"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

City offers 'a leg up' in job interviews to CPS graduates

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:08 PM PDT

High school graduates could have an advantage landing interviews for jobs with the city under a new initiative where former students are among at least 20 percent of job applicants the Department of Human Resources refers to city department managers.

Analysis: Candidates' deficit plans don't add up

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:04 AM PDT

Romney's path to victory appears to narrowHere's the rap on the presidential candidates' plans for cutting federal deficits: Mitt Romney's is too bold and the numbers don't add up, while President Barack Obama's is too timid and his numbers don't add up, either.

Minneapolis gunman's family feared mental illness

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT

An informal memorial sits on a bench in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 in tribute to UPS driver Keith Basinski, 50, who was among five victims killed in the shooting rampage that took place late Thursday afternoon at Accents Signage Systems, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minn. Police say Andrew Engeldinger, 36, was fired from the company that afternoon and responded by fatally shooting others there before he turned the gun on himself. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUTAndrew Engeldinger's parents were worried about their son's growing paranoia. In 2010, they sought help, enrolling in a 12-week class for families of the mentally ill.

GOP goes after White House, Susan Rice over Libya

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT

As the presidential debates and the election approach, questions about how the Obama administration has handled the attack in Libya that killed the US ambassador on Sept. 11 have taken a harder political edge.

Hundreds of Libyans hand over their weapons

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 02:08 PM PDT

Libyan security forces stand guard as people turn in weapons in Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Hundreds of Libyans have converged on a main square in Benghazi in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of rocket launchers. The call by the Libyan chiefs of staff was promoted on a private TV station earlier this month. But the call may have gained traction in the wake of the attack against the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in which the American ambassador and three staffers were killed. The attack was followed by a popular uproar against armed militias which have increasingly challenged government authorities. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)Hundreds of Libyans converged Saturday on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, tanks, vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of rocket launchers.

Autopsies: 2 men found dead in car trunk beaten to death

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 02:13 PM PDT

Two men whose bodies were found in the trunk of a parked vehicle in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side died from blunt head trauma in assaults, the Cook County medical examiner's office found following autopsies today.

Biden blames Bush administration for deficit

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT

Biden Blames Bush Administration for DeficitVice President Joe Biden placed the blame for the ballooning deficit on the Bush administration today, arguing that the previous administration saddled the country with the burden of trillions of dollars in debt. "Let's get serious here! How did we get...

Fox News blames live airing of suicide on 'severe human error'

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 03:33 PM PDT

Handout of a vehicle is shown being pursued by police in a high-speed chase in this still image from video in Phoenix, ArizonaPHOENIX (Reuters) - Fox News apologized for a "severe human error" that resulted in viewers seeing a suspected carjacker fatally shoot himself after a police chase. The coverage of the Friday incident, which sparked outrage on social media and a quick on-air apology by anchor Shepard Smith, showed a man stumbling from an allegedly stolen car into the desert near Phoenix on Friday. As a camera in a helicopter provided live coverage, the man s topped a short distance away, pulled the trigger of a gun pointed to the right side of his head and crumpled face-forward into the ground. ...

Questions linger about Rep. Jackson's future

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 20, 2012 file photo, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. speaks in Chicago. With the November election only five weeks away, Jackson's absence from work and the campaign trail is testing patience in Chicago. His GOP opponent is now criticizing him for it after pledging not to. Friendly editorial writers are now urging he come forward and finally explain himself. And Jackson's alderman wife, Sandi, is having to deny in public that she might step in to replace him. The Jackson camp says only that the congressman is still on the ballot and will only return to work when cleared for that by a doctor, but the uncertainty and mystery is feeding talk of what happens if he resigns and needs to be replaced, a process with a sordid history in Chicago and Illinois. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)His home in Washington is for sale. His wife says he'll come back to work only when a doctor approves. He vowed to return to the campaign by Labor Day, and then didn't.

Jay-Z christens Barclays Center with Brooklyn love

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Rapper Jay-Z performs the inaugural concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday Sept. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)The newly built Barclays Center is the home of the Brooklyn Nets, and Jay-Z, an investor in the team, christened the venue Friday night in uniform, sporting a Nets hat and jersey as he rapped two dozen jams onstage in front of thousands.

Libya thwarts planned anti-militia protests

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:41 AM PDT

A damaged police car is seen outside a security forces building that was attacked by a crowd of protesters in BenghaziTRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Authorities in Libya thwarted plans for a huge demonstration against militia in the capital Tripoli on Friday, while in Benghazi, scene of mass anti-militia protests last week, supporters of an ousted Islamist group returned to the streets. Activists had hoped that a planned demonstration in the capital would be as successful as a giant anti-militia protest held in Benghazi last week, but only about 400 protesters turned up on Friday after the country's mufti and mosque preachers warned people not to attend. ...

Bears' Forte questionable for Cowboys

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT

Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte was limited during Saturday's light practice and is listed as questionable for Monday night's game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Paul Ryan gives a personal pitch to New Hampshire voters

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:04 AM PDT

Republican vice-presidential candidate Ryan answers a question at a campaign stop in DoverDerry, N.H.–Paul Ryan pitched his ticket to voters in this swing state saying they have an "enormous responsibility" and an "enormous opportunity" to help his ticket to victory in November. "A handful of states will settle this. You understand it. You're the Granite state. You've...

Minneapolis shooting victims remembered, mourned

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:55 AM PDT

A prideful entrepreneur, known at City Hall and recognized by federal leaders for his ingenuity and business spirit. A package deliveryman known for his devotion to his children and the Green Bay Packers. The promising artist with a young family. A quiet outdoorsman who had a big sense of humor.

Simpson, Watson pile on as U.S. widens Ryder Cup lead

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Webb Simpson and Bubba Watson scorched the fairways for nine more birdies in best-ball, tightening the United States' grip on the Ryder Cup with a 5 and 4 victory over Justin Rose and Francesco Molinari.

With charts and charm, Paul Ryan aims to steady a shaken ticket

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 07:06 AM PDT

Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan gestures as he speaks to supporters during a campaign event in DerryVANDALIA, Ohio (Reuters) - Trailing in the must-win state of Ohio, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney asked his running mate Paul Ryan to meet him here this week. After 24 days apart, Romney and Ryan reunited on an airport tarmac on Tuesday amid grumbling from some Republicans that the campaign has grown complacent, leaving Ryan, its strongest advocate, off the national stage. "Wow, that's quite a guy, Paul Ryan," Romney shouted to the crowd. "Isn't that something?" Romney's many conservative critics share that assessment. ...

Rep. Jackson's absence testing patience in Chicago

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 12:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 20, 2012 file photo, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. speaks in Chicago. With the November election only five weeks away, Jackson's absence from work and the campaign trail is testing patience in Chicago. His GOP opponent is now criticizing him for it after pledging not to. Friendly editorial writers are now urging he come forward and finally explain himself. And Jackson's alderman wife, Sandi, is having to deny in public that she might step in to replace him. The Jackson camp says only that the congressman is still on the ballot and will only return to work when cleared for that by a doctor, but the uncertainty and mystery is feeding talk of what happens if he resigns and needs to be replaced, a process with a sordid history in Chicago and Illinois. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)His home in Washington is for sale. His wife says he'll come back to work only when a doctor approves. He vowed to return to the campaign by Labor Day, a deadline that came ... and went.

Schwarzenegger: Shriver changed tune on recall run

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 06:30 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened the door to his successful candidacy.

Obama, Netanyahu seek to get past Iran differences

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:28 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Eden Park in CincinnatiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a show of unity on Friday on preventing a nuclear-armed Iran, seeking to tone down the acrimony between the two leaders that has become an issue in the final stretch of the U.S. presidential race. Obama, widely seen as having snubbed Netanyahu by not meeting face to face with him during his U.S. visit, spoke instead by phone to the Israeli prime minister amid signs of movement toward a truce in their war of words over how to confront Tehran. Netanyahu used his U.N. ...

14-year-old boy charged in Oakland neighborhood slaying

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 02:36 PM PDT

A 14-year-old boy has been charged in the slaying of a 17-year-old boy who was shot and killed as he walked to his grandmother's South Side home earlier this week, police said.