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"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Aide: Rep. Jackson home after depression treatment

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 16, 2011 file photo, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. attends ceremonies for Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel in Chicago. An aide to Jackson says the congressman is home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic. Jackson aide Rick Bryant said Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, that Jackson is convalescing with his wife and children at his home. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic, Jackson's chief of staff in suburban Chicago said Friday.

Judge says Schwarzenegger didn't break Calif. law

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:22 PM PDT

Kathy and Fred Santos discuss a judges ruling that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't break any law when he reduced the manslaughter sentence for one of the men convicted in the death of their son, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly said the governor did not violate the voter-approved Marsy's Law when he reduced the sentence of Esteban Nunez, who pleaded guilty in the 2008 stabbing death of Luis Santos. Schwarzenegger issued the commutation for Nunez, the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, hours before he left office in January 2011.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)A Sacramento County superior court judge ruled Friday that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't break any laws when he cut the manslaughter sentence for the son of a political ally just hours before leaving office last year.

U.S. official: Cyber attacks grow increasingly 'reckless'

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:59 PM PDT

Other nations are increasingly employing cyber attacks without "any sense of restraint," a top U.S. cybersecurity official said on Friday, citing "reckless" ...

Canadian couple trading in home for tiny house on wheels

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Kirsten Shaw and Michael Hunt are trading in their 2,200-square-foot home for a makeshift 300-square-foot dwelling that rests on wheels. And the Canadian couple plan to take their home on the road, driving with their son through the U.S. for a year. "Honestly I am not a homemaker," Shaw told the CBC. "It stresses me [...]

Owners of landmark Calif. tree face fines if it is not cut down

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:15 PM PDT

The days are numbered for an almost 100-year-old eucalyptus tree. The city of Santa Monica, Calif., has threatened to fine the owners of the 125-foot-tall tree anywhere from $5,000 to $25,000 a day if the tree isn't cut down by September 15. The owners of this largest eucalyptus deanei in the country, Faith and Harry [...]

'Huffing' suspected in Highland Park crash that killed child

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:08 PM PDT

Highland Park police are investigating whether an 18-year-old was "huffing" from compressed gas canisters or similar intoxicants before she crashed her father's car into a family on Labor Day, killing a 5-year-old girl.

Commentary: Political conventions were unworthy of an important election

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama, first lady Michelle and their daughter Sasha, wave to delegates during the final session of the Democratic National Convention in CharlotteWhat do we know about Barack Obama and Mitt Romney that we didn't know 10 days ago?

Photo of couple kissing as they are handcuffed by police

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT

One man's timely photograph of a couple kissing just as they are being handcuffed by the police could end up being the basis for a film. That's the good news for amateur photographer Mo Gelber, 42. The bad news is that Gelber's "Last Kiss" snapshot will be eligible to win this year's "Project Imaginat10n" contest [...]

Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threat

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT

Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threatA man angry about a compromising Facebook photo of his girlfriend took revenge against the ex-boyfriend who posted it, making a hoax call to police that set off a terrorism scare and got the former beau ...

Canada closes Tehran embassy, kicks out diplomats

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT

People wait at the door of the Iranian embassy in Ottawa to collect passports, Friday Sept.7, 2012. The Canadian government says it is shutting its embassy in Tehran and severing diplomatic relations amid recent attacks on foreign diplomats in Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Friday that the Canadian embassy in Tehran will close immediately and Iranian diplomats in Canada have been given five days to leave. He says he's worried about the safety of diplomats in Tehran following recent attacks on the British embassy there. He's also warning Canadians to avoid traveling to Iran. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Chartrand)Canada shut its embassy in Tehran on Friday, severed diplomatic relations and ordered Iranian diplomats to leave, accusing the Islamic Republic of being the most significant threat to world peace.

Jackson leaves Mayo Clinic

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:34 PM PDT

Jesse Jackson Jr has left the Mayo Clinic and is at home in the nation's capital with his family, an aide said today. Jackson, 47, was treated for bipolar depression at the clinic this summer. He began a medical leave of absence June 10.

Just Explain It: What is the Electoral College again?

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT

Just Explain ItEvery four years, Americans get a refresher course in civics: We don't elect the president directly. Instead, our votes elect 'electors' who make up the Electoral College.

Top Obama aide claims ‘momentum’ from DNC

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:47 AM PDT

img/photos/2012/09/07/media_c4b2f7752d9e493f87b47536e8f8e587.jpgDespite a dismal August jobs report, President Barack Obama emerged from the Democratic National Convention with "momentum," a top aide said Friday.

'This is a bad move': U.S. declares Haqqani network a terrorist group

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:11 AM PDT

FILE- In this Aug. 22, 1998, file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. The Obama administration faces a weekend deadline to decide whether the Pakistan-based Haqqani network should be declared a terrorist organization, a complicated political decision as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan and pushes for a reconciliation pact to end more than a decade of warfare. (AP Photo/Mohammed Riaz, File)Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed documents on Friday declaring the Haqqani network a foreign terrorist organization – a potential blow to US-Pakistan relations according to Pakistani analysts.

Arlen Specter released from hospital, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Former Sen. Arlen Specter, who has already survived two bouts of Hodgkin's disease, is now battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to his son's law firm.

Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:47 PM PDT

People run as fallen rocks land near their vehicle after the area was hit by earthquake in Zhaotong town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 64 deaths have been reported. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTTwin earthquakes and a spate of aftershocks struck southwestern China on Friday, toppling thousands of houses and sending boulders cascading across roads. At least 64 people were killed and hundreds injured in the remote mountainous area, and more than 100,000 residents were evacuated.

Interactive 'Sleeping Beauty' recreated at Ukraine museum

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Young visitors looks on a new art project called 'Sleeping Beauties' created by a Canadian-Ukrainian artist Taras Polataiko in The National Art Museum in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Five young Ukrainian women, dressed in white wedding gowns, take turns sleeping on display in the museum for a couple of hours every day. Based on the fairytale 'Sleeping Beauty', the idea of the art-exhibition is for visitors to look at a sleeping girl, and, if they feel the urge, kiss her on the lips. If a sleeping beauty opens up her eyes she's obliged by a legal contract to marry. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Looking for true love? Fall asleep in Ukraine's top museum and wait for a kiss.

Mother of quadruplets shaves numbers into their hair

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:58 AM PDT

A Chinese mother of identical quadruplets has taken an unusual step to help people avoid confusing her children with one another: giving them numerically shaped haircuts. "My sons are identical, even to me," their mother, Tan Chaoyun, told the Chinese language paper News Now. "Even now, their father can't tell which one is which." However, [...]

Peterson jurors: 'Unusual' that Drew cleaned tub

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT

The Drew Peterson jury thought it was "unusual" that he cleaned the bathtub the day after Kathleen Savio's body was discovered, four jurors said today as they revealed details from the trial that influenced their guilty verdict.

Romney pounces on disappointing job news

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT

Job seekers speak to recruiters at a job fair sponsored by New York Department of Labor in New YorkPresident Barack Obama charged back onto the campaign trail on Friday and faced a withering attack from Republican rival Mitt Romney over disappointing new U.S. jobs numbers.