Groupon Inc., the Chicago-based daily deals website, offered up an earnings disappointment Wednesday after the market closed,...
Feb
27
Kelly easily wins Democratic race to replace Jackson Jr.
Label: World Former state Rep. Robin Kelly easily won the special Democratic primary Tuesday night in the race to replace the disgraced Jesse...
Well: What Housework Has to Do With Waistlines
Label: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.One reason so many American women are overweight may be that we are vacuuming and doing laundry less often, according to a new study that, while scrupulously even-handed, is likely to stir controversy and emotions.The study, published this month in PLoS One, is a follow-up to an influential 2011 report which used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
What's next for revitalized Chicago Loop?
Label: Business Michael Edwards has only been in town for a few months, but the new executive director of the Chicago Loop Alliance says the...
Feb
26
Chicago could see 6 inches of snow in Tuesday storm
Label: World Abundant sunshine and temperatures close to 50 degrees in the past few days teased sober Midwestern sensibilities.Encouraged...
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...
Feb
25
State lawmaker's bill seeks to limit use of drones to fight crime
Label: World SPRINGFIELD — As the Obama administration comes under fire for its use of unmanned drones in foreign lands, a state senator...
‘Bloodless’ Lung Transplants for Jehovah’s Witnesses
Label: HealthEric Kayne for The New York TimesSHARING HOME AND FAITH A Houston couple hosted Gene and Rebecca Tomczak, center, in October so she could get care nearby. HOUSTON — Last April, after being told that only a transplant could save her from a fatal lung condition, Rebecca S. Tomczak began calling some of the top-ranked hospitals in the country. She started with Emory University Hospital in Atlanta,...
ComEd chief hopes to spark positive change
Label: Business Every organization has its low point. For Commonwealth Edison, it was in summer 2011 when a storm left more than 850,000 people...
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