"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Ron Paul: 'Our constitution has failed'

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 03:02 PM PST

Ron Paul: 'Our Constitution Has Failed'Rep. Ron Paul, the iconic libertarian congressman from Texas, has delivered what will most likely be his final address to Congress.

Services set for fallen firefighter

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 05:08 PM PST

Visitation and funeral services have been set for Wednesday, Nov. 21, for Walter Patmon Jr., a Chicago firefighter who died on duty Sunday night of natural causes.

'Jihad' ads on CTA buses cause controversy

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 04:45 PM PST

Controversial ads unveiled on the back of 10 CTA buses Wednesday had messages appearing on Facebook and Twitter denouncing the campaign. Many said the message amounts to hate speech.

Obama faces fiscal cliff after reset

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 03:14 PM PST

Obama faces fiscal cliff after resetCROSSTABS - The Fiscal Cliff Reset

Clinton-Lewinsky 'spinners' resurface

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 03:18 PM PST

This July 13, 2011, photo made available on the International Security Assistance Force's Flickr website shows the former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus, left, shaking hands with Paula Broadwell, co-author of "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus."As details emerge about Petraeus' extramarital affair with his biographer, Broadwell, including a second woman who allegedly received threatening emails from the author, members of Congress say they want to know exactly when the now ex-CIA director and retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner. (AP Photo/ISAF)Some of the same high-profile, high-priced handlers during Clinton's affair with his intern have re-emerged.

Romney dings Obama for 'gifts' to minority voters

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 02:51 PM PST

Romney Dings Obama for 'Gifts' to Minority VotersPresident Obama today heaped praise on his defeated rival, GOP nominee Mitt Romney, saying the former governor's record and ideas "could be very helpful" in shaping policy over the next four years.

Scathing review of new Guy Fieri restaurant goes viral

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 12:10 PM PST

Guy Fieri's New Eatery Slammed in ReviewIn what will likely be the second-most-read restaurant review of 2012, the New York Times has published a scathing critique of Guy's American Kitchen & Bar.

Election graphics show how Obama won

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 02:11 PM PST

Elections MapThe presidential election is over, and now there are some cool tools to show just how Barack Obama won re-election.

Paul Ryan: On losing and moving on

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 01:08 PM PST

Paul Ryan Reviews Mitt Romney's Failed Bid For PresidentCongressman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., better known as the vice presidential nominee, says losing came as something of a surprise.

Florida gun range lets customers shoot at each other

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 01:40 PM PST

Combat City, a Florida gun range, has taken the concept of target practice to a whole new level. Customers can actually engage in simulated combat against other people, shooting real guns at each other. However, as local affiliate WKMG explains, the customers aren't using live ammunition. Owner Dave Kaplan gives visitors a choice: He can [...]

Pepsi now selling ‘fat-blocking soda’

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 12:20 PM PST

Pepsi Japan launched a new line of soda on Tuesday that it claims blocks the body's absorption of fat. Pepsi Special is infused with indigestible dextrin, a synthetic dietary fiber. Even though dextrin has not been proven to have dietary benefits for humans, it has been successfully tested on rats. Which, apparently, is good enough [...]

Town clerk forces Santa Claus to buy business permit

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 12:17 PM PST

Halloween has come and gone and Thanksgiving is next week, which can mean only one thing: We are in full holiday mode. Christmas is a mere month and a half away, and if there ever were anyone you didn't want to make angry this close to the holiday, it would be Santa Claus. Apparently the [...]

Immigrant group balks at Obama reform wording

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 02:42 PM PST

From left to right, Beatrice Jernigan, Raquel Mamani, and Andie Flores hold up protest signs as they smile after getting cars to honk their horns, as they join dozens who rally in front of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, a day after a portion of Arizona's immigration law took effect, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Phoenix. Civil rights activists contend will lead to systematic racial profiling, as the protesters chanted "No papers, no fear."(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)An advocacy group for young immigrants expressed concern Wednesday after President Barack Obama, at his first press conference in months, said he would support "a pathway for legal status" for those living in the country illegally. That Obama used the phrase "legal status" instead of "citizenship" raised alarm bells for some deep in the weeds of [...]

Texans' Dobbins fined $30K for Cutler hit

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PST

The NFL has fined Houston Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins $30,000 for his jarring hit on Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, an NFL spokesman confirmed.

Food truck owners suing city

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 01:53 PM PST

Calling Chicago's food truck ordinance "less than advertised," two local food trucks filed a lawsuit Wednesday with hopes of repealing key provisions of the recently passed law.

Colorado shooting suspect unable to attend hearing

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 05:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, July 23, 2012 file photo, James Holmes, accused of killing 12 people in Friday's shooting rampage in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, appears in Arapahoe County District Court with defense attorney Tamara Brady in Centennial, Colo. Holmes faces two first-degree murder charges for each of the 12 people killed and two attempted first-degree murder charges for every one of the 58 injured in the July 20 shooting. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)Documents filed Wednesday gave no details of James Holmes' condition, saying only that it "renders him unable to be present in court for (Thursday's) hearing."

What does it take to get people to flee a storm?

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PST

Will Sandy Change the Climate Change Conversation?Despite dire forecasts and explicit warnings, hundreds of thousands of people in New York and New Jersey ignored evacuation orders as Superstorm Sandy closed in.

What would Republican-led immigration reform look like?

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 12:42 PM PST

Edgar, Ricardo, Alicia, Lizette and Maria who immigrated from Mexico pose for a portrait at their home in Phoenix, ArizonaA handful of top Republicans are breaking with the party line and floating the idea of working with Democrats to reform the nation's immigration system.

Thousands rally in Ireland after woman denied abortion dies

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PST

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied outside Ireland's parliament on Wednesday to demand strict abortion rules be eased after a pregnant Indian woman repeatedly denied a termination died in an Irish hospital. Savita Halappanavar, 31, admitted to University Hospital Galway in the west of Ireland last month, died of septicaemia a week after miscarrying 17 weeks into her pregnancy. Her repeated requests for termination were rejected because of the presence of a fetal heartbeat, her husband told state broadcaster RTE. ...

Socialite Jill Kelley loses military base privileges

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 08:22 AM PST

Socialite Jill Kelley Loses VIP Privileges at Military BaseThe Tampa socialite at the center of the Petraeus scandal has lost the privilege of visiting MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa without an escort.