"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Thieves take $10,000 in wedding presents

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:20 PM PDT

A newlywed couple's marriage is off to a rough start after thieves took more than $10,000 worth of gifts that the couple left unprotected outdoors overnight. "Somebody had come and taken all of the wedding gifts," Amy Wright, the bride, told local Pennsylvania affiliate WFMZ. "Every last card was gone, the boxes, the gift bags." [...]

California man behind anti-Islam film arrested

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2012 file image from video provided by CBS2-KCAL9, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that has inflamed parts of the Middle East, is escorted by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies from his home in Cerritos, Calif. Nakoula, 55, was arrested Thursday for violating terms of his probation, authorities said. (AP Photo/CBS2-KCAL9, File) MANDATORY CREDIT CBS-KCAL9, LOS ANGELES OUT, LOS ANGELES TV OUTThe California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video posted to YouTube that has inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested for violating terms of his probation, authorities said Thursday.

Police: 2 dead, 4 wounded in Minn. office shooting

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:07 PM PDT

An officer walks through the area as police investigate a shooting at Accent Signage Systems on the north side of Minneapolis Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Police say left at least two people were killed and four others wounded. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUTA shooter opened fire Thursday at a Minneapolis sign business, leaving at least two people dead and four others wounded, including three critically, police and hospital officials said.

Security concerns keep FBI from scene of ambassador's murder: Official

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:24 PM PDT

Security Concerns Keep FBI From Scene of Ambassador's Murder: OfficialMore than two weeks after militants killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans at a diplomatic mission in Libya, FBI investigators have not gone into the city where the attack took place due to security concerns, a federal law enforcement official said today, even if such concerns haven't stopped journalists from operating freely in the same city.

Rental car companies pledge not to rent recalled cars

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Rental Car Companies Pledge Not to Rent Recalled CarsThe nation's four largest rental car companies have banded together in a pledge not to rent out any vehicles that are subject to a manufacturer safety recall and to support legislation that would legally enforce the promise.

U.S. responded to Benghazi attack as terrorism on ‘Day One’: Source

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:56 PM PDT

An exterior view of the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in BenghaziWhen gunmen struck the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 of this year, the response from American officials was almost simultaneous: They immediately set about collecting information about the attackers, some of whom were quickly identified as foreigners, and tracing links from them to known extremist groups, a knowledgeable source has told Yahoo [...]

Netanyahu’s ‘red line’ mocked on Twitter

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:24 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu points to red line he drew on graphic of bomb used to represent Iran's nuclear program, in New YorkDuring his speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the completion of Iran's nuclear enrichment program threatens the stability of the Middle East, Europe and the United States—and urged world leaders to draw a "red line" to prevent Iran from continuing on. In a highly unusual [...]

Obama: NFL refs’ return is ‘great day for America’

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 09:14 AM PDT

President Barack Obama warmly welcomed the breakthrough deal that will see the NFL's regular refs return to work. Their temporary replacements angered and baffled football fans coast-to-coast with controversial calls. Obama thinks "it's a great day for America," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One, as the president headed to [...]

Family fights highway off-ramp in their backyard

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:32 AM PDT

When the Dodge family bought a modest home in Clark County, Wash., a decade ago it was tucked away at the end of a quiet dead-end street. Now a highway ramp is yards from the family's backyard. "Come here. Stand in our yard," Melissa Dodge told the Columbian newspaper as cars whizzed off Highway 500 [...]

Apple has its eyes on flexible iPhone screens

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Don't think the new iPhone 5 was enough of a leap over the previous generation of Apple's smartphone in terms of design? Well, a new patent by the Cupertino, Calif. tech powerhouse should have you very excited. The company has … Continue reading →

Video: Man goes street surfing through flooded British town

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:32 AM PDT

In the age of ridesharing, people are always coming up with new ways of getting to work. But Ryan Hart tried a unique approach, when he hitched a surfboard to the back of a pickup truck and surfed through the streets of a flooded English town. 'There were four of us and we thought we'd [...]

Candidate’s wife throws water on reporter

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT

One way to get rid of a pesky reporter: Throw a bucket of water on him. That's what the wife of a failed candidate embroiled in a campaign scandal did to Miami Local 10 senior political reporter Michael Putney. The TV journalist came away drenched but not any more enlightened than when he knocked on [...]

Peapod to put virtual markets in 17 CTA, Metra stations

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:27 PM PDT

Launched at a Chicago "L" station last spring, Skokie-based online grocer Peapod is expanding its virtual supermarkets to 17 CTA and Metra stations beginning Friday. 

'Person of interest' in custody in Evanston teen's slaying

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Police have a "person of interest" in custody in the slaying of Dajae Coleman, a freshman at Evanston Township High School who was shot and killed Saturday.

Should Fido fly? You may not like the answer

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:58 PM PDT

On the heels of two pet death incidents – both on United Airlines – it may be time to reconsider taking your pet along on the next family vacation.

Renoir artwork from flea market now thought stolen

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:34 PM PDT

This undated image provided by the Potomack Company shows an apparently original painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir that was acquired by a woman from Virginia who stopped at a flea market in West Virginia and paid $7 for a box of trinkets that included the painting. An auction house has put on hold the sale of a painting believed to be by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir that a woman bought at a West Virginia flea market because a reporter found evidence someone stole the painting from the Baltimore Museum of Art. A Washington Post reporter discovered documents in the museum's library showing the painting was there from 1937 until 1949. Museum officials then found paperwork showing the painting, The Renoir painting that caused a sensation when it was bought at a flea market for $7 may have been stolen from a museum six decades ago, and an auction house has put its sale on hold.

Dupage confirms 4th West Nile death of the year

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:17 PM PDT

County, state decline to release details of death

A fourth death attributed to the West Nile virus has been confirmed in DuPage County, state and local officials said Thursday. There have been 26 confirmed cases of the virus in DuPage among residents of a dozen different towns.

Early voters casting ballots in swing state of Iowa

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Voting Begins in Iowa BattlegroundIowa is one of 32 states that allows no-excuse early voting, meaning that any registered voter can head to the polls before election day and cast their ballot.

Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:09 PM PDT

This image provided by NASA shows shows a Martian rock outcrop near the landing site of the rover Curiosity thought to be the site of an ancient streambed. Curiosity landed in a crater near Mars' equator on Aug. 5 on a two-year mission to study whether the environment could have been favorable for microbial life. (AP Photo/NASA)Evidence of an ancient stream came from analyzing the size and shapes of pebbles and gravel near Gale Crater.

Giant ferris wheel to offer view of New York City landscape

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT

An artist rendering of a proposed giant ferris wheel on New York's Staten IslandNEW YORK (Reuters) - A plan to build the world's tallest ferris wheel on New York's Staten Island, offering sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline, could hold the answer to a long-elusive goal: putting the most-overlooked of city's five boroughs on the tourist map. The giant ferris wheel, at 625 feet, will be about half the height of the Empire State Building and taller than Singapore's Flyer and the planned "High Roller" wheel in Las Vegas, the city said. ...