"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

In first joint interview, Romney defends Ryan’s Medicare plan

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:59 PM PDT

Romney, Ryan answer critics of Medicare positionMitt Romney and Paul Ryan sat down with "Face the Nation" anchor Bob Schieffer in High Point, N.C.,  on Sunday—their first joint interview since Romney announced Ryan as his running mate. In the interview, which aired Sunday on "60 Minutes," Romney addressed a Miami Herald headline that suggested Ryan's budget proposal—which would transform Medicare into [...]

USS Porter collides with oil tanker in Persian Gulf

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 08:43 AM PDT

USS Porter Collides With Oil Tanker in Persian GulfThe U.S. Navy destroyer USS Porter suffered significant damage after colliding with an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. The USS Porter was passing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf. The Japanese-owned, Panamanian flagged tanker M/V Otowasan was coming...

Obama: Ryan is Congressional Republicans’ ‘ideological leader’

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT

Obama brands Ryan as GOP "ideological leader"In his first public remarks about Paul Ryan's pick to be the presumptive Republican vice presidential candidate, President Barack Obama called the lawmaker "a decent man" but painted him as a champion of "top down" economic policies that favor the rich. "Just yesterday morning, my opponent chose his running mate, the ideological leader of the [...]

Team USA back on top in gold, overall medals counts

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:09 PM PDT

The U.S. regained the top spot in both the gold-medal and overall tallies. The total of 46 gold medals was the highest for the U.S. in an Olympics contested on foreign soil.

Photos: London Olympics closing ceremony

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Obama calls Ryan the GOP's 'ideological leader'

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Colorado Springs, Colo. Democrats are growing increasingly confident that a two-pronged tax attack on Republican Mitt Romney _ one part policy, one part politics _ could help President Barack Obama lure pivotal support from middle class voters _ and win a second term. Led by Obama, the Democrats are going after Romney for seeking to protect tax cuts for the wealthy and refusing to release more information on the taxes he pays on his multi-million dollar personal fortune. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)President Barack Obama is calling Mitt Romney's running mate the "ideological leader" of Republicans in Congress.

Romney signals support for Medicare choices

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 01:51 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan speak to a crowdRomney says he and Ryan have talked about providing more choices on Medicare.

Obama: Romney-Ryan economic plan 'trickle down fairy dust'

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:28 PM PDT

President Barack Obama today criticized the newly minted Republican ticket, telling a hometown crowd the pair is selling an economic plan that doesn't work.

Confused civilians swarm into Syrian battle zone

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:29 PM PDT

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian civilians desperate to check on their homes pushed into fluid front lines around the devastated Salaheddine district of Aleppo on Sunday, even as sniper fire cracked out and rebels warned them to stay away. Civilians drove their cars up to rebel checkpoints demanding to be allowed through, apparently convinced by government messages that the army had regained full control of their neighborhood, where battles have raged for three weeks. ...

VP pick Ryan brings long record to dissect

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Rep. Paul Ryan's record runs deeper than his signature budget and Medicare ideas.

Officials: 77-year-old dies after trying to break up fight

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 03:45 PM PDT

A 77-year-old man is dead and his son is being held at Cook County Jail after a fight the son had with a neighbor at their Northbrook home on Thursday.

Will Paul Ryan release his tax returns?

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Will Paul Ryan Release His Tax Returns?As a candidate for Congress, Paul Ryan has released financial disclosure forms for years, but he has never released his tax returns. We know that Ryan turned over "several years" of tax returns to the Romney campaign during the vice presidential vetting process.  We have...

NYPD: Man killed near Times Square had arrest history

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:53 AM PDT

This Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012 photo provided by the New York Police Department shows an 11-inch knife police recovered at the scene where they shot and killed a man Saturday they say lunged at them with the knife in a confrontation that began in Times Square and drew officers and spectators on a chase that ended with shots fired near one of New York's most crowded areas. (AP Photo/New York Police Department)A 51-year-old New York man who was shot to death by police near Times Square had a history of marijuana arrests and had once been taken to a hospital for observation after knocking down garbage cans, authorities said Sunday.

Powerball jackpot rises to $305 million

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 11:07 AM PDT

The Powerball jackpot has grown to $305 million for Wednesday's drawing.

Tea party evolves, achieves state policy victories

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 09:42 AM PDT

William DePorte waves a Tea Party flag outside a Republican Presidential Debate in IowaTea party activists in Georgia helped kill a proposed sales tax increase that would have raised billions of dollars for transportation projects. In Pennsylvania, tea partyers pushed to have taxpayers send ...

Woman accused of killing fiance on wedding day

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:56 AM PDT

Authorities say an eastern Pennsylvania woman stabbed her fiance to death during an argument on their wedding day.

How swing state papers reacted to Ryan pick

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT

Paul RyanVoters picking up their newspapers in swing states on Sunday got a small glimpse of what kind of coverage Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan can expect between now and Election Day. In Ohio, "Romney's choice of Ryan seen as bold move with appeal to the right," the Cleveland Plain Dealer said. "Ryan Shakes Up the [...]

Billy Graham in hospital with infection of lungs

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Billy Graham gestures while attending a book signing for former U.S. President George W. Bush's new book at the Billy Graham Library in CharlotteA spokesman for Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist has been admitted to a North Carolina hospital for an infection in his lungs.

Egypt's president removes top generals

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:50 PM PDT

Egypt's President Mursi, Field Marshal Tantawi and Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Anan shake hands with a soldier at a checkpoint in al-ArishCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi dismissed Cairo's two top generals and quashed a military order that had curbed the new leader's powers, in a move that further stamped his authority on the country and its army. There had been much debate over the fate of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, 76, who until Mursi's election in June had ruled Egypt as head of a military council since Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year. The timing of Sunday's announcement to replace him as armed forces head was nevertheless a surprise. ...

Syrian opposition leader calls for no-fly zone

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, purports to show Syrians standing in the rubble of a destroyed building from Syrian forces shelling in Khaldiyeh neighborhood, Homs province, central Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGEThe head of Syria's main opposition group in exile called Sunday for international powers to impose a no-fly zone in border areas to protect civilians who are coming under increasingly intense attacks by regime warplanes and helicopters.