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Updated 4:23 AM CDT

August 30, 2006

Services for a brother and sister, killed when a teen crashed a car late Friday.
Teen driving laws to be studied
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on Tuesday set up a task force to strengthen the state's teen driving laws, an effort that may result in doubling the length of time young drivers hold a learner's permit and extending the ban on night driving for 16-year-olds.
• Crash victims mourned | Photos
• Report: Teens at the wheel

New Orleans: 'Why us?'
Hurricane Katrina's first anniversary was marked with silence, wreath-layings and a wailing jazz funeral.
• The Swamp: Staging messages
• Photos: Then/Now | Bush visit
• Watcher: A CNN glitch
• Ernesto drenches Florida
• Hurricane strengthens in Pacific

$150 cab ride for booted bicyclist
A day trip to South Bend ended up costing a Lincoln Park man $150 in cab fare after a South Shore Line crew member told him he would have to get his bicycle off the train.
• Health Club: Bikes on trains?
• Union Pacific OKs photos
• RedEye: Futuristic CTA

Random gunfire wounds teen

Retrial granted in girl's murder

Fugitive polygamist arrested

Fall 'One Book' pick named

Hit-and-run spree kills 1, hurts 13

Times blocks article to U.K. readers

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NTSB: Pilots first boarded wrong plane
The pilot and first officer of Comair Flight 5191 boarded the wrong aircraft minutes before they steered down the wrong runway and crashed.
• FAA admits policy violated at Lexington

Gary school district warns striking teachers
They're threatened with disciplinary action if they don't return to classes. Photos
• SAT scores down, fatigue up
• School sued over girl's death

Hated commutes get longer

Man kills wife, self as daughter watches

Another Indiana highway shooting?

Teens not guilty of hate crime

Ex-mayor enters plea on child porn charges

JonBenet slaying: Bizarre claims, no evidence

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Gasoline, housing rattles Americans
U.S. consumers were less confident in August than at any time in the past nine months.
• Minutes: Fed feared hurting economy

Oil prices drop as Ernesto veers away
The storm's move eased concerns that output would be disrupted in the Gulf of Mexico.
• BP crude, gas trading under investigation
• Barnes & Noble gets options subpoena

GM offers cash bonuses on some models

Wal-Mart, under attack, debuts new ads

Amazon.com taking orders for Windows Vista

Diners test pay-at-the-table system

Ask Jim: Unclogging spyware-stuffed laptops

>> More: Ask Jim | Barnhart | Investing | Media

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Sox lumbering on into Wild Card lead
Regaining the American League wild-card lead behind a 13-hit attack hardly calmed manager Ozzie Guillen's nerves Tuesday night.

End of road for Bears' Haynes?
Do the math. Michael Haynes won't. The Bears had nine defensive linemen on the roster for last January's divisional playoff loss to Carolina.

Nocioni a bull for Argentina

Cubs suffer maddening loss

Sox playoff glass is half-full

Bears QB wants to show 'what I can still do'

Sports pix of the week

Bears | Team USA | More

Home of the Sox

Fan's guide to The Cell

>> More: Bears | Cubs | White Sox | Bulls | Columnists

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Paul Salopek is a journalist
Editorial: "He's in a jail cell in Sudan. And we, his colleagues and friends, are worried about him."
• Full coverage: Correspondent held as spy

'Bomb' case should shame authorities
Eric Zorn: Officials allege that a man blurted out a bomb threat at O'Hare to hide from his mother that he was carrying a marital aid in his knapsack.

The Swamp: The Tribune's D.C. blog

Madigan: Foie gras, farewell. Bring on the pig!

Rumsfeld the poet

Commentary: Why Cosby and I don't see eye-to-eye

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