NEW YORK -- A little less than three hours before the biggest moment of his football career to date, Manti Te'o sat in a hotel...
New Whitney Houston book recalls singer’s musical magic
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A new book on Whitney Houston by her early producer seeks to tell the story of the rise to stardom of the pop diva who died nine months ago.Emmy and Grammy-winning producer Narada Michael Walden, who produced many of Houston‘s early hits, like “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” appeared at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Wednesday to discuss the book and...
Doping at U.S. Tracks Affects Europe’s Taste for Horse Meat
Label: HealthPARIS — For decades, American horses, many of them retired or damaged racehorses, have been shipped to Canada and Mexico, where it is legal to slaughter horses, and then processed and sold for consumption in Europe and beyond. Christinne Muschi for The New York TimesA slaughterhouse in Saint-André-Avellin, Quebec, where meat is processed for sale in Europe. ...
WGN America may be channel of change for Tribune Co.
Label: Business On Sunday night, WGN-Ch. 9 will air "Bozo's Circus: The Lost Tape," a 1971 episode that an alert archivist discovered after...
Dec
07
Supreme Court to review gay marriage cases
Label: World The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule...
Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests
Label: LifestyleSouth Korean rapper and Internet sensation PSY is apologizing to Americans for participating in anti-U.S. protests several years ago.Park Jae-sang, who performs as PSY, issued a statement Friday after reports surfaced that he had participated in concerts protesting the U.S. military presence in South Korea during the early stages of the Iraq war.At a 2004 concert, the “Gangnam Style” rapper performs...
The New Old Age Blog: A Son Lost, a Mother Found
Label: HealthMy friend Yvonne was already at the front door when I woke, so at first I didn’t realize that my mother was missing.It was less than a week after my son Spencer died. Since that day, a constant stream of friends had been coming and going, bringing casseroles and soup, love, support and chatter. Mom hated it.My 94-year-old mother, who has vascular dementia, has been living in my home in upstate New...
American Airlines pilots ratify union contract
Label: Business Pilots at American Airlines on Friday ratified a new union labor contract in a move that may help the airline emerge from bankruptcy...
Dec
06
Preckwinkle rips Emanuel, McCarthy's handling of violence
Label: World Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today publicly blasted Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s crime-fighting strategy and the quality...
Drug Makers Challenge Pill Disposal Law in California
Label: HealthBrand name drug makers and their generic counterparts rarely find themselves on the same side of an issue, but now they are making an exception. They have teamed up to fight a local law in California, the first in the nation, that makes them responsible for running — and paying for — a program that would allow consumers to turn in unused medicines for proper disposal. Such so-called drug...
Lurie Children's Hospital sees surge in patients at new Chicago building
Label: Business Executives at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago expected a "bump" in patients when the $855 million...
Dec
05
Top cop announces shake-up in command structure
Label: World As the Chicago Police Department tries to tamp down the city’s rise in homicides and shootings this year, Superintendent Garry...
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer dies, aged 104
Label: LifestyleRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Oscar Niemeyer, a towering patriarch of modern architecture who shaped the look of modern Brazil and whose inventive, curved designs left their mark on cities worldwide, died late on Wednesday. He was 104.Niemeyer had been battling kidney ailments and pneumonia for nearly a month in a Rio de Janeiro hospital. His death was confirmed by a hospital spokesperson.Starting in...
Extended Use of Breast Cancer Drug Suggested
Label: HealthThe widely prescribed drug tamoxifen already plays a major role in reducing the risk of death from breast cancer. But a new study suggests that women should be taking the drug for twice as long as is now customary, a finding that could upend the standard that has been in place for about 15 years. In the study, patients who continued taking tamoxifen for 10 years were less likely to have...
ICC lets ComEd delay smart meters until 2015
Label: Business The Illinois Commerce Commission on Wednesday approved ComEd's request to delay the installation of smart meters until 2015...
Dec
04
Hamstring strain could sideline Urlacher for season
Label: World The Bears have to brace themselves for the possibility of Brian Urlacher missing at least the rest of the regular season.Multiple...
Huston’s “Infrared” wins Bad Sex fiction prize
Label: LifestyleLONDON (AP) — It’s the prize no author wants to win.Award-winning novelist Nancy Huston won Britain’s Bad Sex in Fiction award Tuesday for her novel “Infrared,” whose tale of a photographer who takes pictures of her lovers during sex proved too revealing for the judges.The choice was announced by “Downton Abbey” actress Samantha Bond during a ceremony at the Naval & Military Club in London.Judges...
Generic Drug Makers Facing Squeeze on Revenue
Label: HealthThey call it the patent cliff. Brand-name drug makers have feared it for years. And now the makers of generic drugs fear it, too. This year, more than 40 brand-name drugs — valued at $35 billion in annual sales — lost their patent protection, meaning that generic companies were permitted to make their own lower-priced versions of well-known drugs like Plavix, Lexapro and Seroquel...
South Loop residents oppose DePaul arena
Label: Business The prospect of a DePaul University men's basketball arena being constructed on land just north of McCormick Place is drawing...
iOS users generate double the Web traffic of Android users
Label: TechnologyAccording to the latest numbers from Chitika Insights, iOS users generate more than twice the amount of Web traffic as Android users. The six-month study found that while the two operating systems were nearly tied when it came to smartphone Web traffic, Apple (AAPL) has a substantial lead with its iPad tablet. Despite Android’s commanding share of the overall mobile market, the...
Dec
03
5 shot near currency exchange in South Shore neighborhood
Label: World Five people were hospitalized after a shooting in the South...
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