Recently added articles from Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL):

Novice trout fisherman finds that timing is everything.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Alan Solomon DOGWOOD CANYON, Mo. _ We begin this lesson with a cliche, a quote from "A River Runs Through It" _ the gorgeous Norman Maclean fly-fishing book, not the movie starring the gorgeous Brad Pitt : "So my brother and I learned to cast Presbyterian-style, on a ...

Religious-based education on trial.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Lisa Anderson MURRIETA, Calif. _ Sarah Potter-Smith, a sophomore at Calvary Chapel Christian School, can't understand why anyone would think that learning any subject from a Christian perspective is inferior to a secular education. "We learn just as much as ...

A shield for the public.

Oct 10, 2007 ... The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Oct. 9: ___ Much of what journalists report every day consists of things the government wants to keep secret _ sometimes for good reasons, but sometimes not. Without such information, newspapers and ...

Gunman killed himself, Wisconsin officials say.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Megan Twohey CRANDON, Wis. _ Growing up in Wisconsin's remote, northern forests, Tyler Peterson loved to hunt and fish. As a teenager, he was not a loner or an outsider, and he dreamed of becoming a law enforcement officer, friends and family said. The ...

`Dexter' eludes detection, for now.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Maureen Ryan As viewers saw on the Sept. 30 Season 2 premiere of "Dexter" (Sundays, 9 p.m. EDT on Showtime), Dexter Morgan is a changed man. This terrific Showtime series is giving us a much more tentative serial killer this year. Before you exclaim, "Serial ...

Secrecy stalls search for Cold War MIAs.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Alex Rodriguez VLADIVOSTOK, Russia _ At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. routinely dispatched spy planes along Soviet shores and borders in a perilous, covert campaign to scrutinize the Kremlin's air defense prowess. Some of the planes slipped out of ...

Cops disband elite unit: Scandal-plagued division broken up under pressure of criminal probes.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: David Heinzmann and Emma Graves Fitzsimmons Oct. 10---- After weeks of worsening revelations about the Chicago Police Department's elite Special Operations Section, a beleaguered interim superintendent finally pulled the plug Tuesday, disbanding the scandal-plagued unit ...

Emissions fix may lie beneath us: Storing carbon dioxide underground may ease global climate change.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Laurie Goering and David Greising Oct. 10--LATROBE VALLEY, Australia -- Beneath the rolling green hills of Australia's Latrobe Valley lies a deposit of brown coal so enormous it seems almost endless. After nearly a century of mining, more than 95 percent of the ...

Chicago Tribune Mary Schmich column: Moms to fight for their kids, for themselves.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Schmich Oct. 10--Liliana Fernandez came to Esperanza Community Services to help her son, Giovanni, who was born with a weak tongue. In this squat, cinderblock building just west of the Loop, her son, who is almost 3, has learned to say "ball" and "juice" ...

EDITORIAL: 1. Finish race. 2. Celebrate.: 1. Finish race. 2. Celebrate.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Lost in the chaos of the overheated LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon was a nice little lesson for competitors. When defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory, it's often because the loser was busy celebrating. That's what happened Sunday, when Romanian Adriana Pirtea ...

BRIEF: Jones Lang recruits veteran.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Susan Diesenhouse Oct. 10--Meredith O'Connor, a longtime executive at World Business Chicago who has helped retain and attract major corporations to the city, is joining real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. this month, the company said Tuesday. As a Jones ...

New union leaders vow tough approach at United.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Julie Johnsson Oct. 10--United Airlines appears headed for more labor turbulence after unionized pilots on Tuesday elected new leaders who vow to get tough with management. Chicago-based United follows in the footsteps of American Airlines, whose pilots this ...

UAW, Chrysler talks in 11th hour.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Rick Popely Oct. 10--Negotiations between Chrysler LLC and the United Auto Workers appear headed to the wire as talks continued into the night Tuesday on a four-year contract, with the union maintaining its threat to strike as early as 10 a.m. Wednesday. With ...

College to sell, lease facility.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Susan Diesenhouse Oct. 10--Kendall College, which relocated from Evanston to a building on Goose Island in 2004, will put the Chicago classroom-office building and its 300 parking spaces up for sale next week. The school will then lease back most of the space, the ...

Wal-Mart's Chicago store paid taxes on $60 million in sales.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Sandra M. Jones Oct. 10--Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s first Chicago store generated more then $5 million in state and local taxes since it opened a year ago, Wal-Mart officials said Tuesday. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer opened its first store in the Austin ...

BRIEF: Will County Jail project workers injured in fall.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--JOLIET -- Two workers pouring a concrete floor for the Will County Jail expansion in Joliet were injured Tuesday when a third-floor steel structure collapsed beneath them and they plunged nearly 30 feet, officials said. Both men were taken to Silver Cross Hospital in ...

Protesters demand resignation of Gary police chief.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan Haggerty Oct. 10--About two dozen protesters called for Gary's police chief to resign Tuesday, almost a month after two teenagers killed in a car accident were found nearly eight hours after the crash by the father of one of the teens. Brandon Smith and ...

Clinics offer free prescriptions: Many who do not meet state, county criteria covered.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Judith Graham Oct. 10--Thousands of uninsured, low-income Chicago families will start getting access to free prescription drugs this week with the launch of a new program. The program, MedAccess Chicago, is the first in the city to secure bulk medications ...

Durbin pushes bill to hire more toy inspectors: Senator's bill offers $7 million to hire more toy inspectors.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Long Oct. 10--The federal agency responsible for toy inspections would get an extra $7 million to improve product safety under legislation backed by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who used a stop Tuesday at a suburban toy store to continue his push for more testing ...

Supreme Court declines suit over U.S. rendition: Supreme Court declines suit over U.S. rendition.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: James Oliphant Oct. 10--WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to allow a lawsuit to go forward that questions the government's use of rendition, the controversial practice of capturing suspected terrorists and sending them to other countries for a more ...