After years of divisive negotiations between United Airlines and its pilots, union members on Saturday ratified a new labor...
“Bennifer” buried as Ben Affleck’s star soars
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – It has taken 10 years of hard work and indie movies, but Ben Affleck finally has moved past his “Bennifer” nightmare.Affleck, 40, once a tabloid staple who risked becoming a laughingstock during his romance with Jennifer Lopez and their movie flop “Gigli,” is back on top in Hollywood, winning accolades for his work both in front of and behind the camera.Fifteen years after...
School Yoga Class Draws Religious Protest From Christians
Label: HealthT. Lynne Pixley for The New York TimesMiriam Ruiz during a yoga class last week at Paul Ecke Central Elementary School in Encinitas, Calif. A few dozen parents are protesting that the program amounts to religious indoctrination. ENCINITAS, Calif. — By 9:30 a.m. at Paul Ecke Central Elementary School, tiny feet were shifting from downward dog pose to chair pose to warrior pose in surprisingly swift,...
Retailers hope shoppers pick up the pace
Label: Business Debbie Scarlati experienced a bit of anxiety when she realized that Christmas Day was just 11 days away."Truly, I was a whole...
Dec
14
Connecticut elementary school shooting: Multiple deaths reported
Label: World Multiple people have been killed in a shooting at an elementary school. Children are among the dead,...
Home invasion victim gets help over Xbox headset
Label: TechnologyNORTH APOLLO, Pa. (AP) — Police say a Pennsylvania man used his Xbox headphones to call for help after being bound with duct tape and menaced with a gun during a home invasion.Investigators say the 22-year-old suburban Pittsburgh man was playing video games in an upstairs bedroom when he heard his front door open. The man initially thought it was a family member but saw an armed man wearing a ski...
Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps signs new first look deal with Fox
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Fox has signed a new three-year first look deal with director/producer Shawn Levy‘s 21 Laps, the production company behind “Night at the Museum” and “The Watch,” the companies announced on Wednesday.21 Laps is already based at Fox, having supplied the studio with several comedy titles over the past few years. While its most recent, “The Watch,” disappointed at the box office,...
Life Expectancy Rises Around World, Study Finds
Label: HealthA sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and infectious diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a report published on Thursday, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases mostly associated with rich countries, like cancer and heart disease. Tony Karumba/Agence...
Push for minimum wage hike intensifies
Label: Business NEW YORK — Before the recession, Amie Crawford was an interior designer, earning $50,000 a year patterning baths and cabinets...
Dec
13
23-year-old dies after falling down smokestack of Mag Mile hotel
Label: WorldA man who fell down the smoke-stack at a downtown hotel has died.The man, 23, was trying to take a photo from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel on Michigan Avenue. (WGN - Chicago) ...
Britney Spears, Taylor Swift are top-earning women in music
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – Pop star Britney Spears edged past Taylor Swift to claim the title of top-earning woman in music after bringing in an estimated $ 58 million from her album, endorsements and a perfume in the past year, Forbes said on Wednesday.Country-pop singer Swift, 22, was a close second with an estimated $ 57 million paycheck thanks to her tour – which made more than $ 1 million each night...
Another Look at a Drink Ingredient, Brominated Vegetable Oil
Label: HealthJames Edward Bates for The New York TimesSarah Kavanagh, 15, of Hattiesburg, Miss., started an online petition asking PepsiCo to change Gatorade’s formula. Sarah Kavanagh and her little brother were looking forward to the bottles of Gatorade they had put in the refrigerator after playing outdoors one hot, humid afternoon last month in Hattiesburg, Miss. But before she took a sip, Sarah, a...
Illinois foreclosures up for 11th month
Label: Business Foreclosure activity in Illinois posted the 11th straight year-over-year increase in November, but compared with a month earlier,...
Dec
11
3 dead in medical copter crash
Label: WorldThree people were killed when a medical helicopter crashed Monday night near the city of Rochelle. A witness says the medical...
WebMD to cut 14 percent of workforce to reduce expenses
Label: Technology(Reuters) – Health information website WebMD Health Corp said it will cut around 250 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce, to reduce costs.The company, which had about 1700 employees according to Thomson Reuters data, said it would take a charge of about $ 6 million to $ 8 million in the fourth quarter, primarily on severance and other restructuring-related costs.WebMD, which is a popular and long-trusted...
World Chefs: Keller shares memories, spotlight in latest book
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – Thomas Keller, one of America‘s most respected chefs, shares the food memories of his childhood and his time in France in his new book “Bouchon Bakery,” which is also the name of his chain of pastry shops in the United States.Keller is the only American chef who owns two three-Michelin-star restaurants – Per Se in New York City and The French Laundry in the Napa Valley wine region...
Concussion Liability Issues Could Stretch Beyond N.F.L.
Label: HealthPaul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee, via Associated PressInsurers could raise premiums with a higher risk of lawsuits for concussions, like the one 49ers quarterback Alex Smith sustained a month ago. As the N.F.L. confronts a raft of lawsuits brought by thousands of former players who accuse the league of hiding information about the dangers of concussions, a less visible battle that may have a more...
HSBC to pay record $1.9B fine
Label: Business HSBC has agreed to pay a record $1.92 billion fine to settle a multi-year probe by U.S. prosecutors, who accused Europe's biggest...
Dec
10
Daley nephew pleads not guilty in Koschman death
Label: WorldRichard Daley's nephew will be arraigned Monday in connection with a deadly street brawl eight years ago. Prosecutors say Richard Vanecko threw the punch that killed David Koschman outside a club on Division St. ...
Springsteen, Lady Gaga join Stones concert in NJ
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and The Black Keys will join the Rolling Stones on Saturday for the final concert marking the band’s 50th anniversary.The concert will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.The band said Monday the concert will be telecast live on pay-per-view.The Stones have played in London and New York on their “50 and Counting” tour. They will also play in...
A Breakthrough Against Leukemia Using Altered T-Cells
Label: HealthPHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Emma Whitehead has been bounding around the house lately, practicing somersaults and rugby-style tumbles that make her parents wince. It is hard to believe, but last spring Emma, then 6, was near death from leukemia. She had relapsed twice after chemotherapy, and doctors had run out of options. Desperate to save her, her parents sought an experimental treatment at...
McDonald's sales rebound in November
Label: Business McDonald’s took Wall Street by surprise Monday morning, with a November same store sales report that beat expectations and showed...
Dec
09
Man arrested after stabbing in Wrigleyville
Label: World (Tribune illustration / March 16, 2012) ...
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