"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Rubio leaves Romney bus after daughter’s car accident
Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes N.H.
Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion
Missouri's Senate race a statistical dead heat: poll
In Florida, black churches scramble to get early voters to polls
Suburban candidates push early voting
Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak
Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters
NYC college president troubled by NYPD spying
Obama hits Romney for ‘cradle-to-grave tax hikes and fees’
East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy
Study: Quitting smoking before 30 increases women’s lifespan
Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead
Teachers union gives strike notice to Geneva schools
Colter, Mark carry NU past Iowa
Spokesman: Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi
Romney cancels Virginia events ahead of Hurricane Sandy
Obama rips Romney during New Hampshire campaign stop
Romney calls for more cooperation in Washington
Hit-and-run victim dies week after being hit on skateboard

Rubio leaves Romney bus after daughter’s car accident

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:33 PM PDT

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio abruptly dropped off Mitt Romney's campaign bus just east of Tampa on Saturday evening after word that his 12-year-old daughter had been injured in a car accident in Miami and airlifted to a local hospital. According to his office, Rubio, who had been campaigning with Romney in Florida today, [...]

Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes N.H.

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama worked to nail down tiny New Hampshire's four electoral votes. Both campaigns scrambled to steer clear of a most unlikely October surprise, a superstorm barreling up the East Coast.

Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police, firefighters and others to prepare them for their worst nightmares.

Missouri's Senate race a statistical dead heat: poll

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 03:31 PM PDT

Democratic Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill holds a slim lead of 2 percentage points over Republican challenger Todd Akin - essentially a deadlock - in a race being closely watched following Akin's controversial comments on "legitimate rape," a poll released on Saturday showed. McCaskill had been seen as one of the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats but has led Akin in most polls since he said in August that women could biologically defend themselves against pregnancy caused by "legitimate rape. ...

In Florida, black churches scramble to get early voters to polls

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:37 PM PDT

Errol Thompson, a Baptist pastor in Orlando's black community, acknowledges that the excitement over Barack Obama becoming the first black U.S. president has cooled. But with the Democratic president locked in a tight race against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, Thompson still expects voter turnout in Florida for the November 6 election to be equal to or greater than it was four years ago. ...

Suburban candidates push early voting

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:15 PM PDT

The Democratic and Republican congressional contenders in two suburban districts looked to advance their ground games Saturday, using rallies and other events to encourage supporters to vote early and to get their friends and neighbors to join them.

Six new cases reported in meningitis outbreak

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Six new cases of fungal meningitis have been reported in an outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections that has led to 25 deaths in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. The CDC reported three new cases in Florida, two in Ohio and one in Indiana, raising the total number of meningitis cases attributed to the tainted steroid to 337 in 18 states. This type of meningitis cannot be spread person-to-person. ...

Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:53 PM PDT

A Syrian warplane flattened a three-story building, suspected rebels detonated a deadly car bomb and both sides traded gunfire in several hotspots across the country Saturday, activists said, leaving a U.N.-backed holiday truce in tatters on its second day.

NYC college president troubled by NYPD spying

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 02:39 PM PDT

The president of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice said he is "deeply troubled" about reports that the New York Police Department sent a paid informant to spy on the school's club for Muslim students.

Obama hits Romney for ‘cradle-to-grave tax hikes and fees’

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Mocking Mitt Romney's vow to bring "big change" to Washington, President Barack Obama charged at a campaign rally here Saturday that his Republican rival was actually offering a "big re-run" of George W. Bush's policies. The embattled incumbent also hit Romney's record as governor of nearby Massachusetts, accusing him of imposing "cradle-to-grave [...]

East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Hurricane Sandy — upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm — headed north from the Caribbean and was expected to pummel the eastern United States.

Study: Quitting smoking before 30 increases women’s lifespan

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 02:18 PM PDT

Women who quit smoking by the age of 30 almost completely avoid the risk of an early tobacco-related death — by more than 97 percent — according to a study of more than a million women in the United Kingdom. Conversely, lifelong smokers on average die 10 years earlier than non-smoking women. The results were [...]

Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:10 PM PDT

Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, leaving at least 40 dead in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

Teachers union gives strike notice to Geneva schools

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Administrators from Geneva School District 304 will begin working on strike plans, after they received formal notice from the teachers that they intend to strike, officials said late Friday.

Colter, Mark carry NU past Iowa

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT

QB runs for career-high 171 yards in victory

Northwestern's new quarterback Kain Colter iced the 28-17 victory over Iowa by keeping the ball on an option, cutting back left, rushing 39 yards into the open and sliding for a clock-killing tackle.

Spokesman: Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:24 AM PDT

The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th. "Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi," National Security Council spokesman [...]

Romney cancels Virginia events ahead of Hurricane Sandy

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:17 AM PDT

Mitt Romney is canceling campaign events on Sunday in Virginia as a "precautionary move" as the East Coast braces for Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to make landfall late Sunday night or early Monday morning. Instead, the GOP nominee will travel from Florida, where he's campaigning Saturday, to Ohio on Sunday morning, where he [...]

Obama rips Romney during New Hampshire campaign stop

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:35 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is seeking to win over voters in low-tax New Hampshire by criticizing Mitt Romney for raising taxes and fees when he was governor of neighboring Massachusetts.