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Model of Suns magnetic field created
Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have reported that they have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun. Scientists have known since the 18th century that the Sun regularly oscillates between periods of high and low solar activity in an 11-year cycle, but have been unable to fully explain how this cycle is ...
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Keppinger delivers White Sox walk-off winner in 11th
Sox walk off on Keppinger's single in 11th CHICAGO -- The first pitch from John Danks during Friday's 4-3 White Sox victory over the Marlins in 11 innings registered as an 88-mph fastball outside the zone to Adeiny Hechavarria before 20,393 at U.S. Cellular Field. Danks' last pitch stood as an 82-mph changeup laced into left for a double by Marcell Ozuna leading off the ...
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Illinois lawmakers approve plan to allow concealed carry for gun owners
May 24, 2013: Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, argues concealed carry gun legislation while on the House floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield ...
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Antibiotics in livestock raising concerns up the food chain
Sam Spitz's family began raising chickens after he contracted an antibiotic-resistant strain of campylobacter seven years ago. Spitz, now 22, blames the infection on eating a chicken Caesar salad. "I watched myself and my baseball career wither away. … I thought antibiotics were supposed to work. But they didn’t and that was ...
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Another concern Drug residues in meat
Although much of the alarm over the use of antibiotics on livestock focuses on its contribution to bacterial resistance, the presence of drug residues and other chemicals in U.S. meat is also causing concern.Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 78 warning letters (up from nine in 2002) to livestock producers or brokers whose meat samples bore traces of illegal drugs or of ...
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What would our war dead think of the freedom for which they died
This weekend's Memorial Day proclamation from President Barack Obama was like so many other gracious sentiments commemorating America's war dead.And like all the others, whether delivered by a president or by some junior councilman from the smallest burg, it mentioned the magic ...
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Every day is Memorial Day for vet who lost comrades in copter crash
Anthony Simone plays with his daughter, Avery, held by his wife, Andrea, at their home in Joliet this month. Simone is a former Air Force rescue pilot who was seriously injured in a 2010 helicopter crash while on a mission in Afghanistan. A fellow airman also survived. Five others aboard ...
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School said hi — special needs student took it from there
A few months before Ryan Burke became the first student with Down syndrome to attend Notre Dame College Prep in Niles, his father made an emotional plea to his son's classmates."All we ask is that you say 'hi' to him. Just give him a chance," Kevin Burke recalled saying at a school assembly. "He'll take it from there."Living up to his father's ...
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9-year-old wows crowds YouTube while fighting for his school
Asean Johnson, 9, a third-grader at Garvey Elementary, speaks to Chicago Public Schools officials in defense of his school during a community meeting at Harlan Community Academy High School last month on the district’s plan to close more than 50 elementary ...
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Lawmakers have a week left — and much unsettled
SPRINGFIELD— - State lawmakers went home to march in holiday parades this weekend, leaving behind a full dance card that looks a lot like the one they put together when they started in January: pension reform, gun control, gambling expansion and a budget. During the past five months at the Capitol, senators and representatives have passed bills to let people smoke pot for pain relief ...
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Dolton mayor questions operators of struggling senior center
Residents attend a public hearing of the Dorchester Senior Center operators, a village-owned senior apartment complex and Riley H. Rogers, mayor of Dolton on Friday, May 24, 2013. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago ...
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Alleged sexting incident ends Evanston baseball season
Superintendent Eric Witherspoon responds to board members questions during te Evanston Township district high school board meeting at Evanston high school at 1600 Dodge Avenue in Evanston, Illinois, on Monday, November 22, ...
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CeaseFire complains police interfere with groups push to ease gang conflicts
Tio Hardiman, CeaseFire’s executive director, expressed frustration over complaints that police are hassling his Woodlawn workers at a time that their efforts are helping reduce ...
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Man found guilty in 2006 killing of Burger King manager
Twenty-seven years after his conviction for killing a pregnant woman and her three children in Chicago was overturned on appeal, James Ealy is once again facing a life sentence for murder.A Lake County jury found Ealy guilty Friday in the 2006 stabbing and strangulation of Mary Hutchison, the 45-year-old manager of a Lindenhurst Burger King where Ealy had worked until a month before the ...
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CTA curbing some Ventra fees
The CTA will waive a $5 fee for riders who get the new Ventra transit card before the end of the year, and it will either reduce or eliminate some other controversial service charges related to the card's debit account, officials said Friday. The changes, which amount to at least $500,000 in lost revenue per year, were made in the face of strong criticism about the Ventra card after the ...
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Congress Theater can sell liquor while appealing license revocation
City officials revoked the liquor license of the Congress Theater on Friday, but the Logan Square concert venue will remain open and continue selling liquor for the time being.The theater has appealed the revocation, and liquor license rules allow a venue to continue operations while an appeal is underway, said Jennifer Lipford, spokeswoman for the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer ...
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Madigan pushes through gun bill over Quinn objections
SPRINGFIELD— - Speaker Michael Madigan on Friday pushed a concealed weapons bill through the House over the objections of Gov. Pat Quinn and Senate President John Cullerton, who oppose a provision that would overrule local gun laws in Chicago and other cities. The House voted 85-30 in favor of a less-restrictive bill that aims to meet a June 9 federal appeals court deadline to set up ...
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Lower lake levels plague harbors but benefit beachgoers
Usually by this time of the year, Mary Avellone's light blue sailboat is floating beside a couple dozen other vessels at the Jackson Park Outer Harbor on the city's South Side.But Avellone sees only a handful of boats in the water these days. Low lake levels combined with a pileup of sand forced a few of her neighbors to dock at other marinas. Others are waiting out the problems and ...
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Conviction of Borizov turns attention to gunman in Darien slayings
Angela KramerAngela Kramer hugs a relative after Johnny Borizov was found guilty of masterminding the murders of Angela's parents Jeffrey and Lori and her brother, Michael, at DuPage County Circuit Court in ...
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District 25 to offer foreign language classes for fee
Arlington Heights School District 25 is expected to offer elementary school students a weekly foreign language class for parents willing to pay to get more language instruction for their kids.Details of the new fee-based program, which is planned to start in the fall, are being presented to parents at a meeting at 7 p.m. on May 30 at district headquarters, 1200 S. Dunton Ave.Superintendent Sarah ...
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Aldermen fret new deal will feed meter firms profits
Chicago Tribune City Hall reporter Hal Dardick discusses the proposed amendments to parking meter deal that was entered under former Mayor Richard Daley. (Posted: May 24, ...
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Deerfield discusses a new kind of tax for retail property owners
While retail property owners are desperate to fill vacancies, and are likely to ink leases with tenants who produce little or no sales tax revenue, Deerfield officials are looking for new ways to make up those lost tax dollars.Look no further than the former Borders bookstore, said Deerfield Village Manager Kent Street. After it closed, the sales tax-lucrative location eventually became a ...
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St. Charles District 303 ends mental health summit early
St. Charles District 303 talks on mental health as related to school security wrapped up early, and organizers soon will turn to crafting recommendations from the sessions for the school board and community. This year's Summit 303 – an annual series of discussions led by district officials – took on the task of examining mental health in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary ...
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Calls for action on Highland Park Theater
In this Tribune file photo, a piece of tape reading "I miss the theater! Long live the HPT!" remains on the wall inside a projection room inside the Highland Park Theater on Jan. 16, ...
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After changes to plan Mundelein approves go-kart track
Mundelein approved preliminary plans for an outdoor go-kart track in the parking lot of Party Fantasy. The family entertainment center already has an indoor track ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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