"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Rescuers stop bridge jump: 'We were running out of time'
Body found in Gulf; may be missing oil rig worker
Fourth person dies in Calif. of mushroom poisoning
30 Tenn. courthouses receive bomb threats
Ladies prefer thin over macho, study suggests
Poison pens and lipstick guns: 8 real-life spy weapons
Evanston mural mistaken for graffiti, painted over
Female military members sue to serve in combat
Bob Dole hospitalized
U.S. stops short of labeling China a currency manipulator
Durbin to progressives: Taxing rich won't solve our problems
Entitlement programs: 'Line in the sand' in cliff talks?
Cops: Man points gun, flees police and crashes into 7 parked cars
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hits record low
Missing moon rocks found in Minnesota storage site
Major quakes can trigger faraway 'slow' quakes
W.H. blasts GOP 'obsession' with Rice
Rep. King's greatest hits as Homeland Security Chairman
Photo album of human history launched into space
Photos: Rolling blue 'waves' hit Antarctica

Rescuers stop bridge jump: 'We were running out of time'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:56 PM PST

For nearly an hour, police and firefighters waited out a man despondent about a domestic issue as he stood at the edge of a Loop bridge in the freezing cold and threatened to jump. Finally, it was time to act.

Body found in Gulf; may be missing oil rig worker

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:20 PM PST

A coroner is trying to determine whether the decomposed body of a man recovered from the Gulf of Mexico is a worker missing since a fire erupted on an offshore oil platform on Nov. 16.

Fourth person dies in Calif. of mushroom poisoning

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:06 PM PST

A fourth person has died from eating a soup made with poisonous mushrooms earlier this month at senior care facility in Northern California, authorities said Tuesday.

30 Tenn. courthouses receive bomb threats

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:34 PM PST

Bomb threats to 30 courthouses and other government buildings across Tennessee forced many to be evacuated Tuesday, including the federal building in Memphis, but authorities said no explosives were found.

Ladies prefer thin over macho, study suggests

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:15 PM PST

Macho features have long been touted as an evolutionary asset that heterosexual women look for in a potential mate. But new research suggests weight may be a more powerful driver of attraction.

Poison pens and lipstick guns: 8 real-life spy weapons

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:34 AM PST

South Korean authorities capture an assassin armed with deadly gadgets almost as implausible as this collection of espionage gear.

Evanston mural mistaken for graffiti, painted over

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:28 PM PST

Mural painted by students 10 years ago was apparently mistaken for graffiti and removed

Theodore Boggs was upset to learn the mural he and other students painted 10 years ago on an Evanston wall was apparently mistaken for graffiti and removed.

Female military members sue to serve in combat

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:47 PM PST

Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as officials are gauging the effect that lifting the prohibition will have on morale.

Bob Dole hospitalized

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:01 PM PST

Former Senate GOP Leader and presidential nominee Bob Dole has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

U.S. stops short of labeling China a currency manipulator

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:42 PM PST

The Obama administration said China's currency remained "significantly undervalued" but declined to call the country a currency manipulator.

Durbin to progressives: Taxing rich won't solve our problems

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PST

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois pressured fellow progressives today to back a budget deal that includes cuts to entitlement programs. "Put everything on the table. Repeat. Everything on the table," he said.

Entitlement programs: 'Line in the sand' in cliff talks?

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PST

Medicare and Medicaid savings should be part of future debt-reduction efforts, but not on the table in talks regarding the impending "fiscal cliff," the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate said. In the prepared remarks of Sen. Richard Durbin's speech today to the liberal Center...

Cops: Man points gun, flees police and crashes into 7 parked cars

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:44 PM PST

A 22-year-old man was arrested early this morning after he crashed into seven parked cars as he tried to flee police, officials said.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hits record low

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:48 PM PST

Brazil's Environment Minister says that the country will start using satellites to detect illegal logging and slash-and-burn activity.

Missing moon rocks found in Minnesota storage site

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:06 PM PST

Several rocks taken from humankind's first lunar landing have been unearthed once again, with the moon rocks this time turning up in a Minnesota storage area. The Star Tribune reports that the pebble-sized samples collected by the Apollo 11 voyage in 1969 somehow ended up in a government storage area in St. Paul. "The Apollo [...]

Major quakes can trigger faraway 'slow' quakes

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:38 PM PST

Major earthquakes might set off incredibly slow earthquakes thousands of miles away, new research suggests.

W.H. blasts GOP 'obsession' with Rice

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:54 AM PST

The U.N. ambassador failed to assuage her top Republican critics in a closed-door meeting with them today.

Rep. King's greatest hits as Homeland Security Chairman

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:31 AM PST

He drew comparisons to Joe McCarthy, hunted fugitives in his free time and maintained his grip on one of the most powerful roles in Congress in the post-9/11 world.