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Tipster in Riley Fox Murder Gets No Reward From Girl's Parents

Five years after Riley Fox was kidnapped from her living room, sexually assaulted and drowned in a creek, with no solid leads in the case, FBI agents went door to door in the little girl's town looking for new clues. And they found one: from Trisha Kiefer, who stood on her Wilmington, Ill., front lawn smoking a cigarette,...

Holy Swimming Pool, Batman!

(Oct. 19) -- Quick, Robin! To the Bat Pool! Batman fans know quite well that when Gotham City is in trouble, the police flash the Bat Signal into the sky -- a cry for help, when Penguin or the Joker are on the loose. So what should the Dark Knight's fans make of the latest Google Maps sensation: A satellite image of a...

Michigan Oil Spill vs. Asian Carp: Why Mayor Daley Is Wrong

(July 30) -- The devastating oil spill that erupted from an Enbridge Energy pipeline near the Kalamazoo River in Michigan on Monday has sparked an epic environmental and economic conflict in the Midwest. Like others before it, it pits fish versus oil -- just not in a way you might expect. Speaking to reporters Thursday,...

Sculptor Watches Over Chicago With Giant 'Eye'

(July 8) -- Sculptor Tony Tasset has an eye for art. The Chicago artist has constructed a three-story-tall sculpture of an eyeball, modeled after his own eyes. Fittingly titled "Eye," the oversized optic was put on public view Wednesday in the Windy City's Pritzker Park. After building the giant sphere from 24 pieces of...

Opinion: Stimulus Plan Stimulates Trouble for Obama

(Nov. 9) -- When President Barack Obama promised in February that the $787 billion stimulus bill would unleash "a new wave of innovation, activity and construction," he probably didn't have tidying up gravestones in mind. But that is what some of the money has paid for, along with frozen fish sperm, Taser guns and an...

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05/07/11 Tribune picks up 12 Lisagor Awards Source: WTGN TV - Chicago IL The Chicago Tribune won 12 Peter Lisagor Awards Friday night in a competition sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club. The Tribune's investigative series "Deadly Neglect," written by reporters Sam Roe and Jared S. Hopkins, took home the Watchdog Award for excellence in public interest reporting.