"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Romney pauses debate prep to officiate football game

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 12:54 PM PDT

Raw: Romney oversees football gameMitt Romney emerged from a weekend of debate preparations on Sunday to take in a grudge match that had been in the works for weeks: a flag football game between his senior staff and the reporters who cover him. Dressed in black shorts and a black t-shirt, the Republican presidential nominee made a [...]

5 shot, 2 fatally in South Side shootings

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 04:43 PM PDT

Five people were shot, two fatally in several South Side shootings this afternoon, police said.

Remembering former U.S. Sen. George McGovern

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 09:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 1971 file photo, U.S. Sen. George McGovern makes a speech at the University of the Pacific at Stockton, Calif. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to a spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/Walt Zeboski, File)On Sunday, Yahoo News asked Americans for their memories and appreciations of George McGovern, the former presidential candidate and anti-war advocate, who died Sunday at 90. Here are excerpts from submissions we received.

After Libya misfire, pressure on Romney in foreign policy debate

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Republican presidential nominee Romney answers a question during the second presidential debate in HempsteadWhen President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face off on Monday in their third and final debate, it will be the Republican challenger's last best chance to recover from his botched "Libya moment" and exploit vulnerabilities in his opponent's foreign policy record. But Romney has an uphill struggle to make his case against Obama, who will be buoyed by the advantages of incumbency as well as polls showing him with an edge - though a shrinking one - on the question of who is more trusted in global affairs. ...

5.3-magnitude quake, aftershocks rattle Calif.

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT

A moderate earthquake and minor aftershocks jolted the central California coast over the weekend but didn't cause any damage, authorities said.

Ghana says sailors on seized Argentine ship free to leave

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:06 PM PDT

A crew member of the Argentine naval vessel Libertad prepares to leave the port for the beach, in AccraThe crew of an Argentine naval training vessel impounded in Ghana by a firm seeking to claw back $300 million in defaulted bonds are free to leave the country, a government official said on Sunday. The ARA Libertad and its crew have been detained in Ghana's port of Tema since October 2 by a court order obtained by NML Capital Ltd in a dispute which has strained relations between the west African country and Argentina. "They are free to leave after going through the standard immigration process," a senior government official told Reuters, asking not to be named. ...

Kateri Tekakwitha becomes first American Indian saint

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:44 AM PDT

Kateri Tekakwitha Becomes First American Indian SaintKateri Tekakwitha was named the first Native American saint today by Pope Benedict XVI in a ceremony held in St. Peter's Square. Some 80,000 people came to the open-air ceremony as the 17th century Mohawk-Algonquin woman and six others were canonized. "It's so nice to see God...

Rev. Jesse Jackson: Son to return to Mayo Clinic 'soon'

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:37 PM PDT

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., will return to the Mayo Clinic "soon" and will seek to "regain his equilibrium," said his father, Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Average U.S. retail gas prices drop 8 cents in two weeks

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:04 PM PDT

Soaring Gas Prices Become Issue In Presidential CampaignThe average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States fell more than 8 cents during the past two weeks, weighed down by the drop in crude oil prices and low seasonal demand, according to a widely followed survey released on Sunday.

Models sue agencies in $22 mil lawsuit

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT

It pays to be beautiful, but it may not pay as much as it should. That's the contention in a $20 million class-action suit against some of New York's top modeling and advertising agencies, including Ford Models, Next Management and Wilhelmina.

Deadly Spain earthquake triggered by groundwater removal

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:08 AM PDT

Deadly Spain Earthquake Triggered By Groundwater RemovalGroundwater removal triggered the unusually shallow and deadly earthquake that hit Lorca, Spain, in 2011, according to a new study.

Dozens hurt when floor collapses during Fla. party

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Authorities say more than 50 people were hurt when the floor collapsed during a party at an apartment building in Florida.

Cops: Man wounded by officers after shooting 2 others

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:06 PM PDT

A gunman who allegedly shot two people was wounded by police this afternoon after he tried to fire at them on the city's South Side.

Obama immigration stance locks in Hispanic support

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:32 AM PDT

Aida Castillo places a sticker on her blouse indicating that she had voted during the early voting period, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. In the heavily-Hispanic neighborhoods of Las Vegas, unemployment is high and home values are down. But President Barack Obama's immigration stand has locked in support from a fast-growing demographic group that has been trending sharply Democratic in the wake of increasingly hard-line Republican positions on immigration. Part of the reason is his executive order that allows people brought into the country illegally as children to avoid deportation if they graduate high school or join the military. The president's campaign is counting on Hispanics providing the margin of victory not just in Nevada, but in other swing states such as Colorado, Iowa, Virginia and North Carolina. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)A victim of the brutal economy in a swing state, a 30-year-old tax preparer has been out of work for months. She's a foe of abortion and gay marriage, and was naturally drawn to the Republican ticket.

Jordan says it foils al-Qaida-linked terror plot

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 12:54 PM PDT

Jordanian authorities have arrested 11 suspected al-Qaida-linked militants for allegedly planning to attack shopping malls and Western diplomatic missions in the country, the government said Sunday.

Shooting at spa in Wisconsin: 4 dead, including gunman, police say

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:08 AM PDT

An FBI agent walks through the Brookfield Square mall parking lot in Brookfield, WisconsinA shooting at a spa near a Brookfield, Wis., mall on Sunday left four dead--including the shooter--and four others wounded, police said. The suspected gunman, 45-year-old Radcliffe Haughton, of Brown Deer, Wis., was later found dead inside. The shooting occurred at the Azana Spa across the street from the Brookfield Square Mall at approximately 11:15 [...]

Funeral for slain Lebanon official ends in clashes

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Lebanese protesters are enveloped in tear gas as they pull a barbed-wire barrier during clashes after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 21, 2012. Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters in Beirut. The enraged crowd came from the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official assassinated in a massive car bombing.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Lebanese security forces unleashed a barrage of gunfire and tear gas in central Beirut on Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to storm the government headquarters after the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official killed by a car bomb.

Police: Wisconsin shooting suspect died of self-inflicted wound

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:13 PM PDT

A man police suspected of killing three and wounding four at a day spa was found dead of a self-inflicted wound following a six-hour manhunt that locked down a shopping center, country club and hospital in suburban Milwaukee. The suspect, Radcliffe Franklin Haughton, 45, grew up in Wheeling and Northbrook, his father said.

‘SNL’ spoofs second presidential debate (VIDEO)

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:56 AM PDT

As was the case with the first two debates of the 2012 presidential race, last week's town hall at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, was spoofed on "Saturday Night Live."

Hotel official: Fidel Castro appears in public

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:04 AM PDT

A picture of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro is seen at a polling station in Havana Sunday Oct. 21, 2012. Cubans are going to the polls Sunday to vote in municipal elections. A top executive of the Hotel Nacional told the AP Sunday 86-year-old Fidel Castro appeared in public for the first time in months at the hotel Saturday challenging persistent rumors that the aging revolutionary is near death.(AP Photo/Ismael Francisco/Cubadebate)Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, a top hotel executive told The Associated Press on Sunday, challenging persistent rumors that the aging revolutionary is near death.