"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Drama escalates over WikiLeaks founder

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:06 PM PDT

File photo of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in LondonEcuadorean officials said today that they would announce their final decision on whether to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange tomorrow, but also claimed that the British government had threatened to raid the country's London embassy to get Assange back.

Unions protest Gov. Quinn, Democrats at Illinois State Fair

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:34 AM PDT

Organized labor supporters bashed Gov. Pat Quinn for his efforts to reform public employee pensions, forego pay raises and close state facilities. The governor was greeted with loud boos from protesters wearing shirts that read, "Pensions are a promise."

Cab driver cited in fatal crash

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:25 PM PDT

A veteran Chicago cab driver has been issued multiple citations related to an early morning crash Tuesday that killed a 30-year-old man who was waiting for a bus.

Gunfire audible in Sikh temple shooting 911 tapes

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:06 PM PDT

People walk around a flag pole outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wis., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. More than 100 people gathered for the first Sunday prayer service since a white supremacist shot and killed six people there before fatally shooting himself. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)The woman's voice is hushed, but even in her whisper her terror is evident. In a barely audible voice she gives the 911 dispatcher the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin's address and pleads, "Hurry up, please."

Mariners' Felix Hernandez throws perfect game

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:17 PM PDT

Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Dallas mayor declares emergency over West Nile virus

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:11 PM PDT

A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is seen in this undated handout photoDALLAS (Reuters) - The mayor of Dallas declared a state of emergency in the ninth largest U.S. city on Wednesday to combat the spread of West Nile virus infections, which have been more prevalent than usual in Texas and other states this year. There have been more cases of West Nile virus reported so far this year than any year since the disease was first detected in the United States in 1999, the Centers for Disease Control said on its website. ...

Drama escalates over Wikileaks founder

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:27 PM PDT

File photo of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in LondonQUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday warned Ecuador that it could raid its London embassy if Quito does not hand over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been taking refuge at the mission since mid-June. In Quito, the Ecuadorean government said that any such action would be considered a violation of its sovereignty a "hostile and intolerable act." "Under British law we can give them a weeks' notice before entering the premises and the embassy will no longer have diplomatic protection," a Foreign Office spokesman said. "But that decision has not yet been taken. ...

Paul Ryan expected to address Medicare at Ohio rally

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 01:19 PM PDT

Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during a campaign event at Palo Verde High School on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)DAYTON, Ohio—Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is expected to discuss the brewing debate over his plan to overhaul the nation's Medicare system on Wednesday at a rally in Oxford, Ohio, a campaign aide said. Ryan's public remarks during his first days on the campaign trail as Mitt Romney's running mate have focused mostly on [...]

Young illegal immigrants flood church for deferred action applications

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 01:15 PM PDT

People line up for assistance with paperwork for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles in Los AngelesHundreds of young illegal immigrants crowded a Roman Catholic Church basement on Manhattan's Lower East Side Wednesday to apply for President Barack Obama's deferred action program, which will shield them from deportation and provide a two-year work permit. Today is the first day applications are being accepted. Some showed up at 6 a.m. to make [...]

Panera Bread gets social media love for helping dying woman

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. A Panera Bread location in Nashua, New Hampshire, is receiving kudos for going above and beyond to help an ailing woman. On Aug. 7, Brandon Cook, whose grandmother has terminal cancer, wrote a post on Facebook about how his local Panera went out of its [...]

Obama blasts ‘dishonest’ Romney-Ryan Medicare attacks

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 12:29 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to an audience at a campaign event at the Alliant Energy Amphitheater in Dubuque, IowaPresident Barack Obama charged Wednesday that Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan are looking to slash Medicare benefits while leveling "dishonest" attacks accusing him of doing the same thing. "They are just throwing everything at the wall to see if it sticks," Obama told a rowdy crowd of supporters in Dubuque on the third and [...]

Girl builds lemonade stand to combat human slavery

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Vivienne Harr says she is making a stand, both literally and figuratively, to end human trafficking. The 8-year-old California girl is using a homemade lemonade stand to raise $150,000 for the nonprofit group Not For Sale, which works to end slavery around the world. "I will sit at my lemonade stand every day--rain or shine--until [...]

Lottery winner in hiding: a cautionary tale

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT

As millions of hopeful Americans line up to buy winning Powerball lottery tickets for the $320 million prize today, one former Mega Millions winner who banked $190 million and then vanished from her small town and the public eye is still trying to come to terms with her winnings.

Metra says some BNSF trains running after crane collapse

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Crews have removed a crane that collapsed across all three tracks of the Burlington Northern Sante Fe line in Westmont, and Metra said trains were beginning to run again after five hours.

Only the right kind of rain can cure U.S. drought

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT

A general view of drought-damaged corn stalks at the McIntosh family farm in Missouri ValleyWeather experts know exactly what would officially end this year's killing drought: nine to 15 inches of rain falling in one month over the hardest-hit parts of the country. Numbers don't tell the whole story, though.

'Big storms' predicted in Northeast this winter

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:31 AM PDT

Last winter, big cities like New York and Philadelphia saved a lot of money because the Northeast had a snow drought. Not so this winter.

Prince Philip hospitalized as a 'precautionary measure'

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was hospitalized today for a recurrence of the bladder infection he suffered from earlier this summer, Buckingham Palace sources said.

Caterpillar reaches agreement with Joliet machinists

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:31 AM PDT

Caterpillar Inc.said today it reached a tentative labor agreement with its machinists in a Joliet plant who have been on strike since May 1. 

Guard shot at Family Research Council offices

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:49 AM PDT

Washington Police and FBI agents gather outside the Family Research Council in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, after security guard at the lobbying group was been shot in the arm. A police spokeswoman says the shooting happened Wednesday morning at the Family Research Council. Police say one person has been taken into custody. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A security guard at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Family Research Council was shot on Wednesday. Police and agents from the FBI and ATF are investigating the shooting.

Hillary Clinton dresses down interviewer over fashion question

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:34 AM PDT

An excerpt of a 2010 interview with Hillary Clinton in Kyrgyzstan is getting a second look online over her sharp response to a moderator's question about the U.S. Secretary of State's fashion sense.