"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Obama: Romney attacking ‘fictional Barack Obama’

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:40 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves to supporters after speaking a campaign event at Scott High School, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama told USA Today in an interview published Monday that Republicans led by Mitt Romney have so twisted his record and his words that they may as well be taking on "a fictional Barack Obama." That message, delivered on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, follows days and weeks of [...]

More Occupiers protest Democratic convention than RNC

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT

CHARLOTTE--About a half a mile away from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, more than 100 protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement are camped out in tents and on sleeping pads in a sweltering local park. The protest turnout has already far exceeded that of Tampa, when the threat of a hurricane derailed [...]

NJ man arrested in deadly attack on sleeping kids

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:30 PM PDT

A man high on PCP-laced marijuana stabbed two neighborhood children in their home while they slept, killing a 6-year-old boy and critically wounding his 12-year-old sister, authorities said.

Girl, 5, killed as family hit by car on Highland Park sidewalk

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:34 PM PDT

A 5-year-old girl was killed and her mother and younger brothers were injured when a vehicle drove onto a sidewalk as they were walking in Highland Park this afternoon, police said.

Starship guitarist Mark Abrahamian dies at 46

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:19 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Mark Abrahamian, the longtime guitarist for the rock band Starship, has died at age 46, the group said on Monday. Abrahamian had played since 2000 for the band, whose lineage reaches back to the 1960s with Jefferson Airplane and as Jefferson Starship in the 1980s. "We are shocked and saddened at the sudden loss of our guitar player Mark Abrahamian. We will miss you, brother. Rest in peace, Mark," Starship said in a Twitter message. The band did not give a cause or place of death. Starship played on Sunday in Norfolk, Nebraska, at a concert with Boston and Survivor. ...

Obama, Romney visits to Gulf highlight differences

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as he arrives at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, La., Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)President Barack Obama's trip to the hurricane zone three days after rival Mitt Romney looked over flooded homes and businesses underscores the differences in the way the presidential candidates see the role of government.

Co-author: 'Bad blood' didn't cause ex-SEAL to pen Bin Laden book

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Co-Author: 'Bad Blood' Didn't Cause Ex-SEAL to Pen Bin Laden BookE-Book Written by Former Special Operations Members Claims 'No Easy Day' Author Dissed by Navy

Mexico pres seeks to cement legacy in last address

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon delivers his state-of-the-nation address to Congress in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Calderon delivered his final state-of-the-nation speech on Monday, trying to cement his legacy as the president who stabilized the economy and took on the country's entrenched organized crime groups, putting Mexico on the road to rule of law. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)As he nears the end of his six-year term, Mexican President Felipe Calderon leaves his country with a better-armored economy — and also more armored cars.

Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT

A Thai police officer examines a damaged Ferrari in the garage of a home of Chaleo Yoovidhaya, the creator of the Red Bull energy drink Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Vorayuth Yoovidhya, a grandson of Chaleo Yoovidhaya, is suspected of driving the car that struck and killed a policeman and then dragged the officer's body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning, hit-and-run accident, police said Monday. (AP Photo) THAILAND OUTA grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday.

'Green Mile' star, Chicago native Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Oscar-nominated actor and South Side native Michael Clarke Duncan, who rose to fame after starring in Frank Darabont's prison tale "The Green Mile," has died two months after a heart attack. He was 54.

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:33 PM PDT

This undated image provided by Warner Bros. shows Tom Hanks, left, Michael Clarke Duncan, center, and David Morse in "The Green Mile." Duncan has died at the age of 54 on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following a July 13, 2012 heart attack, his fiancee, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, said. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Ralph Nelson)Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in "The Green Mile" and such other box office hits as "Armageddon," ''Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda," is dead at age 54.

Stolen Biden U-Haul truck recovered

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT

U-Haul Truck Carrying Biden Gear Stolen in DetroitVice President Biden's Missing U-Haul Gets Hauled In By Police

Bears' Urlacher 'one of the guys' in return to practice

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:46 PM PDT

Brian Urlacher returned to the practice field today as promised. "He did everything we asked him to do," coach Lovie Smith said. "He was one of the guys. He forgot that he's been out.'

UK's Prince Harry happy to joke about racy Vegas pics

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:41 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry speaks during the WellChild awards ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry was happy to poke fun at himself on Monday when he made his first official public appearance since pictures of him cavorting naked while on holiday in Las Vegas were published. The 27-year-old prince, third-in-line to the British throne, made news around the world two weeks ago when the pictures of him naked with a young woman in his hotel suite were printed in newspapers and on websites. ...

Gun violence stuns Pill Hill: 'We don't have that kind of stuff'

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 02:11 PM PDT

Chicago police are still searching for the gunmen in a pair of shooting incidents in a South Side neighborhood that hadn't seen much of that kind of violence.

Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

A Syrian girl, bottom center, who fled her home, due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, waits her turn to buy bread and eggs from a store, as she and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)The Syrian regime said Monday there will be no dialogue with the opposition before the army crushes the rebels, the latest sign that President Bashar Assad is determined to solve the crisis on the battlefield even if many more of his people have to pay with their lives.

Wildfire in Southern CA forest grows by 500 acres

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT

A plume of smoke rises from the San Gabriel Canyon area of the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept, 2, 2012. A wildfire that broke out in the Angeles National Forest on Sunday forced the evacuation of thousands of visitors and sent a huge cloud of smoke that could be seen from throughout the Los Angeles basin. (AP Photo/John Antczak)A fast-spreading fire has erupted in Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County.

House speaker: 'Fire Madigan' buttons show desperation

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT

DNC notebook: Michael Madigan said the effort by the Illinois GOP to promote "Fire Madigan" buttons was "a distraction" by people "in desperate straits."

Marchers lament NC union stance but support Obama

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Demonstrators march in a Labor Day parade, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C. Demonstrators are protesting before the start of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Union activists walked a political tightrope on Monday — voicing support for President Barack Obama's re-election bid while lamenting adversarial attitudes toward organized labor in the state Democrats chose for the presidential nominating convention.

Navy SEAL bin Laden book outselling '50 Shades' on Amazon

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:50 AM PDT

The former Navy commando's book "No Easy Day" is due to be released next week"No Easy Day," the controversial book by a former U.S. Navy SEAL about the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has stormed to the top of U.S. book sales on online retailer Amazon.com.