The funeral of slain teen Hadiya Pendleton began today amid large crowds, long lines and heavy security prompted by the attendance...
Mary J. Blige honored by Vibe at pre-Grammy party
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — Babyface called her an icon; Diddy said she was like a sister; and Anita Baker credited her for helping secure her latest Grammy nomination.There was no shortage of superlatives bestowed on Mary J. Blige on Friday night as Vibe magazine celebrated the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul’s career, which has now spanned for more than two decades.“She’s a musical soulmate, she’s my sister, she’s...
In Nigeria, Polio Vaccine Workers Are Killed by Gunmen
Label: HealthAt least nine polio immunization workers were shot to death in northern Nigeria on Friday by gunmen who attacked two clinics, officials said. The killings, with eerie echoes of attacks that killed nine female polio workers in Pakistan in December, represented another serious setback for the global effort to eradicate polio. Most of the victims were women and were shot in the back of...
Rosenthal: Chevrolet restores style to Impala name
Label: Business Because a brand embedded in our subconsciousness can find a space in our garage, the Impala endures.About 16 million Chevys named for an African antelope have hit the road since 1958. And even though the one you recently returned to the airport rental lot bore little resemblance the one whose "giddy-up" the Beach Boys sang of a half-century ago,...
Feb
08
City drops red-light camera firm as probe heats up
Label: WorldChicago Tribune reporter David Kidwell discusses the recent changes at Redflex Holdings Ltd., the Australian company responsible for Chicago's red-light program. (Posted on: Feb. 8, 2013) ...
The New Old Age: The Executor's Assistant
Label: HealthI’m serving as executor for my father’s estate, a role few of us are prepared for until we’re playing it, so I was grateful when the mail brought “The American Bar Association Guide to Wills and Estates” — the fourth edition of a handbook the A.B.A. began publishing in 1995.This is a legal universe, I’m learning, in which every step — even with a small, simple estate that owes no taxes and includes...
S&C relay at center of Super Bowl outage
Label: Business An electrical relay device provided by Rogers Park's S&C Electric Co. was found to be the cause of the Super Bowl power...
Feb
07
Winter storm advisory issued; snow to hit evening commute
Label: World A freezing rain advisory had barely expired when the National Weather issued a winter storm advisory with up to 4 inches of...
Well: Expressing the Inexpressible
Label: HealthWhen Kyle Potvin learned she had breast cancer at the age of 41, she tracked the details of her illness and treatment in a journal. But when it came to grappling with issues of mortality, fear and hope, she found that her best outlet was poetry.How I feared chemo, afraidIt would change me.It did.Something dissolved inside me.Tears began a slow drip;I cried at the news storyOf a lost boy found in the...
EveryBlock shuts down
Label: Business Hyper local news and social media site EveryBlock.com has shut down, the company said Thursday."Though EveryBlock has been able...
Feb
06
License number leads cops to salon robbery suspect
Label: World The Evanston man charged with robbing nearly a dozen hair salons in Chicago, Skokie, Morton Grove, Broadview and Niles was apprehended...
The New Old Age Blog: For Women, Reduced Access to Long-Term Care Insurance
Label: Health“This was a very, very good business for a short time, with people buying long-term care insurance like it was candy in a candy store,’’ said Michael Perry, a vice president at the Opus Advisory Group, a strategic financial planning firm in Purchase, N.Y.No more. Mr. Perry has sold only one long-term care policy in the last six months and is “backing off from marketing’’ them as he watches this corner...
Chicago sees surge in foreclosure auctions
Label: Business More than 35,000 homes and small multifamily buildings in the Chicago area completed the foreclosure process last year, the...
Feb
05
Father saw 'horrifying' accident injure son during opera rehearsal
Label: World A fire-breathing stilt walker burned when flames flared up on his face during a dress rehearsal at the Lyric Opera of Chicago...
Well: Warning Too Late for Some Babies
Label: HealthSix weeks after Jack Mahoney was born prematurely on Feb. 3, 2011, the neonatal staff at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., noticed that his heart rate slowed slightly when he ate. They figured he was having difficulty feeding, and they added a thickener to help.When Jack was discharged, his parents were given the thickener, SimplyThick, to mix into his formula. Two weeks later, Jack was back in the...
Federal deficit hits 5-year low, but cuts drag economy
Label: Business WASHINGTON -- The federal deficit will drop to less than $1 trillion for the first time in five years, but massive spending...
Fall Out Boy ends three-year break with new album, tour
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Fall Out Boy unveiled plans for a new album and world tour on Monday, three years after the pop punk band‘s four members announced a hiatus to pursue solo projects.“This isn’t a reunion,” the band said on its website, “because we never broke up.”The new album, “Save Rock and Roll,” will be available worldwide on May 6-7. A tour kicks off Monday night in Chicago.A new song,...
Well: A Doctor's Struggle With Numbers
Label: HealthMy youngest child has been struggling with numbers.This all started around the time of his 4th birthday, in mid-November. He knew he was getting older and asked a lot of questions about babies, who were “too little to have a number,” being less than 1 year old. Then, on the day of his birthday, he wanted to know when he was turning 4.I told him that today was his birthday, that he turned 4 today.“But...
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