When the new seven-member Tribune Co. board officially convenes for the first time in the next few weeks, the group of media...
Dec
31
Congress won't meet midnight deadline on 'fiscal cliff'
Label: World WASHINGTON - Agonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to...
Sony No Longer Shipping PlayStation 2 in Japan
Label: TechnologyYou may have grown up with it. Your children may have, too.Sony‘s PlayStation 2 home game console, released in 2000, was one of the most popular game consoles of all time, rivaled in sales only by the different kinds of Nintendo DS handheld console. It continued to be sold new on store shelves until just recently, even years after Sony launched its PlayStation 3 successor.Now, however, Sony’s sent...
Green Day to get back on road in March
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – The members of Green Day said on Monday they will return to the road in March after the punk rock band canceled its fall club tour and postponed later dates as frontman Billie Joe Armstrong underwent treatment for substance abuse.“We want to thank everyone for hanging in with us for the last few months,” the band members said in a statement on their website. “We are very excited...
Well: Managing Diabetes, Then Told of Cancer
Label: HealthNine years ago, Brenda Gray, a former schoolteacher in North Carolina, discovered she had Type 2 diabetes.Since then, she has learned to manage the disease, diligently taking her medicine and keeping tabs on her blood sugar. But in September, she was told she had skin cancer, and her diabetes spun out of control.Ms. Gray started an aggressive course of treatment that included radiation therapy. But...
Tribune Co. emerges from bankruptcy
Label: Business The last day of 2012 is the first of a new era for Tribune Co.After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious...
Dec
30
Bears stay alive by beating Lions, need help from Packers
Label: WorldJay Glazer looks ahead to coaching decisions. The Chicago Bears did their part Sunday, beating the Detroit Lions 26-24. Now they...
‘The Hobbit’ stays atop box office for third week
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third-straight week with nearly $ 33 million.The Warner Bros. fantasy epic from director Peter Jackson, based on the J.R.R. Tolkien novel, has made $ 222.7 million domestically alone.Two big holiday movies — and potential awards contenders — also had strong openings. Quentin Tarantino‘s...
Well: Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain
Label: HealthAnyone whose resolve to exercise in 2013 is a bit shaky might want to consider an emerging scientific view of human evolution. It suggests that we are clever today in part because a million years ago, we could outrun and outwalk most other mammals over long distances. Our brains were shaped and sharpened by movement, the idea goes, and we continue to require regular physical activity in order for...
Airlines' plans for 2013 up in the air
Label: Business Airfares will be on the rise in 2013, and those niggling airline fees will metamorphose into optional bundles of services.Meanwhile, onboard...
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