"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Almost 100 pets living in 'horrific conditions' taken from home: cops

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:36 PM PDT

McHenry County authorities have removed dozens of animals, including 60 birds, 20 dogs and 10 cats, found living in unsafe conditions in an upscale house near Woodstock.

Washington, D.C., largely unfazed by superstorm Sandy

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:52 PM PDT

MoodyMayor Vincent C. Gray spent Tuesday morning riding through the streets here with the U.S. National Guard in a Humvee caravan to assess the damage left by the storm.

In uptown Manhattan, storm leaves a hanging crane and minor damage

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Raw: Camera shows moment of NYC crane collapseMonday's giant storm inflicted the greatest damage on the lower half of New York City, but uptown, on West 57th Street, a massive, dangling crane is drawing crowds. At a thousand feet above the ground, the 80-ton swing arm dangles next to the tallest condominium under construction in the city, located between 6th and 7th [...]

Hurricane takes down big websites

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 02:10 PM PDT

Hurricane Takes Down Big WebsitesIt was inevitable. With power out along the Eastern Seaboard for millions of people, the data centers and servers powering many websites were also hit, knocking popular websites offline for hours.

Sandy shuts down Northeast air travel

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:56 PM PDT

Travelers on Delta Airlines look at a departure screen Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Detroit. Dozens of departing flights have been canceled at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport as a looming superstorm locks down flights to the East Coast. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Superstorm Sandy grounded more than 18,000 flights across the Northeast and the globe, and it will take days before travel gets back to normal.

Teen found guilty of murder in deadly Craigslist robbery scheme

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:27 PM PDT

AKRON, Ohio - An Ohio teenager taken under the wing of a man defence attorneys described as a master manipulator was found guilty of aggravated murder Tuesday for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phoney Craigslist job offers.

How much caffeine becomes lethal?

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 05:37 PM PDT

After the recent lawsuit against the manufacturers of Monster energy drinks, Popular Science looked into the question of "how much caffeine would it take to kill you?" In short, it would take at least six gallons of McDonald's coffee. In April, a coroner's report cited a New Zealand woman's consumption of Coca-Cola as being related [...]

Father charged with taping toddler's mouth acquitted

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 05:41 PM PDT

A father accused of binding and taping over his 22-month-old daughter's mouth and then posting a photo on Facebook was acquitted of one charge but a second is pending.

No bustle, no subway; New Yorkers find a changed city

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 05:07 PM PDT

A man peers into the closed Bowling Green subway station, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. New York City awakened Tuesday to a flooded subway system, shuttered financial markets and hundreds of thousands of people without power a day after a wall of seawater and high winds slammed into the city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Stripped of its bustle and mostly cut off from the world, New York was left wondering Tuesday when its particular way of life — carried by subway, lit by skyline and powered by 24-hour deli — would return.

Obama's not the star he was in 2008, but still leads among college students

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:01 PM PDT

Obama's Star Fades With Young Voters But Still Shines Brighter Than Romney'sA poll released Monday shows that President Obama has shed much of the star power that electrified college campuses in 2008. The poll from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) shows Obama leading Mitt Romney 52 percent to 35 percent among people aged 18 to 29 years old who are "extremely likely to vote." (Being "extremely likely to vote" was CIRCLE's likely voter screen.) That's a much smaller margin than the 34-point gap that separated Obama from Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) among the age group four years ago. ...

People in power-less Manhattan head toward the light

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 03:22 PM PDT

Residents, lit by police vehicles, stand outside their homes during a power outage in Lower Manhattan, New YorkNew Yorkers are used to walking farther--and faster--than denizens of other cities, but the extraordinary circumstances of Monday night's massive storm have forced people to make much longer and more arduous treks than normal. Everywhere on Manhattan's Lower East Side on Tuesday, people--some en route to the homes of family or friends--were emerging with duffel [...]

Dozens killed, millions without power in Sandy's wake

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Kim Johnson looks over the destruction near her seaside apartment in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country's most densely populated region upended man and nature as it rolled back the clock on 21st-century lives, cutting off modern communication and leaving millions without power Tuesday as thousands who fled their water-menaced homes wondered when — if — life would return to normal.

Sandy takes down major websites

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT

Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit eastern United States, flooded servers of Datagram Inc in New York City, bringing down several media websites it hosts, including Huffington Post and Gawker. "We are continuing to battle flooding and fiber outages in downtown New York and Connecticut," a notice posted on Datagram's website said. http://r.reuters.com/wat63t "Verizon and other carriers in the area are down as well. Generators are unable to pump fuel due to the flooding in the basements," Datagram said. ...

Disney buying Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 02:16 PM PDT

The signage at the main gate of The Walt Disney Co. is pictured in BurbankIt's also making a seventh movie in the "Star Wars" series called "Episode 7," set for release in 2015, with plans to follow it with two more.

NYC Marathon planning moves forward after Sandy

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:47 PM PDT

Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)The 26 miles might be the easy part.

Disney buying Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 02:16 PM PDT

The signage at the main gate of The Walt Disney Co. is pictured in BurbankIt's also making a seventh movie in the "Star Wars" series called "Episode 7," set for release in 2015, with plans to follow it with two more.

Disney to buy Lucasfilm, make new 'Star Wars' movies

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:46 PM PDT

Walt Disney Co. said it agreed to buy George Lucas's Lucasfilm Ltd for $4.05 billion in a deal that includes a new series of "Star Wars" feature films starting in 2015.

Sandy may cost Obama the popular vote—but not the presidency

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:35 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the White House Briefing Room in Washington, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, after returning to the White House from a campaign stop in Florida to monitor Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)This year's black swan arrived on a rush of wind.

Romney making a serious play for Pennsylvania

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Romney Makes Last-Ditch Play For PennsylvaniaIt's a tradition for GOP presidential candidates to pour money into the state with little to show for it -- the Keystone State hasn't picked a Republican for the office in 24 years.

Q&A: Could Sandy postpone the election?

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:14 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 29, 2012 file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden speaking in front of "Vote Early" sign during a campaign rally at the Covelli Centre, Monday, in Youngstown, Ohio. One week before a close election, superstorm Sandy has confounded the presidential race, halting early voting in many areas, forcing both candidates to suspend campaigning and leading many to ponder whether the election might be postponed. It could take days to restore electricity to all of the more than 8 million homes and businesses that lost power when the storm pummeled the East Coast. That means it's possible that power could still be out in some states on Election Day _ a major problem for areas that rely on electronic voting machines. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)One week before a close election, superstorm Sandy has confounded the presidential race, halted early voting in many areas and led some to ponder whether the election might even be postponed.