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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