The shutdown of the Wells Street Bridge has the impact of a blocked artery, straining the circulation of much of the CTA rail...
Jane C. Wright, Pioneering Oncologist, Dies at 93
Label: HealthDr. Jane C. Wright, a pioneering oncologist who helped elevate chemotherapy from a last resort for cancer patients to an often viable treatment option, died on Feb. 19 at her home in Guttenberg, N.J. She was 93. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith CollegeDr. Jane C. Wright was the only woman among seven physicians who founded the American Society of Clinical Oncologists. ...
Next Groupon CEO will have experience, Lefkofsky says
Label: Business Groupon has fired its chief executive and the money-losing company faces several challenges, but Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky...
Mar
01
Still no signs of life after sinkhole swallows Florida man
Label: World SEFFNER, Fla.— A...
Well: A Rainbow of Root Vegetables
Label: HealthThis week’s Recipes for Health is as much a treat for the eyes as the palate. Colorful root vegetables from bright orange carrots and red scallions to purple and yellow potatoes and pale green leeks will add color and flavor to your table.Since root vegetables and tubers keep well and can be cooked up into something delicious even after they have begun to go limp in the refrigerator, this week’s Recipes...
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...
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...
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
Chicago archdiocese to close or consolidate five schools
Label: World The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is laying off about 10 percent of its work force and is planning to close five schools...
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
Top foes concede defeat to Kelly in bid for Jackson seat
Label: World The two top opponents have conceded defeat tonight to Robin Kelly in the special Democratic primary election to replace disgraced...
Advanced Breast Cancer May Be Rising Among Young Women, Study Finds
Label: HealthThe incidence of advanced breast cancer among younger women, ages 25 to 39, may have increased slightly over the last three decades, according to a study released Tuesday. But more research is needed to verify the finding, which was based on an analysis of statistics, the study’s authors said. They do not know what may have caused the apparent increase. Some outside experts questioned...
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
Woman freed after conviction in son's death tossed
Label: WorldNicole Harris, who was released from prison after her conviction for the 2005 death of her son was tossed, talks to the Tribune about her past seven years behind bars. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune) ...
‘Identity Thief’ tops box office with $14 million
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — A week after losing the box office title to Bruce Willis, Melissa McCarthy took it back again.McCarthy’s road trip comedy “Identity Thief” topped the box office in its third week of release on Oscar weekend with $ 14 million for Universal. 20th Century Fox‘s “A Good Day to Die Hard,” starring Willis, slid to fifth with $ 10.1 million.The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters...
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...
Horsemeat found in IKEA meatballs
Label: Business PRAGUE/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Ikea stopped nearly all sales of meatballs at its furniture store cafeterias across Europe...
Feb
24
Oscars live: Christoph Waltz best supporting actor
Label: World 9:03 p.m.: John Travolta presents a montage to movie musicals, featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Chicagoan Jennifer Hudson,...
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