"Chicago Tribune" Reader

"Chicago Tribune" Reader

Illinois Tollway 2013 budget to be subject of hearings

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 04:08 PM PST

The Illinois Tollway's proposed 2013 budget will be the subject of two public meetings next week and is available on-line for review and comment, the agency has announced.

Up to 11,000 people flee Syria in 24-hours

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 12:58 PM PST

This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a woman carrying a child running away from the scene of shelling in Qouriyeh, Syria, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)Some of them desperately clambered through a razor-wire fence into Turkey on Friday to escape fierce fighting between rebels and government forces.

How Oregon almost became a pot-dealing state

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 01:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, medical marijuana is packaged for sale in 1-gram packages at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, in Seattle. Votes this week by Colorado and Washington to allow adult marijuana possession have prompted what could be a turning point in the nation's conflicted and confusing war on drugs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)Oregon's law was kind of wacky: It would have turned the state, effectively, into a pot dealer.

Supreme Court to take on major voting rights case

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 02:10 PM PST

Only three days after the contentious 2012 election, the Supreme Court announced today that it would take up a major voting rights case; it will be heard in the next few months and decided by June. At issue is Section 5 of the Voting Rights...

Tentacled snakes born at National Zoo

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 02:36 PM PST

Indiana Jones and Samuel L. Jackson may need to start their own group therapy session: Eight tentacled snakes were recently hatched at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. These babies belong to an aquatic species of snake native to Southeast Asia, formally known as Erpeton tentaculatus, according to the Mother Nature Network. Scientists say it is the [...]

How Sandy spurred an Airbnb revolution

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 11:17 AM PST

Members of the United States Coast Guard help clear a house in Midland Beach neighborhood in Staten IslandSomeone should do an exposé of Airbnb, the shadowy "vacation rental service" that's giving away free rooms to refugees of superstorm Sandy.

Investigators end 5-day search for Stacy Peterson's body

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 02:02 PM PST

Investigators from the Illinois State Police and FBI today ended a five-day search for Stacy Peterson in a Shorewood forest preserve without finding the missing Bolingbrook woman's body, officials said.

New timeline shows military response to Benghazi attack

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 02:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the consulate. New Pentagon details show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 14 hours after the attack on the consulate in Benghazi was over and four Americans, including the ambassador, were dead. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)Pentagon details show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 14 hours after the attack was over.

Revered author Philip Roth says he's done with writing

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 03:11 PM PST

Author Philip Roth poses in New York(Reuters) - Seminal American author Philip Roth, whose novels explored modern Jewish-American life, has told a French magazine that he will write no more books because he has lost his passion for it. The author of such novels as "American Pastoral", for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and "Portnoy's Complaint" slipped his retirement announcement into an interview last month with French magazine Les Inrocks. On Friday, Houghton Mifflin confirmed his decision. "He told me it was true," said Lori Glazer, executive director of publicity at the publisher. ...

Waffle House chairman accused of sexual harassment

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 01:27 PM PST

A Georgia woman is accusing the chairman of Waffle House, her employer, of demanding that she perform sex acts on him as part of her job's duties over a period of nearly 10 years.

Say goodbye to Clinton, Geithner and Carney

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 11:51 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton pose for a picture before meeting with Croatian President Josipovic in ZagrebCome January, the Obama administration will begin again, and people whose names and faces have grown familiar the last four years will leave for other livelihoods.

CIA Director David Petraeus resigns

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 04:03 PM PST

David Petraeus has resigned as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair, and acknowledged that he "showed extremely poor judgment." "Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours," he told his staffers.

CIA chief admits affair, resigns

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 12:13 PM PST

File photo of General David Petraeus gesturing during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in WashingtonFormer Army general David Petraeus rocketed to global prominence as the man in charge of the "surge" in Iraq.

Mexico charges agents with trying to kill CIA officers

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 11:54 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2012. file photo, an armored U.S. embassy vehicle is checked by military personal after it was attacked by unknown assailants on the highway leading to the city of Cuernavaca, near Tres Marias, Mexico. A senior U.S. official says there is strong circumstantial evidence that Mexican federal police who fired on a U.S. embassy vehicle, wounding two CIA agents, were working for organized crime on a targeted assassination attempt. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)Mexican prosecutors on Friday charged 14 federal police officers with trying to kill two CIA officers and a Mexican navy captain in an August ambush south of the capital.

Obama: Americans voted for tax hikes on the rich

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 10:59 AM PST

Obama: Americans agree with my deficit approach"Our job now is to get a majority in congress to reflect the will of the American people," the president said today.

Lakers fire coach Mike Brown after dismal start

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 11:40 AM PST

File photo of Lakers coach Brown reacting during Game 1 of NBA Western Conference basketball playoff game against the Nuggets in Los AngelesIt is unclear whether the organization will make a run at bringing back Phil Jackson, but one candidate prominently being discussed: Mike D'Antoni.

Obama: Americans agree with my debt plan

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 10:50 AM PST

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about the economy and the deficit, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)The president says he won't accept any deficit reduction talks that don't ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes.

Cook County OKs budget with $1-a-pack cigarette tax hike

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 10:35 AM PST

The cost of buying cigarettes and guns in Cook County will rise next year after commissioners today voted 16-1 to approve County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's $2.95 billion budget.

Iran issues warning after targeting U.S. drone

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 04:17 AM PST

Iranian jets attempt to shoot down US droneIran said it would deal decisively with any foreign encroachment into its airspace, an apparent warning to the United States after one of its surveillance drones was targeted by Iranian warplanes last week.

Boehner: GOP has 'some work to do'

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 09:29 AM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio calls on a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. Boehner said any deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff should include lower tax rates, eliminating special interest loopholes and revising the tax code. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Congress faces a busy lame-duck session, as leaders plan to work with the White House to avert the fiscal cliff.