Two men were shot to death in separate attacks within about 15 minutes of each other, one in Austin and one in Back of the Yards,...
Samsung updates Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2 to Jelly Bean
Label: TechnologyOwners of the Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2 will be happy to learn that Samsung (005930) has begun to update their tablets to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The company announced its plans earlier this week, revealing that the Note’s update includes “dramatic improvements to the multitasking and S Pen features,” while the Tab 2 will bring the company’s Premium Suite of features and productivity apps...
Barbra Streisand to receive Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – Barbra Streisand will add the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award to her roster of honors, in recognition of her achievement as a director, writer, producer and film star, the group said on Friday.Streisand, who shot to fame in the 1960s on Broadway and as a major recording star, will receive the honor at the 40th Annual Chaplin Award gala in New York on April 22 which...
Business Briefing | Medicine: F.D.A. Clears Botox to Help Bladder Control
Label: Health Botox, the wrinkle treatment made by Allergan, has been approved to treat adults with overactive bladders who cannot tolerate or were not helped by other drugs, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. Botox injected into the bladder muscle causes the bladder to relax, increasing its storage capacity. “Clinical studies have demonstrated Botox’s ability to significantly reduce the frequency...
Chicago seeks investors for potential Midway Airport deal
Label: Business Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration on Friday began testing the investment market's appetite for a potential deal to privatize...
Jan
18
Quinn to name former prosecutor Fitzgerald to UI board
Label: World Gov. Pat Quinn will name former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, the Tribune...
Sorry, Spike: “Django Unchained” is now Quentin Tarantino’s highest-grossing movie
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Maybe Spike Lee helped “Django Unchained” more than he hurt it.Despite Lee’s plea that audiences stay away from Quentin Tarantino’s violent slave-revenge film for being “disrespectful to my ancestors,” “Django” has become Tarantino’s highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office, the Weinstein Company announced Thursday.It has taken in nearly $ 129 million since...
The Neediest Cases: Medical Bills Crush Brooklyn Man’s Hope of Retiring
Label: HealthAndrea Mohin/The New York TimesJohn Concepcion and his wife, Maria, in their home in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. They are awaiting even more medical bills. Retirement was just about a year away, or so John Concepcion thought, when a sudden health crisis put his plans in doubt. For the past 100 years, The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund has provided direct assistance to children, families...
Liguori named CEO of Tribune Co.
Label: Business Television executive Peter Liguori was named the new chief executive of Tribune Co. Thursday, taking the reins of the reorganized...
Jan
17
Man killed after high school game ends in melee
Label: World The Simeon and Morgan Park High School basketball teams ended...
PC titans take notes from tablets to regain customers
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Personal computer makers, trying to beat back a tablet mania that’s eating into their sales, are making what may be a last-ditch attempt to sway customers by mimicking the competition.Many of the laptops to be unveiled around the world in coming months will be hybrids or “convertibles” – morphing easily between portable tablets and full-powered laptops with a keyboard, industry...
Sniping, then singing as ‘American Idol’ returns
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — There was no hair-pulling between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj on the season debut of “American Idol,” although some viewers may have been reduced to it.The pop divas exchanged insults worthy of middle schoolers, fellow freshman judge Keith Urban looked trapped between them, and there was a whiff of make-believe Wednesday about the show’s touted feud.“We can have accessories. I...
The New Old Age Blog: Officials Say Checks Won't Be in the Mail
Label: HealthThe jig is up.Two years ago, the Treasury Department initiated its Go Direct campaign to persuade people still receiving paper checks for their Social Security, Veterans Affairs, S.S.I. and other federal benefits to switch to direct deposit.“At that point, we were issuing approximately 11 million checks each month,” or about 15 percent of the total, Walt Henderson, director of the campaign, told me.After...
FAA grounds Dreamliners in U.S.
Label: BusinessFederal officials say they are temporarily grounding Boeing's 787 Dreamliners until the risk of possible battery fires is addressed. (Jan. 16) ...
Jan
16
Japanese airlines ground Boeing 787s after emergency landing
Label: World TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s on Wednesday after one of the Dreamliner...
“Banshee” head Greg Yaitanes: secrets galore, but hold the olives
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Like many TV creators, Greg Yaitanes isn’t crazy about the alternate identities people adopt online – and the Emmy-winning former “House” executive producer gets to explore anonymity and becoming someone else in the new Cinemax series “Banshee.”“I’ve been harassed by ‘House’ Twitter fans for years now. I’m always kind of surprised at people’s level of saying something that...
A Minute With: Patti Smith on her photography show
Label: LifestyleTORONTO (Reuters) – Singer Patti Smith is best known for her rock ‘n’ roll songs from the punk era of the 1970s, but visitors to a new photo exhibition will see a different side of the musician, poet and artist.The 70 photos in Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) “Camera Solo” show, which runs from February 9 to May 19, include poetic images of gravestones, religious iconography and objects that...
The New Old Age Blog: In Flu Season,Use a Mask. But Which One?
Label: HealthDo face masks help prevent people from getting the flu? And if so, how much protection do they give?You might think the answer to this question would be well established. It’s not.In fact, there is considerable uncertainty over how well face masks guard against influenza when people use them outside of hospitals and other health care settings. This has been a topic of discussion and debate in infectious...
Jan
15
City prepared to pay $33 million in two cop misconduct cases
Label: WorldChicago Tribune reporter David Heinzmann on news that Mayor Rahm Emanuel seeks to settle two notorious cases of alleged police misconduct. (Posted Jan. 14th, 2013) ...
Verizon may be prepping a new mid-range Samsung smartphone with a 720p display
Label: Technology...
Variance Films Picks Up Jay-Z Produced ‘An Oversimplification of Her Beauty’
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Variance Films has acquired North American distributions rights to “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty,” Terence Nance‘s debut film executive produced by Jay-Z, Dream Hampton, Joy Bryant and comedian Wyatt Cenac.Variance will release the movie in theaters April 12 while Cinema Guild handles downstream releases, such as DVD and digital.Nance’s film explores the relationship...
The New Old Age Blog: Study: More to Meal Delivery Than Food
Label: HealthWhat’s a simpler idea than Meals on Wheels? Older, lower-income people who have trouble driving, cooking or shopping — or paying for food — sign up with a local agency. Each day, volunteers or paid staff come by and drop off a hot lunch. Federal and state dollars and local charities foot the bill.At the Mobile Meals of Essex headquarters in my town in New Jersey on a recent morning, staffers were...
Jan
14
Grounded 787 Dreamliner leaks fuel in tests by airline
Label: World The FAA stepped in Friday to assure the public that Boeing's...
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