"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Swept aside: Tigers dismiss Yankees in Game 4

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 05:29 PM PDT

The Detroit Tigers celebrate after winning Game 4 of the American League championship series 8-1, against the New York Yankees, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, in Detroit. The Tigers move on to the World Series. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)No broom curses here. The Detroit Tigers did not delay the inevitable, putting away the punchless New York Yankees with an 8-1 victory in Game 4 of the ALCS on Thursday.

Court: Fort Hood suspect can be forcibly shaved

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 04:12 PM PDT

An Army appeals court ruled Thursday that the Fort Hood shooting suspect can have his beard forcibly shaved off before his murder trial.

Bounty offered for Al-Qaida 'facilitators'

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:28 AM PDT

The State Department announced today it is now offering multi-million dollar rewards for information that leads to the capture of two alleged high-level members of al Qaeda based in Iran. Under its Rewards for Justice program, the State Department is willing to pay up to...

Obama: Communication on Libya attack 'not optimal'

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:28 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama participates in a taping of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart in New YorkThe president admits mistakes were made but claims there was no "confusion" about the consulate attack.

Speculations swirl about ‘missing’ North Korean first lady

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:21 PM PDT

File photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and his wife Ri Sol-Ju attending opening ceremony of the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground on Rungna Islet along Taedong River in PyongyangThe lack of public appearances in more than a month by the first lady of North Korea has raised speculation about her fate. Ri Sol Ju, a singer who married North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, customarily has been pictured with her husband during visits to military units, farms,  and at official ceremonies, the Telegraph [...]

Video: Did Obama reset the race?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Video: Did Obama reset the race?PollTracker editor Kyle Leighton looks at President Obama's second debate performance and whether that will do for him what the first meeting did for Mitt Romney.

Google filing error shocks investors, exposes process flaws

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:25 PM PDT

File photo of Google Inc's logoR.R. Donnelley & Sons Co handles thousands of securities filings a year for corporate clients in a routine process that is invisible to most investors. On Thursday Google and its shareholders found out just what happens when that process goes wrong.

Who owns America's debt?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Italians Seize Fake U.S. Bonds Worth Nearly Half of U.S. DebtAs the U.S. continues to rack up more than $1 trillion of new debt every year, Americans are beginning to worry about who we owe this money to and how much power our creditors have over us.

Soup kitchen in Ryan photo op losing donors

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:30 PM PDT

Today's burning political question: Are the dishes being washed by Paul Ryan and his wife Janna at this Ohio soup kitchen clean or dirty?An Ohio soup kitchen is losing a 'substantial amount' of donations as a result of a recent Paul Ryan visit.

Mysterious 'October Suprise' website a hoax?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:22 PM PDT

SurpriseA website touting a secret document went online this week, counting down the minutes until it would reveal a nasty revelation about either Obama or Romney.

What women want: Abortion, contraception, equal pay – or jobs?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Obama: Romney 'whiffed' on explaining tax planObama and Romney are banking on very different sets of priorities held by the women they're hoping to win – primarily blue-collar, suburban "waitress moms."

Boy Scout files reveal long history of child sex abuse

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:03 PM PDT

Thousands of pages of files contain disturbing incidents of abuse within one of America's most respected organizations between 1965 and 1985 and reveal its long struggle to keep pedophiles out of its ranks.

Death toll from meningitis outbreak climbs to 20

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT

Federal agents search New England Compounding Center in Framingham, MassachusettsThe deadly outbreak of the rare disease showed no signs of abating, as nine new cases were reported, bringing the total to 254.

Relationship with dad may affects teens' sexual behavior

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT

Fathers' attitudes toward teen sex and the emotional closeness of their relationship with their teen have a sizeable influence on their teens' sexual behaviors, separate from the influence of moms, a new review of studies suggests.

Google blames R.R. Donnelley for premature earnings release

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:07 PM PDT

Google Inc. said its Chicago-based financial printer R.R. Donnelley & Sons Inc. filed a draft of its third quarter earnings statement without authorization on Thursday morning.

Boy Scout 'perversion files' show locals helped cover up

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:55 PM PDT

An Boy Scout Eagle badge is seen in this file photo taken in Orlando, FloridaThe files, released today, document allegations of sex abuse by Scouting volunteers across the country.

Conservative 'Obama' filmmaker resigns from college over relationship

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 10:52 AM PDT

FILE- In this Feb. 1, 2007 file photo, Dinesh D'Souza presents his opening arguments for the debate over the College of William & Mary President Gene Nichol's decision to remove the cross from permanent display from the altar at Wren Chapel, in Williamsburg, Va. The conservative scholar behind a high-grossing documentary that condemns President Barack Obama is under investigation by the evangelical college he leads over a report he took a woman who is not his wife to an event on Christian values. (AP Photo/Daily Press, Heather S. Hughes)An evangelical magazine reported that the long-married Dinesh D'Souza was also engaged to a woman.

Ex-Sen. George McGovern 'at the end stages of his life"

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 18, 2009, file photo former Sen. George McGovern delivers remarks at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Ann McGovern, the former senator's daughter, said Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, it's a blessing that she and other family members are able to surround her father as he declines in hospice care in South Dakota. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)The 90-year-old McGovern is in hospice care and his family said he was no longer responsive.

Romney’s ace could come from mystery swing state

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT

GOP challenger Mitt Romney could have an ace in the hole to counter President Barack Obama if the election comes down to one electoral vote, in the form of a gift from Maine.

Preckwinkle asks red-light insider to resign county post

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said today she wants a City Hall insider caught up in an ethics probe to resign from the obscure county board job she gave him last year.