"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Actress: Director of anti-Islamic film deceived us

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:32 PM PDT

An actress in the movie about the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage across the Middle East on Tuesday and Wednesday said she will sue the filmmaker and that the film's script, titled "Desert Warriors," focused on life 2,000 years ago. Cindy Lee Garcia told Gawker that she called the film's writer and director, who has [...]

Chicago teachers strike: Illegal under Illinois law?

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis takes a break from negotiations over teachers' contracts with the Chicago Board of Education to address a rally of thousands of public school teachers on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in downtown Chicago. Teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)With the Chicago teacher's strike entering its third day, both sides appear determined to settle matters behind closed doors and not in a courtroom, even though the city has authority to take the fight there – though at significant political risk, legal experts say.

U.S. probing whether Libya attack was extremist plot

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:14 PM PDT

A man walks inside the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in BenghaziPresident Barack Obama rushed 50 Marines to Libya to safeguard American personnel and critical facilities there, and ordered a worldwide review of security at diplomatic posts. The moves were made amid escalating worries that a deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi stemmed from a carefully planned extremist plot, not a spontaneous riot. Even [...]

House renews surveillance law for 5 years

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:51 PM PDT

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly renewed a surveillance law that allows the government to monitor conversations of foreign spies and terrorist suspects abroad, while requiring approval from a secret court when Americans are targeted anywhere in the world.

Romney under friendly fire over response to Libyan embassy attack

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Will Mitt Romney's hasty response to the deadly attacks on the American diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya go down as the misstep that doomed his campaign to unseat President Barack Obama? The Republican presidential candidate came under fire from Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday for politicizing the outbreak of deadly violence in the Middle [...]

New Age author writes novel 'live'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Want to get primed for National Novel Writing Month? Here's your chance to watch the sausage being made. Silvia Hartmann, a British New Age lecturer on topics like EmoTrance and energy psychology, is exposing the soul-searing process by writing a novel "live" via Google Docs. Hartmann, who also writes fiction under the nom de plume [...]

Tony Perkins: Social conservative enthusiasm for Romney ‘building’

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:30 PM PDT

Enthusiasm among social conservatives for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is still "building," Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins said during a speech at the National Press Club on Wednesday. "I think it's building," Perkins, who endorsed former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum during the Republican primaries but supports Romney now, said when asked about the [...]

Obama orders flags to half-staff after Benghazi attack

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT

President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered American flags flying above government buildings, military vessels and posts around the world be flown at half-staff until sunset on September 16 "as a mark of respect" for the victims of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Obama announced the order in a presidential proclamation a [...]

Libya attack may have been planned, U.S. officials say

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:27 PM PDT

The attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other American diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, may have been planned and organized in advance, U.S. government officials said on Wednesday.

Should you buy the new iPhone 5?

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, speaks on stage during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 at an Apple event in San Francisco, Wednesday Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Apple's iPhone 5 is a device that's leaps and bounds better than any other Apple phone to date. But is it right for you?

Russian PM says punk band members should be freed

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Russia's PM Medvedev attends a meeting with members of the United Russia party at the Gorki residence outside MoscowDmitry Medvedev said he thought three punk band members should be freed from prison following their conviction for a profanity-laced protest against Vladimir Putin.

Bank robbery suspects hurl cash during high-speed chase

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Bank heistIt's nearly a daily occurrence in Los Angeles. A high-speed police chase, broadcast live on television from local news helicopters hovering high above.

Who's advising Mitt Romney on foreign policy?

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney listens to questions on the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, in JacksonvilleWith Mitt Romney's comments on Libya drawing attention today–specifically, his criticism of Obama–it's worth examining whom Romney listens to on such matters. Dan Senor is one of Romney's closest advisers on foreign policy. Since Paul Ryan has been selected as the GOP's vice presidential candidate,...

Study: Facebook friends had huge impact on 2010 voter turnout

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Do you "like" voting? Saying so on Facebook could influence your friends to hit the polls.

State Dept. official killed in Libya was influential online gamer

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:55 AM PDT

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protestToday, the U.S. is recoiling from the tragic news that Sean Smith, a State Department official, was one of four individuals killed in a rocket attack in Libya.

Thinner, faster iPhone 5 starts shipping September 21

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:35 AM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)Key upgrades to the iPhone 5 include: A larger, 4-inch Retina display, updated camera technology featuring panorama mode, 18% thinner and 20% lighter design than the 4S.

L.A. police capture bank robbers after high-speed chase

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:40 AM PDT

Bank heistA wild pursuit of bank robbers across Southern California has come to an end with the capture of two men who had hurled cash out the windows during the chase.

DNC apologizes for image of Russian warships at convention

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT

The organizers of the Democratic National Convention apologized on Wednesday for accidentally using an image of Soviet-era Russian warships in its backdrop during a tribute to veterans at last week's convention in Charlotte, N.C. The ships were shown on a screen behind 50 veterans assembled onstage Sept. 6 during a presentation by retired Adm. John [...]

U.K. museum revives first-ever film shot in color

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:56 AM PDT

In this image released by Britain's National Media Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, Alfred Raymond Turner, Agnes May Turner and Wilfred Sidney Turner, circa 1902, are depicted amongst the earliest color moving pictures ever made, which have been rediscovered after more than 100 years. The footage, made by cinematic pioneer Edward Turner in around 1901, was found in the archives of the National Media Museum in Bradford and with the help of experts at the BFI National Archive was transformed into watchable digital files. (AP Photo/National Media Museum)The earliest movies known to be shot in color have been revived by film archivists, who on Wednesday gave an audience at London's Science Museum a glimpse at cinema's first attempts to show us the world as we see it.

Highland Park teen charged with felonies in Labor Day crash

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:49 PM PDT

Prosecutors say a Highland Park teen inhaled computer dust cleaner immediately before she allegedly drove onto a sidewalk and plowed into a family on Labor Day, killing a 5-year-old girl.