Wilmette and Arlington Heights were at the top of a list of Chicago's commuter-friendliest suburbs, according to a study from DePaul University.

Mom condemns violence in wake of police shooting

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT

Genevieve Huizar, third from left, the mother of Manuel Diaz, who was shot to death by Anaheim police, breaks down after pleading for a stop to the violence and says she doesn't want that to be her son's legacy after a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Far left is her daughter, Correna Chavez. Others are unidentified. Her news conference followed a fourth day of violent protests over Saturday's police shooting of Manuel Diaz and the Sunday death of another man. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)The mother of an unarmed man who was shot by Anaheim police officers has condemned violent protests against the killing, saying Wednesday she did not want them to become her son's legacy.

Senate passes Democratic tax plan, likely to fail in House

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:25 PM PDT

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Reid speaks during his news conference on the payroll tax cut extension in WashingtonDemocrats and Republicans conducted an exercise in political theater Wednesday by holding Senate votes on their competing tax proposals, even though both appeared destined for failure. The Democratic bill--which extends tax cuts through 2013 for all individuals except those who jointly earn over $250,000, passed in the Democratic-controlled Senate by a vote of 51 to [...]

Lawsuits begin in wake of shooting

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Thousands of people continue to visit the makeshift memorial for the 12 movie theater shooting victims in AuroraTorrence Brown Jr., one of the Aurora movie shooting survivors, is planning on suing the theater, confirmed his family's publicist on Wednesday. "We're going to make sure whoever is accountable is going to take responsibility for this tragedy," Cassandra Williams of Wet PR said. She said that Brown, who was friends with 18-year-old AJ Boik, one [...]

Romney: Gun laws won’t ‘make all bad things go away’

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:34 PM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Romney addresses the 113th VFW National Convention in RenoLONDON—Mitt Romney suggested new gun control legislation likely wouldn't stop a massacre like last week's movie theater shooting in Colorado, but "changing the heart of the American people" possibly would. Romney made the comment during an interview with NBC's Brian Williams in London, the first stop of the presumptive Republican nominee's seven-day overseas tour. NBC [...]

Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ bill passes the House

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks to his supporters following his loss in the Maine caucus to Mitt Romney, in Portland, Maine. With Mitt Romney's nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters wrested control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman to the GOP national convention, party officials said as the two-day convention neared its end Sunday, May 6, 2012. The results gave the Texas congressman a late state victory. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)At long last, Ron Paul has his day. The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the Texas Republican's bill to increase the transparency of the Federal Reserve. With bipartisan support, the measure passed 327-98. One Republican, Rep. Bob Turner of New York, joined 97 Democrats in voting against it. For Paul, the journey to [...]

Boston mayor’s letter to Chick-fil-A: Stay out of Boston!

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:19 PM PDT

Henson pulls support for Chick-fil-aOn the heels of Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy's controversial public comments against same-sex marriage, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino fired off a letter to Cathy, urging him to abandon plans to expand the fast food chain to his city. "In recent days you said Chick-fil-A opposes same-sex marriage and said the generation that supports it has [...]

Kim Jong Un’s wedding: No Americans invited, State Department says

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:37 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and an unidentified woman visit the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground, which is nearing completion, in Pyongyang"Un" is no longer the loneliest number that you'll ever do since Stalinist North Korea's supremo Kim Jong Un has tied the knot. What do you send the leader of the world's most secretive regime? If you're the State Department, you send concerns about the people living under his rule. "We would always wish any [...]

Oprah Winfrey criticized over show about India

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT

Controversy Over Oprah's India EpisodeSometimes controversy is good publicity, and sometimes it isn't. When an episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter," a show on Oprah Winfrey's troubled OWN network, highlighting her travels in India aired in the Asian subcontinent, many viewers took offense. The intention of the piece was to "explore the beautiful culture and spirit of the country," according [...]

Romney spokesman blasts ‘false quote’ about ‘Anglo-Saxon heritage’

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Mitt Romney's campaign forcefully repudiated a quotation, ascribed to one of his foreign policy advisers and published by a leading British newspaper, suggesting that President Barack Obama does not understand America's "Anglo-Saxon heritage." Spokesman Ryan Williams angrily denounced the comment on Wednesday as "an anonymous and false quote from a foreign newspaper." And Williams assailed [...]

Video: Shelter dog who fell onto I-95 found alive 11 days later

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT

A dog who was thrown onto I-95 in Florida after his crate fell off an animal control truck nearly two weeks ago has been found alive. "Tails and tongues are wagging in Flagler County today," anchorman Jim Payne said at the top of a report on Orlando's WESH-TV. Rondo, a Labrador mix, and another dog [...]

$140 sewer bill turns into foreclosure notice and $50,000 tab

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:51 AM PDT

Dominick Vulpis admits he had an outstanding $140 sewage bill. But when that bill went unpaid for four years, the $140 bill turned into a home foreclosure notice and $50,000 in debt. MSNBC reports that Middletown, N.J., turned over the utility bill to Approved Realty Group, an investment company. The practice is far from unheard [...]

1 Ohio bridge bomb plot suspect pleads guilty

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 10:16 AM PDT

FILE _ This undated file photo provided by the FBI shows Anthony Hayne. Hayne, 35, one of five men charged with plotting to bomb a highway bridge in Ohio pleaded guilty in federal court in Akron, Ohio Wednesday, July 25, 2012 and will testify against his co-defendants. His attorney, Michael O'Shea, says his client hopes to get leniency in return for his testimony. (AP Photo/FBI, File)One of five men charged with plotting to bomb an Ohio highway bridge pleaded guilty Wednesday and agreed to testify against his co-defendants.

Food truck ordinance approved

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT

The Chicago City Council today approved a measure to expand food truck offerings following weeks of controversy about various provisions in the new rules.

Woman's body found in West Town lot

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:41 AM PDT

A woman was found dead in a vacant lot in the West Town neighborhood with a possible gunshot wound to her head, police said.

Afghan family works to pay off crushing debt

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:21 PM PDT

In this Saturday, June 23, 2012 photo, Razi Khan's children work at a brick factory in Surkh Rod, district of Nangarhar east of Kabul, Afghanistan. For Khan, a debt of almost $ 900 has condemned him and his family to years of work in a brick factory. With a salary of just $ 6 a day to feeds his eight children and sick wife, it is unlikely that he will soon pay off the debt that has followed him for the past six years. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)For Razi Khan, a debt of almost $900 has condemned him and his family to years of work in a brick factory in an eastern Afghan city, with little or no hope of ever paying it off.

Conservative group hits alderman for blocking Chick-fil-A

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 10:24 AM PDT

The leader of a Christian group today said Ald. Joe Moreno displayed hypocrisy for trying to block Chick-fil-A because of the restaurant president's opposition to gay marriage.

Cook County reports 1st human cases of West Nile in 2012

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:35 PM PDT

A Rolling Meadows woman and a Des Plaines woman are hospitalized after being infected with the West Nile virus, the first such reports this year, according to county health agencies.

Obama camp: ‘You didn’t build that’ attacks don't worry us

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:24 AM PDT

President Barack Obama waves to supporters on his arrival at Boeing Field Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in Seattle. Obama is scheduled to attend a pair of campaign fund-raisers in the area. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)President Barack Obama is personally leading an all-out counterattack against the Republican assault over his "you didn't build that" remark, hitting back in his stump speech and in a new television ad as the Democratic National Committee launches a state-by-state response.

Did shooting suspect send plans to doctor?

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:28 PM PDT

Colorado shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes makes his first court appearance in AuroraThe man accused of Friday's movie theater massacre in Colorado mailed a notebook "full of details about how he was going to kill people" to a University of Colorado psychiatrist before the attack, FoxNews.com reported on Wednesday.