"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Protesters attack in Egypt and Libya

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:05 PM PDT

Egyptian protesters climb the walls of the U.S. embassy during protests in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters, largely ultra conservative Islamists, have climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, went into the courtyard and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with Islamic inscription, in protest of a film deemed offensive of Islam. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Mainly ultraconservative protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Egypt's capital Tuesday and brought down the American flag, replacing it with a black Islamist flag to protest a U.S.-produced film attacking the Prophet Muhammad. Hours later, armed men in eastern Libya also stormed the US consulate there and set it on fire as anger spread.

Obama denies snubbing Netanyahu amid chill

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama meets Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu at the United Nations in New YorkObama meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN in 2011. (Reuters) UPDATE 8:13 p.m. EDT: The White House denied late Tuesday that President Barack Obama had snubbed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by rejecting his request for a meeting when he comes to the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York in [...]

Astronaut Frank Culbertson saw 9/11 from space

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT

Astronaut Frank Culbertson Saw 9/11 From SpaceAstronaut Frank Culbertson had perhaps the most unique perspective of any American who witnessed 9/11. He saw it from space. Culbertson was the only American aboard the International Space Station when planes first hit the World Trade Center in New York, 11 years ago today....

Drew Peterson fires lawyer who opposed divorce lawyer as witness

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:19 PM PDT

Drew Peterson has fired the attorney who loudly warned against calling Kathleen Savio's divorce lawyer, a move many considered a devastating miscalculation.

Some 800,000 Americans could have avoided foreclosure, study finds

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:34 PM PDT

800,000 Americans Could Have Avoided ForeclosureA new study finds that an alarming number of homeowners — 800,000 — would not have faced foreclosure had the banks taken full advantage of the government's Home Affordable Modification Program to assist distressed mortgage-holders following the financial meltdown. The study, conducted by a group of scholars and government officials and coming to us via ProPublica, found that while some banks were well-staffed and trained to modify mortgages, most were not. ...

Dead prisoner had troubled history at Guantanamo

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:55 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by Marc Falkoff , an attorney representing Adnan Latif shows Latif, the Guantanamo prisoner who was found unconscious in his cell on Saturday, Sept. 8. 2012 and later declared dead at a hospital on the U.S. base in Cuba. Latif, a 32-year-old from Yemen, had been held at Guantanamo without charge since January 2002. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Marc Falkoff)The latest prisoner to die at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was identified as a Yemeni man with a history of mental illness who battled guards and challenged his confinement.

Olbermann responds to Scarborough’s presidential bid rumors

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:12 PM PDT

Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann responded Tuesday to a Vanity Fair article reporting that the network's Joe Scarborough was considering a presidential bid in 2016. We'll let his tweets do the talking:

Sheryl Crow's brain tumor suspicion not supported by science

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Singer Sheryl Crow has said she believes her benign brain tumor was caused by frequent cellphone use, but the science to date does not support her theory.

Divers to get 3D images of sunken Civil War ship

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:11 AM PDT

Divers to Get 3D Images of Sunken Civil War ShipThe USS Hatteras, an iron-hulled steamship that was converted into a gunboat by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, was lost to the sea on Jan. 11, 1863, during one of the many battles for the strategic Confederate port of Galveston, Texas.

Emanuel faces striking teachers while selling strike message

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today continued to sell his message that the Chicago teachers strike was "avoidable" as picketing teachers provided the background noise to a news conference.

Is America safer after 9/11?

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Obama, RomneyLooking to win voters even as they swore off negative attacks, the candidates clash over whether the U.S. is a safer place after 9/11.

Photos: Protesters pull down U.S. flag at Cairo embassy

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT

Photos: Protesters pull down U.S. flag at Cairo embassyProtesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over what they said was a film being produced in the United States that insulted Prophet Mohammad. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)

Mammoth fragments from Siberia raise cloning hopes

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 28, 2008 file photo a sculpture of mammoths is seen in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk, 2000 kilometers (1250 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. A Russian university said Tuesday that an international team of scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a step closer to the possibility of cloning the prehistoric animal. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky,File)Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the "Jurassic Park" possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission's organizer said Tuesday.

Slain girl's friend ID's photo of accused murderer McCullough

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:40 AM PDT

The childhood friend of a murdered Sycamore girl identified an old photo in court Tuesday as that of the man charged in the girl's 1957 abduction and death.

Netanyahu: U.S. has no 'moral right' to block Israel on Iran

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during a joint news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Borisov in JerusalemIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the U.S. had forfeited any moral right to stop Israel taking action against Iran's nuclear program because it had refused to be firm with Tehran itself.

Photos: Mars rover takes stunning hi-res self-portraits

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Photos: Mars rover takes stunning hi-res self-portraits

Biden says ‘malarkey.’ And another word meaning ‘malarkey.’

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:33 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event Athens Community Center, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Athens, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Fresh from delivering a tribute to 9/11 victims, VP Biden told Shanksville, Pa., firefighters that he would have them down to Washington -- "No bulls**t."

Now what? 11 things to do with your old iPhone

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:06 PM PDT

FILE-In this Thursday, June 24, 2010 file photo, Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his new iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store, in Chicago. Millions of people will likely buy new iPhones after Apple's expected announcement of a new model on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The new phones would join some 244 million iPhones already sold since the first one launched in 2007. Some have been lost, some stolen and some are still in use. But it's fair to say that millions of iPhones are languishing in desk drawers or gathering dust. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?

New intel shows Iran is advancing nuclear weapons work

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012 file photo, released by the Iranian President's Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran's research reactor centre in northern Tehran, Iran. Iran's denials that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons carry a distinctly hollow ring among its foes as the U.N. nuclear watchdog piles on worries: Complaining about limits on inspection access and reporting that Tehran is expanding its nuclear fuel labs. But, as Israel increasingly weighs the option of a military strike, Western leaders wary of another Middle East conflict may have to pay closer attention to the claims. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)The U.N. atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that Iran has moved further toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats tell The Associated Press.

Of the most popular baby names, one stands the test of time

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:33 AM PDT

Popular baby names in the U.S. have changed dramatically over the past 100 years. But some things never change, including our nation's love of the name "William." Data from the Social Security Administration shows that virtually none of the top 20 most popular names from 1911 is still in the rankings in the most recent [...]