"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Paul Ryan on Chicago teachers strike: ‘We stand with Rahm Emanuel’

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:11 PM PDT

Paul Ryan Only Needs Three Weeks Notice to Run a MarathonRepublican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke out against the Chicago Teachers Union strike on Monday, saying he stands behind Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's opposition to the demonstration. "Mayor Emanuel is right today in saying that this teacher's union strike is unnecessary and wrong," Ryan said in Portland, Ore., according to a pool report transcript. "We [...]

Flight 93 memorial: ‘Story still resonates,’ brings influx of visitors

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT

In this Sept. 10, 2011 photo, people gather at the Wall of Names during a vigil at Phase 1 of the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial near the crash site of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. More and more people are visiting the Flight 93 National Memorial in rural western Pennsylvania, authorities say, and new construction is scheduled to begin next year. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)The memorial to flight 93 is off the beaten track. The site is a field in rural western Pennsylvania. The area is completely open, with no enclosed building. There is only a walkway that ends in a wall with 40 names. But that is enough to bring 350,000 visitors since the site officially opened last [...]

Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen killed in airstrike

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated frame grab from video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Saeed al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemeni officials say a missile believed to have been fired by a U.S. operated drone on Monday has killed al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in Yemen along with five others traveling with him in one car. Al-Qaida's Yemen branch is seen as the world's most active, planning and carrying out attacks against targets in and outside U.S. territory. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File) NO SALES. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS VIDEO IMAGEAn airstrike killed al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in Yemen along with six others traveling with him in one car on Monday, U.S. and Yemeni officials said, a major breakthrough for U.S.-backed efforts to cripple the group in the impoverished Arab nation.

Evacuations ordered as fire season continues in West

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:23 PM PDT

The sun is mostly obliterated by smoke where a wildfire burns past the paved section of Number 1 Canyon Road Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, near Wenatchee, Wash. Crews in central Washington and Wyoming worked Monday to protect homes from two of the many wildfires burning throughout the West as a destructive fire season stretches into September with no relief expected from the weather anytime soon. The National Weather service issued red-flag warnings for wide swaths of eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, Montana and all of Wyoming, meaning conditions could exacerbate blazes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Crews in central Washington and Wyoming worked Monday to protect homes from two of the many wildfires burning across the West as a destructive fire season stretches into September with no relief expected from the weather anytime soon.

16 bodies found in truck in southern Mexico state

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:24 PM PDT

Police in southern Guerrero state found 16 bodies left in a truck in a region plagued by drug violence.

Jackson, Kirk still absent as Congress ends recess

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and Republican Sen. Mark Kirk remained away from Congress today. It remains unclear when they'll return.

1 killed when home-built gyrocopter crashes in Lansing

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:40 PM PDT

A home-built gyrocopter crashed just after take-off from the Lansing Municipal Airport in the south suburbs, officials say.

Strike expected to go into 2nd day

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:18 PM PDT

Contract talks between Chicago's school board and its teachers union were locked in negotiations Monday evening, making it increasingly likely that the city's first teachers strike in a quarter century would go into a second day.

Taliban threatens to kill Prince Harry

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:54 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry gestures after passing the Apache helicopter flight line at Camp Bastion, AfghanistanA Taliban spokesman said Monday that the terror group would use "all our strength" to kidnap or kill the U.K's Prince Harry, who has just begun serving a four-month tour of duty as a chopper pilot in Afghanistan.

Pizza man bear hugs Obama, starts 'Yelp' troll war

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT

Raw Video: Voter Lifts ObamaIn the world of the web trolls, this was an unqualified call to arms. When Big Apple Pizza owner Scott Van Nuzer bear-hugged and hoisted President Obama off the ground during their brief meeting in Fort Pierce, Fla., Sunday, it wasn't only the (startled) press...

Dog killed while saving owner from train

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:07 PM PDT

A heartbreaking story out of Kazakhstan: According to reports, a dog was killed while trying to save its owner from an oncoming train. The suicidal owner had passed out on the train tracks after drinking a bottle of alcohol. According to Russian news site Ria Novosti, the man told authorities that his dog dragged him [...]

Photos of dead police officer posted outside Tennessee farm

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 03:05 PM PDT

Two brothers who shot and killed a sheriff's deputy have placed photos of the slain lawman outside the entrance of their farm, calling it a "warning" to other law enforcement officials. The Associated Press reports that the photos show the "bullet-riddled bodies" of Roane County Deputy Bill Jones and ride-along Mike Brown, who were shot [...]

Caribbean coral reefs on verge of collapsing: study

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Less than 10 percent of the coral reefs in the Caribbean show living coral cover and are on the verge of utter devastation, a new study reported in the Guardian states. Global warming, pollution and overexploitation are the main causes for the damage to reefs, Carl Gustaf Lundin, a director at the International Union for [...]

GoDaddy Web outage takes out small-business sites

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Thousands and possibly millions of websites hosted by GoDaddy.com went down for several hours on Monday, causing trouble for the mainly small businesses that rely on the service.

Guantanamo detainee found dead in cell

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Guantanamo Detainee Found Dead in CellAn unidentified detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who had been on a hunger strike earlier this year died over the weekend.

Corn maze set record for the world's largest QR code

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:31 PM PDT

Corn Maze Becomes World's Largest QR CodeIn a triumph of both technology and agriculture, the Guinness World Record for largest Quick Response code has been claimed by a corn maze. The maze was the brainchild of the Kraay family of Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, farmers who decided to add a technological twist...

ABCs of the Chicago teacher strike: New evaluation system looms large

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:19 PM PDT

Chicago teachers walk the picket line outside the headquarters of Chicago Public Schools in ChicagoOn Monday morning, 350,000 kids in Chicago found themselves without a classroom as the city's teachers went on their first strike in 25 years.

So far, 2012 is hottest year on record for the United States

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT

U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Monique Miller drinks from a bottle of water as she delivers mail in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia on Saturday July 7, 2012. 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)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first eight months of 2012 have been the warmest of any year on record in the contiguous United States, and this has been the third-hottest summer since record-keeping began in 1895, the U.S. National Climate Data Center said on Monday. Each of the last 15 months has seen above-average temperatures, something that has never happened before in the 117 years of the U.S. record, said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at the data center. ...

Md. lawmaker sacked on free speech for football players

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 07:27 AM PDT

Lawmaker Sacked on Free Speech for Football PlayersAfter a testy exchange of scathing letters, Maryland state Delegate Emmett C. Burns has changed his mind and conceded that professional football players have First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. Last week Burns wrote to Baltimore Ravens Owner Steven Biscoitti, saying he found it...

Grandmother gives birth to daughter’s baby

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Not to be confused with the popular iPhone app, but a Chicago woman became an "instagram" of sorts when she gave birth to her own daughter's baby. Cindy Reutzel, 53, gave birth to a healthy baby girl who was conceived using a fertilized egg from her own daughter, Emily Jordan. Reutzel offered to carry her [...]