An international array of airport investors and operators have shown interest in developing bids to privatize Midway Airport, the city announced Friday evening.Sixteen...
Owner visits 'playful and crazy' dog rescued from icy lake
Label: World Pifas, a "very playful and crazy" dog rescued from icy Lake Michigan, saw his owner today and "started jumping around in the cage" at the animal control facility.But...
Drone Pilots Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do
Label: HealthU.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Steve HortonCapt. Richard Koll, left, and Airman First Class Mike Eulo monitored a drone aircraft after launching it in Iraq. The study affirms a growing body of research finding health hazards even for those piloting machines from bases far from actual combat zones. “Though it might be thousands of miles from the battlefield, this work still involves tough stressors...
Feb
22
United not planning on Dreamliner until June
Label: Business The All Nippon Airways Dreamliner 787 arrives at Mineta San Jose International Airport. ...
Drew Peterson transferred from Will County jail to Stateville
Label: World Drew Peterson’s new life as an Illinois Department of Corrections inmate has begun.Peterson was transferred this morning to...
Jay-Z, Timberlake announce summer tour
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – Rapper Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake are teaming up for a 12-city summer stadium tour that will include concerts in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, music promoter Live Nation said on Friday.The “Legends of the Summer” tour will kick off at the Roger’s Center in Toronto on July 17, and finish on August 16 at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami.Venues in Boston, Detroit...
Question Mark: Acne Common in Baby Boomers Too
Label: HealthPimples are no surprise on babies and teenagers, but boomers? You no longer have to gaze over a school lunchroom, hoping to find a seat at a socially acceptable table. You don’t rush to get home at night before your junior license driving restrictions kick in. And you men no longer have to worry that your voice will skip an octave without warning. But if adolescence is over, what is that...
Feb
21
United takes Dreamliner off schedule until June
Label: Business The All Nippon Airways Dreamliner 787 arrives at Mineta San Jose International Airport. ...
Drew Peterson faces sentencing: 'He showed no remorse'
Label: World Kathleen Savio's relatives talked of heartbreak and suffering as a sentencing hearing got underway today after Drew Peterson was denied a new trial for Savio's murder...
Living With Cancer: Arrivals and Departures
Label: HealthAfter being nursed and handed over, the baby’s wails rise to a tremolo, but I am determined to give my exhausted daughter and son-in-law a respite on this wintry evening. Commiserating with the little guy’s discomfort — gas, indigestion, colic, ontological insecurity — I swaddle, burp, bink, then cradle him in my arms. I begin walking around the house, swinging and swaying while cooing in soothing...
Feb
20
Office Depot to buy OfficeMax
Label: BusinessOffice Depot to buy Office Max as an attempt to compete with Staples. !-- Office Depot Inc. posted an online statement on Wednesday,...
Jackson Jr. admits life of luxury with campaign cash
Label: WorldJesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to misusing campaign funds. Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, former Chicago Ald....
Global Update: New Polio Strains That Protect Vaccine Factory Workers
Label: HealthScientists have created new strains of polio intended to protect workers in factories that make polio vaccine. The new strains have the same ability to invoke an immune reaction as the live viruses now used to make vaccine do, but there is virtually no risk anyone will get polio if one of the new strains somehow escapes. The research team, at the State University of New York at Stony Brook,...
Feb
19
Kraft acknowledges faults, unveils new path
Label: Business From new products like Macaroni and Cheese crackers to Oscar Mayer pulled pork, Kraft Foods Group laid out the strategy on Tuesday...
Cubs to improve seventh-inning stretch, modernize music at Wrigley
Label: World MESA, Ariz. – The seventh-inning stretch has been a polarizing part of Chicago Cubs games since the introduction of guest conductors...
Personal Health: Health Effects of Smoking for Women
Label: HealthThe title of a recent report on smoking and health might well have paraphrased the popular ad campaign for Virginia Slims, introduced in 1968 by Philip Morris and aimed at young professional women: “You’ve come a long way, baby.”Today that slogan should include: “. . . toward a shorter life.” Ten years shorter, in fact.The new report is one of two rather shocking analyses of the hazards of smoking...
Feb
18
Report: Merger near for OfficeMax, Office Depot
Label: Business Office supply companies OfficeMax Inc., based in Naperville, and Office Depot Inc. are in advanced talks to merge, the Wall...
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