SEFFNER, Fla. -- Florida rescue personnel on Saturday searched for a Florida man who disappeared into a sinkhole that swallowed...
U.S. Judges Offer Addicts a Way to Avoid Prison
Label: HealthTodd Heisler/The New York TimesEmily Leitch of Brooklyn, with her son, Nazir, 4, was arrested for importing cocaine but went to “drug court” to avoid prison. Federal judges around the country are teaming up with prosecutors to create special treatment programs for drug-addicted defendants who would otherwise face significant prison time, an effort intended to sidestep drug laws widely seen as inflexible...
Incomes see largest drop in 20 years
Label: Business U.S. consumer spending rose in January as Americans spent more on services, with savings providing a cushion after income recorded its biggest drop in 20 years.Income...
The New Old Age Blog: Why Can’t I Live With People Like Me?
Label: Health“Aging in place” is the mantra of long-term care. Whether looking at reams of survey data, talking to friends or wishing on a star, who among us wouldn’t rather spend the final years — golden or less so — at home, surrounded by our cherished possessions, in our own bed, no cranky old coot as a roommate, no institutional smells or sounds, no lukewarm meals on a schedule of someone else’s making?That...
Incomes see largest drop in 20 years
Label: Business U.S. consumer spending rose in January as Americans spent more on services, with savings providing a cushion after income recorded its biggest drop in 20 years.Income...
Feb
28
Pope leaves Vatican before abdication
Label: World Pope Benedict XVI gives final farewell at Vatican. (WGN - Chicago)...
Cellar victim Kampusch raped, starved in film of ordeal
Label: LifestyleVIENNA (Reuters) – A new film based on the story of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch shows her being repeatedly raped by the captor who beat and starved her during the eight-and-a-half years that he kept her in a cellar beneath his house.Kampusch was snatched on her way to school at the age of 10 by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a windowless cell under his garage near Vienna until she escaped...
Phys Ed: What Housework Has to Do With Waistlines
Label: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.One reason so many American women are overweight may be that we are vacuuming and doing laundry less often, according to a new study that, while scrupulously even-handed, is likely to stir controversy and emotions.The study, published this month in PLoS One, is a follow-up to an influential 2011 report which used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
Economic expansion weakest since 2011
Label: Business The U.S. economy barely grew in the fourth quarter although a slightly better performance in exports and fewer imports led the...
Feb
27
Kelly says win in Congressional primary a 'message' to the NRA
Label: WorldRobin Kelly has won the Democratic Primary in the race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Illinois's 2nd Congressional District. ...
Cellar victim Kampusch raped, starved in film of ordeal
Label: LifestyleVIENNA (Reuters) – A new film based on the story of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch shows her being repeatedly raped by the captor who beat and starved her during the eight-and-a-half years that he kept her in a cellar beneath his house.Kampusch was snatched on her way to school at the age of 10 by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a windowless cell under his garage near Vienna until she escaped...
Global Health: After Measles Success, Rwanda to Get Rubella Vaccine
Label: HealthRwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage — fighting rubella too. On March 11, it will hold a nationwide three-day vaccination campaign with a combined measles-rubella vaccine, hoping to reach nearly five million children up to age 14. It will then integrate the dual vaccine into its national...
Feb
26
Polls open to find likely successor to ex-Rep. Jackson Jr.
Label: WorldElection Day in Cicero and 2nd District. Polls open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters are headed to the polls today to pick the likely...
Books: Gauging Faces and Bodies in the Botox Age
Label: HealthYou never know what a little vanity will do for a person’s health. Some people bloom in their quest for physical improvement, others wither, and a few are completely destroyed. Despite centuries’ worth of efforts to penetrate the complicated thickets where health and beauty intertwine, there is always more to explore, as two new books make clear. Dr. Eric Finzi, a dermatologist in the Washington...
JPMorgan to eliminate 4,000 jobs in 2013
Label: Business JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to cut 3,000 to 4,000 jobs in its consumer bank in 2013, representing about 1.5 percent of the...
Feb
25
Boy, 16, charged with Bucktown home invasion, assault
Label: World Chicago Tribune reporter Adam Sege with Sunday's Chicago overnight...
Mediterranean Diet Can Cut Heart Disease, Study Finds
Label: HealthAbout 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables, and even drink wine with meals, a large and rigorous new study found. The findings, published on the New England Journal of Medicine’s Web site on Monday, were based on the first...
Horsemeat found in IKEA meatballs
Label: Business Sweden's IKEA halted sales of its trademark Swedish meatballs in 13 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic on...
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