Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood and NASCAR's Senior Vice President of Racing Operations Steve O'Donnell discuss the crash during the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday. Twenty-eight fans were injured in the race. ...
Off the Dribble: Salley Offers a Healthy Assist
Label: HealthWhen Carmelo Anthony went on a vegetarian diet a few weeks ago and caused the biggest culinary conundrum in sports since fried chicken and beer had starring roles in the Red Sox clubhouse, John Salley could only shake his head.Anthony’s diet was blamed for his sluggish play and the Knicks’ 3-4 record during the 15-day fast.Anthony admitted that his body felt “depleted out there.”But Salley, the former...
Promise, peril seen for crowd-funding investors
Label: Business Crowd funding is widely seen as a revolutionary idea.A 2012 federal law known as the JOBS Act opens the door to allowing small,...
Feb
22
Drew Peterson transferred to Pontiac prison
Label: World Drew Peterson’s new life as an Illinois Department of Corrections inmate has begun.Peterson was transferred this morning to...
Well: Savory Pie Recipes for Health
Label: HealthPie is an indulgence often saved for holiday time. But this week Martha Rose Shulman shows us how to bake a pie and eat it too, without the guilt. She offers savory vegetable pies, showcased in whole grain crusts. She writes:This week I slowed down and made pies: savory ones filled with vegetables … I used a number of different crusts for my winter pies. My favorite remains the whole wheat yeasted...
16 airport investors show interest in Midway
Label: Business An international array of airport investors and operators have shown interest in developing bids to privatize Midway Airport, the city announced Friday evening.Sixteen...
Feb
21
Retired general says National Guard could help curb Chicago violence
Label: World To reduce the homicides and shootings plaguing Chicago streets, elected officials should consider calling on the state and federal...
Barry Josephson signs on to produce Stan Lee’s “Annihilator”
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Stan Lee‘s newest superhero creation, “Annihilator,” is coming to the big screen with the help of producer Barry Josephson and Magic Storm Entertainment, the company announced on Thursday.Screenwriter Dan Gilroy (“The Bourne Legacy”) wrote the script for the film based on a treatment by Lee, which focuses on a Chinese expatriate named Ming who participates in a secret U.S....
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...
Delta raises last-minute fares, others follow
Label: Business A Delta Air Lines Jet takes off from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport in a 2006 file photo. ...
Feb
20
Homicide probe under way after 2 women found dead in blaze
Label: World Firefighters found the bodies of two women at a South Side residence this afternoon while putting out a fire at the home, according...
Mike Tyson sues Live Nation over embezzlement
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Tyson is suing a financial services firm affiliated with Live Nation, claiming it cost him more than $ 5 million due to a former employee’s embezzlement and mismanagement.The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles claims an adviser from SFX Financial Advisory Management Enterprises embezzled more than $ 300,000 from the former heavyweight boxing champ. The suit claims the losses...
Well: Caffeine Linked to Lower Birth Weight Babies
Label: HealthNew research suggests that drinking caffeinated drinks during pregnancy raises the risk of having a low birth weight baby.Caffeine has long been linked to adverse effects in pregnant women, prompting many expectant mothers to give up coffee and tea. But for those who cannot do without their morning coffee, health officials over the years have offered conflicting guidelines on safe amounts during pregnancy.The...
OfficeMax, Office Depot agree to merger
Label: BusinessOffice Depot to buy Office Max as an attempt to compete with Staples. Office Depot Inc. and Naperville-based OfficeMax Inc. confirmed...
Feb
19
Jacksons set for plea hearings in D.C. on Wednesday
Label: World WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., and his wife, former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, are expected to plead guilty to...
Singer Sande in line for big prize at BRIT awards
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – Scottish singer Emeli Sande is favorite to win the coveted British album of the year honor later on Wednesday when the BRIT Awards are handed out in London.Sande, whose profile received a major boost when she took part in the opening and closing ceremonies at the London Olympics last year, has been nominated for three prizes on British pop’s biggest night.She was shortlisted for...
DNA Analysis, More Accessible Than Ever, Opens New Doors
Label: HealthMatt Roth for The New York TimesSam Bosley of Frederick, Md., going shopping with his daughter, Lillian, 13, who has a malformed brain and severe developmental delays, seizures and vision problems. More Photos »Debra Sukin and her husband were determined to take no chances with her second pregnancy. Their first child, Jacob, who had a serious genetic disorder, did not babble when he was a year old...
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...
Feb
18
Campaign problems, voter intimidation alleged in Cicero
Label: World Allegations such as voters being offered pizza coupons and campaign workers insisting on handling mail-in ballots for town residents...
Singer Fergie says she and actor Josh Duhamel expecting baby
Label: Lifestyle(Reuters) – The Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said on Monday that she and her husband, actor Josh Duhamel, are expecting a baby.“Josh & Me & BABY makes three!!!,” she tweeted. She also posted photos of herself and her husband as toddlers.It is the first child for the couple married in 2009.Duhamel, 40, appeared in the “Transformers” movies and stars this year in the film “Safe Haven.”Fergie,...
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...
OfficeMax, Office Depot may merge
Label: Business U.S. office supply chains Office Depot Inc. and Naperville-based OfficeMax Inc. are in advanced discussions for a merger, a...
Feb
17
2 questioned in fatal shooting of Chicago woman
Label: WorldJanay McFarlane, 18, was shot on the way to a store, the same day Obama spoke on gun violence. Two people are being questioned...
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