"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Clinton: 'I take responsibility' for security ahead of Libya attack: Reports

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington. Clinton headed to Peru Monday, where she will talk about women's empowerment. But overshadowing her trip is the lingering political drama in Washington over the Obama administration's handling of last month's deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN Monday evening after landing in Peru for a visit that "I take responsibility" for the security situation ahead of last month's attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, according to CNN. The attack left four Americans dead, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.

Be your own fact-checker Tuesday night

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:08 PM PDT

Hofstra Public Safety officer Ronald Nardo stands guard off the set of Tuesday's presidential debate between Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)There they go again. Or do they? Will Mitt Romney miscount the number of unemployed, as he has before? Will President Barack Obama's dubious claim of a peace dividend, bopped down in the last debate, rise again? When Obama and his Republican challenger debate Tuesday night, the media's fact-checking corps will be watching for problematic claims that have popped up repeatedly in the campaign, as well as brand new ones.

Ex-presidential nominee George McGovern in hospice

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Longtime former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate who lost to President Richard Nixon in a historic landslide, has moved into hospice care near his home in South Dakota, his family said Monday.

Candy Crowley: There will be follow-ups at tomorrow’s debate

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 03:09 PM PDT

"I'm not a fly on the wall," says debate moderator Candy Crowley. "We don't want the candidates to spout talking points. That doesn't help voters."Late Sunday, Time magazine reported that both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have expressed concern that CNN's Candy Crowley, the moderator of Tuesday's town hall debate in Hempstead, N.Y., would ask follow-up questions—an approach that is not consistent with the format the campaigns agreed upon. On Monday, Crowley addressed those concerns, saying she is [...]

Romney raises record $170 million

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney addresses the American Legion's national convention in IndianapolisMitt Romney raised just over $170 million in September for his campaign and the Republican National Committee—his best fundraising month to date. The total is about $11 million shy of the $181 million President Barack Obama raised for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee last month. But it still marks a key infusion of [...]

Researchers: Cyber attack MiniFlame hit Lebanon, Iran

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Researchers: Cyber Attack MiniFlame Hit Lebanon, IranResearchers said today they have identified part of the powerful Flame cyber espionage program as a stand-alone, "highly flexible" spy program that centered its attacks on computer systems in Lebanon and Iran. MiniFlame, as cyber experts at Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs dubbed the malware, is an...

Bus-only lanes will speed express buses on Ashland, Western

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 03:19 PM PDT

CTA super-express buses that will operate on 21-mile stretches of Ashland and Western avenues will travel in bus-only lanes, under a concept the transit agency will preview this week.

White House mulls how to strike over Libya attack

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 11, 2011 file photo, U.S. envoy Chris Stevens attends meetings at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders. Stevens, who became the U.S. ambassador to Libya in June 2012, was killed along with three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012. The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the attack. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)It has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya.

Two more drugs linked to meningitis outbreak

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Vials of the steroid distributed by New England Compounding Center (NECC) - implicated in a meningitis outbreak - are pictured in this undated handout photoTwo more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company.

'Ohio': So easy to say, so complicated to win

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:52 AM PDT

A voter arrives to cast her ballot at a Franklin County polling location on the first day of in-person absentee voting in ColumbusO-HI-O. So easy to say, so complicated to win. Diverse in geography and economy, Ohio is a Midwestern state with sections that act politically more like states in the East and the South. It has voter pools that include gritty, blue-collar manufacturing towns, teeming inner cities, sprawling college campuses, bedroom suburbs, and rural farming and mining communities.

Benghazi attack: Will Senate inquiry be an election factor?

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

Congressman Issa speaks during "The Security Failures of Benghazi" hearing on Capitol HillThe deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate is expected to dominate a portion of Tuesday night's second presidential debate.

Romney declines to visit 'sharp-tongued' hosts of 'The View'

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:11 AM PDT

In this image released by ABC, host Barbara Walters is pictured on the new set for the daytime talkshow "The View," on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 in New York. The show will start it's 15th season on Tuesday, Sept. 6. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)Ann Romney will visit ABC's "The View" solo Thursday, her husband no longer available to appear on the show he once referred to as "high risk."

Man ordered held on $1M bond in younger sister's killing

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:03 PM PDT

A man on supervision for a weapons conviction accidentally shot and killed his 20-year-old sister in their Northwest Side home over the weekend while showing her a pistol he claimed he had found on the street, prosecutors said today.

Russian punk band members heading to remote prison

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP - Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, centre, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Moscow appeals court freed Yekaterina Samutsevich of jailed band Pussy Riot but upheld a prison sentence for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina. The judge ruled that Yekaterina Samutsevich's sentence should be suspended because she was thrown out of the cathedral by guards before she could take part in the performance. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)Russian prisons are notorious for squalid conditions and often brutal treatment of inmates by personnel.

Cardinal sparks uproar with Muslim scare video at Vatican

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT

A cardinal arrives to attend a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI marking the opening of the Synod of bishops in St. Peter's square at the VaticanThe seven-minute clip, called "Muslim Demographics," was the talk of an international gathering of bishops on Monday.

Alderman strikes blow to preservationists on Prentice

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:24 PM PDT

Ald. Brendan Reilly said he is inclined to support Northwestern University's plans to tear down the old Prentice Women's Hospital and replace it with a new medical research facility.

Four big manufacturers to train veterans for jobs

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

People attend a military veterans hiring event in New YorkGeneral Electric Co, Alcoa Inc, Boeing Co and Lockheed-Martin Corp announced they would provide financial support to the "Get Skills to Work Coalition."

Pizza Hut rethinking presidential debate dare after uproar

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:35 AM PDT

In this combination of file photos, Republican presidential candidate former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, left, takes a bite of pizza during lunch with his wife Ann while campaigning at Village Pizza in Newport, N.H., Dec. 20, 2011, and then-Senator Barack Obama, right, takes a bite of pizza at American Dream Pizza in Corvallis, Ore., March 21, 2008. Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask "Sausage or Pepperoni?" at the presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, After the stunt triggered backlash last week, the company says it's moving the promotion online, where a contestant will be randomly selected to win free pizza for life. (AP Photo)Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask "Sausage or Pepperoni?" at the presidential debate Tuesday.

Top 20 best cities for trick-or-treating

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

For all you serious candy seekers hitting the streets this Halloween, look no further. Today, real estate website Zillow.com announced the results of their fourth-annual Trick-or-Treat Index, ranking the top 20 best cities for little ghosts and goblins around the nation to collect the most...

Photos: Spectacular 'hair-raising' styles hit London catwalk

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 07:06 PM PDT

Photos: Spectacular 'hair-raising' styles hit London catwalkA model for hair stylist Mario Krankl sits backstage at the 30th anniversary of the Alternative Hair Show at the Royal Albert Hall in London October 14, 2012. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY FASHION)