An antitrust brouhaha in Washington has thrown the future of Crown Imports, a Chicago-based beer importer, into question.The...
Murderer back in custody spends less than 2 minutes in court
Label: WorldThe convicted murderer who was mistakenly allowed to leave Cook County jail is now back in custody. (WGN - Chicago) Convicted...
Twitter, Washington Post targeted by hackers
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Social media giant Twitter is among the latest U.S. companies to acknowledge that it is among a growing list of victims of Internet security attacks, saying that hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users. And now, The Washington Post is joining the chorus, saying that it discovered that it was the target of a sophisticated...
Last of 1940s hitmakers Andrews Sisters dies in California
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of popular The Andrews Sisters singing trio of the 1940s and 1950s, has died in California at the age of 94, her spokesman said on Wednesday.Alan Eichler said Andrews died of natural causes at her home in the Northridge area of Los Angeles.Patty Andrews was the youngest of the threesome who made up The Andrews Sisters, whose tight harmonies...
Ferrol Sams, Doctor Turned Novelist, Dies at 90
Label: HealthFerrol Sams, a country doctor who started writing fiction in his late 50s and went on to win critical praise and a devoted readership for his humorous and perceptive novels and stories that drew on his medical practice and his rural Southern roots, died on Tuesday at his home in Fayetteville, Ga. He was 90. The cause, said his son Ferrol Sams III, also a doctor, was that he was “slap...
Feb
01
Apple phones outsell Samsung in the U.S. in the fourth quarter
Label: Business Bolstered by sales of its iPhone 5, Apple sold more mobile phones in the U.S. in the fourth quarter than any other maker, including...
Reward increased to $30,000 in Hadiya Pendleton slaying
Label: World As community members marched in memory of Hadiya Pendleton today, officials announced the reward for information in the slaying...
This Week’s Social Media Power Rankings: The Return of Swatch
Label: TechnologyThe social media sphere is an increasingly noisy place, especially for brands. But hiding somewhere in the static are strong signals from companies reaching their customers in innovative ways. The Social Business Index from the Dachis Group provides a (free) real-time ranking of more than 30,000 global brands based on their social performance. Every week we’re taking a tally...
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis score unlikely hit
Label: LifestyleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The rapper Macklemore thinks there’s a simple reason the hit “Thrift Shop” appears to be going viral: It dares to be different.“There’s a certain sound that has kind of flooded the mainstream airwaves as far as hip-hop music,” he said a few hours after taping a performance on “Late Show with David Letterman” on Thursday night with producing partner Ryan Lewis. “The beat doesn’t...
Well: Gluten-Free Muffin Recipes
Label: HealthFor people who need to eliminate gluten from their diet, baking becomes a challenge. Beginners often find gluten-free baked goods too dense. Even the Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman didn’t like the flavor of a commercial gluten-free flour mix, which left her gluten-free cookies and tart-shells with a strong taste of bean flour. As a result, she created her own gluten-free mix for...
Jan
31
Slot maker WMS Ind. to be sold for $1.5B
Label: Business Gaming machines maker WMS Industries Inc. is being swallowed up by larger rival Scientific Games Corp. for $1.42 billion in...
Huge fire out at Wis. plant: 'There are 300 workers without a job'
Label: World A raging fire at a Wisconsin egg processing plant was brought under control shortly before noon today, but Burlington Mayor...
Apple loses a U.S. appeals bid in Samsung patent fight
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected Apple Inc‘s request to revive its bid for a sales ban on Samsung‘s Galaxy Nexus smartphone, dashing the iPhone maker’s attempt to recover crucial leverage in the global patent wars.Apple had asked the full Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to revisit a decision in October by a three-judge panel of the same court....
Glut of R-rated movies putting Box Office on overload
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “Bullet to the Head,” the guns-blazing, axe-swinging action film from Sylvester Stallone, arrives Friday and is the latest violent, R-rated movie to open in January. The month itself could be rated “R” – for Repetitious.Nine of the 11 movies released widely since the start of the year and Friday are rated “R.” Of last weekend’s top 10 films, eight carried the restricted...
Personal Health: Keeping Blood Pressure in Check
Label: HealthSince the start of the 21st century, Americans have made great progress in controlling high blood pressure, though it remains a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure and kidney disease.Now 48 percent of the more than 76 million adults with hypertension have it under control, up from 29 percent in 2000.But that means more than half, including many receiving treatment, have...
Jan
30
Blackberry 10 launches after long wait
Label: Business Research In Motion Ltd unveiled the long-delayed line of smartphones it hopes will put it on the comeback trail on Wednesday...
Emanuel: 'You're a good citizen in good standing if you help'
Label: WorldA 15-year-old girl who had recently taken part in inauguration events in Washington was shot to death after leaving her South Side school Tuesday. As it pushes for...
The Z10 is a good first step, but BlackBerry still has to fix its app problem
Label: TechnologyBlackBerry, a.k.a., the Company Formerly Known as RIM, made good with its first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones on Wednesday. While the new devices are far from perfect, they will at the very least make long-suffering BlackBerry fans very happy and should provide a needed boost to a company in desperate need of growth. That said, BlackBerry still has a major problem that it will have to fix if it ever...
Musical comedy “The Sapphires” sparkles at Aussie Oscars
Label: LifestyleSYDNEY (Reuters) – Home-grown romantic musical comedy “The Sapphires” shone at Australia‘s film industry awards on Wednesday, picking up best film and lead acting trophies for Deborah Mailman and “Bridesmaids” star Chris O’Dowd.Awards host Russell Crowe, an Oscar winner for “Gladiator,” led a star-studded evening whose theme was pride in Australia’s outsized success on the international film stage.“The...
The Consumer: The Drug-Dose Gender Gap
Label: HealthMost sleeping pills are designed to knock you out for eight hours. When the Food and Drug Administration was evaluating a new short-acting pill for people to take when they wake up in the middle of the night, agency scientists wanted to know how much of the drug would still be in users’ systems come morning.Blood tests uncovered a gender gap: Men metabolized the drug, Intermezzo, faster than women....
Jan
29
Chicago home price recovery lags
Label: Business The Chicago area's housing recovery continued to lag behind other cities and the nation, as prices in November fell 1.3 percent...
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