http://www.chicagotribunal.com Chicago News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.chicagotribunal.com/sports/piniella-cubs-noncommittal-about-11 Mount Prospect school officials have called a special meeting Monday to address parent concerns after a bus driver was arrested for taking 50 students home with nearly three times the legal level of alcohol in her system.Officials also intend to review procedures used to identify employees suspected of substance abuse, ... http://www.chicagotribunal.com/breaking/school-officials-to-meet-about-bus-driver-arrested-for-dui SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Labeled fierce for his relentless play as a Hall of Fame defensive lineman, Merlin Olsen was also gentle enough for a role on one of television's most wholesome shows and as a spokesman in a well-known flower ad campaign. http://www.chicagotribunal.com/national/football-hall-of-famer-and-former-television-actor-merlin-olsen-dies-at-age-69 Two owners of Boston Blackie's have been charged in a scheme that cost a pair of banks nearly $2 million and also created another political headache for Democratic Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias.The father and son owners used business accounts at the Giannoulias family-owned financial institution, Broadway Bank, as part of ... http://www.chicagotribunal.com/breaking/charges-against-restaurateurs-latest-headache-for-giannoulias WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to appease the most ardent abortion opponents in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming next week. http://www.chicagotribunal.com/national/democrats-near-deal-on-health-legislation-might-try-to-roll-over-abortion-foes-in-vote SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him to join them. http://www.chicagotribunal.com/national/a-shaky-start-for-chiles-new-president-swarm-of-strong-aftershocks-as-pinera-sworn-in A Merrillville, Ind., woman was convicted of shooting her lover's daughter last year when the victim found the woman hiding in a closet, Lake County, Ind., prosecutors said today. Dayna Smith-Pimental, 41, was convicted of aggravated battery and faces a maximum term of 20 years in prison when she is sentenced ... http://www.chicagotribunal.com/breaking/mistress-guilty-of-shooting-lovers-daughter Chicago police asked for the public's help in finding two missing persons today, a 12-year-old girl and a 76-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease. Enosha Walls, 12, is missing from the area of 5000 South Michigan Avenue, police said in an alert issued today on behalf of Wentworth Area detectives. She was ... http://www.chicagotribunal.com/breaking/missing-persons-12-year-old-76-year-old-with-alzheimers A judge has convicted a Joliet man of murdering his former girlfriend, citing blood found on the man's socks and boots and in his truck.Hezekiah Hamilton, 26, was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Brenetta Beck, 25, who was found in the bathroom of her Aurora apartment ... http://www.chicagotribunal.com/breaking/man-convicted-of-killing-girlfriend-10-days-after-she-gave-birth WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter are recovering in a Washington-area hospital after a car accident. http://www.chicagotribunal.com/national/reids-wife-daughter-recovering-in-hospital-from-injuries-from-accident