"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

UBS to cut up to 10,000 jobs: source

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Woman stands in front of office of Swiss bank UBS at Paradeplatz square in ZurichSwiss bank UBS AG is expected to cut up to 10,000 jobs, or 16 percent of its workforce, as it contends with shrinking revenue and rising capital requirements.

Obama says he'd like to hear more political music

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama told MTV in an interview Friday that he wished there were more overtly political music today and said that he's not as concerned about elder daughter Malia dating or driving as he is about her being on Facebook. Interviewer Sway Calloway had asked the commander in chief whether he was more worried [...]

Casey Anthony asks for venue change in civil trial

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 04:53 PM PDT

Attorneys for Casey Anthony are asking for a venue change in her coming defamation trial.

Sen. Reid clear for release after Vegas car crash

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2012 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Troopers say Reid has been taken to the hospital after what appears to be a rear-end crash on an interstate through Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been cleared for release from the hospital after an apparent rear-end crash Friday afternoon on a Las Vegas freeway, his office said.

Watch: Today's news in 100 seconds

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:12 PM PDT

Watch: Today's news in 100 secondsOctober 26, 2012 - The Day In 100 Seconds

What are undecided voters waiting for?

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:54 AM PDT

This photo taken Oct. 25, 2012 shows Kelly Cox, co-owner of Shehan's Transport Refrigeration stands in one of his trucks, in Delhi, Calif. Who are these people who still can't make up their minds? They're undecided voters like Cox, who spends his days repairing the big rigs that haul central California's walnuts, grapes, milk and much more across America. He doesn't put much faith in Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)In a super-tight presidential race, people who still can't make up their minds have taken on an almost mythic stature.

Hurricane Sandy throwing a wrench in final week of campaigns

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Map shows projected path of Hurricane Sandy and along with another storm set to hit the Northeast and will include potential rainfall accumulations.With the last full week of the presidential campaign approaching, Hurricane Sandy, a massive storm expected to strike the East Coast over the weekend, will complicate the candidates' best laid plans. The impending storm is already causing problems for Mitt Romney's final week schedule. The Republican nominee planned to participate in a day-long swing through [...]

Nanny slashing case shocks NYC parents

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT

A woman holds a child's hand beside a memorial outside the apartment building where two children were allegedly stabbed by their nanny, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, in New York. The 2-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter of a CNBC executive were found dead by their mother in a dry bathtub in the family's Upper West Side apartment Thursday night. The nanny suspected of stabbing the children was in critical condition Friday with apparently self-inflicted injuries. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neighborhood and caused legions of parents to wonder how well they know who is watching their kids.

Sen. Reid taken to hospital after Vegas car crash

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 02:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2012 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Troopers say Reid has been taken to the hospital after what appears to be a rear-end crash on an interstate through Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Troopers say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been taken to the hospital after what appears to be a rear-end crash on an interstate through Las Vegas.

Our children's America

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Presidential endorsement: What kind of American will we leave our children? The Tribune endorses President Obama and urges him to address the nation's debt crisis.

Presidential endorsement: What kind of America will we leave our children? The Tribune endorses President Obama and urges him to address the nation's debt crisis.

Muslim pilgrims stone the devil in symbolic hajj rite

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," a rite of the annual hajj, the Islamic faith's most holy pilgrimage, in Mina near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. The five-day rituals of Hajj began on October 24 when millions arrived in the holy city of Mecca and continues for another two days. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)For the stoning ritual, 3.4 million pilgrims filed through a multi-level structure housing the walls symbolizing the devil, outside the holy city of Mecca.

TIME photos: Colorizing the archives of history

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

TIME photos: Colorizing the archives of history

Mitt Romney casts himself as the 'real' change

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:59 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivers a speech on the U.S. economy and health care in Ames, IowaMitt Romney again cast himself as an agent of change who is better equipped than President Barack Obama to turn around the nation's economy.

Obama rebuts claims he’s lying about Benghazi attack

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protestThe president forcefully denies deliberately misleading Americans about the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

Boston Globe: Romney rejected birth certificate changes for gay parents

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets out of his vehicle before boarding his campaign plane at Toledo Express Airport in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, as he travels to a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)He explained his opposition in 2004: "The children of America have the right to have a father and a mother...not 'parent A' and 'parent B.'

Citi fined $2M over Facebook IPO, fires two analysts

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 03:29 PM PDT

A Citi sign is seen at the Citigroup stall on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeMassachusetts' top securities regulator is probing other banks involved in the IPO, including lead Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase.

Photos: Haunting beauty at the junction of Earth and sky

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Photos: Haunting beauty at the junction of Earth and sky

Photos: Dogs play chase underwater with bared teeth, bubbles

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Photos: Dogs play chase underwater with bared teeth, bubbles

Death toll from meningitis outbreak reaches 25

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:56 AM PDT

A sample of Cladosporium species, one of the fungi diagnosed in the fungal meningitis outbreak sweeping the United States, in Nashville, TennesseeThe CDC said the latest fatality brings the number of deaths to 10 in Tennessee, the most of any state.

Former N.C. scoutmaster admits to molesting boys in '70s

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 11:04 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 photo, Thomas J. Menghi Jr. sits on the front porch of his home during an interview in Monroe, N.C. The former scoutmaster in North Carolina admits he molested as many as 10 boys in the early 1970s. Menghi was just one of thousands of former scout leaders named in secret files on suspected abusers kept by the Boy Scouts of America and released in mid-October 2012 under a court order. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)Thomas J. Menghi Jr. says he was usually drunk when he molested numerous Boy Scouts. "But just how many and other details I can't remember."