The Chicago area's housing recovery continued to lag that of other cities and the nation, as prices in November fell 1.3 percent...
TSX little changed, RIM positioning offsets banks
Label: TechnologyTORONTO (Reuters) – Canada‘s main stock index finished little changed on Monday, as gains in the financial group were partially offset by Research In Motion Ltd shares, which sagged ahead of its critical BlackBerry 10 launch this week.The Toronto Stock Exchange‘s S&P/TSX composite index <.gsptse> was down 0.72 of a point at 12,815.91. Half of the index’s 10 key sectors climbed higher.</.gsptse>(Reporting...
Singer Chris Brown to be questioned over alleged punch: police
Label: Lifestyle(Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown will be questioned as part of an investigation into allegations that he punched a man during a fight over a parking space in West Hollywood, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said on Monday.Deputies responded to a call on Sunday about a fight involving six men on Santa Monica Boulevard, the department said. Witnesses said the Grammy-winning singer had...
Observatory: Viagra as Diet Pill?
Label: HealthNew evidence suggests that the erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra might have another use: helping burn away excess fat. The drug, generically known as sildenafil, helped convert undesirable white fat cells to energy-burning beige fat cells in laboratory mice, researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany report in The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology....
2012 stocks: How Illinois cos. fared
Label: Business If you invested heavily in Illinois companies that provide consulting services, you had little reason to celebrate in 2012.While...
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Fire at crowded nightclub kills at least 200 in Brazil
Label: World SANTA MARIA, Brazil (Reuters) - A nightclub fire killed at least 233 people in southern Brazil early on Sunday when a band's...
Abrams on ‘Star Wars’: ‘surreal’ and ‘exciting’
Label: LifestyleBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — J.J. Abrams calls getting assigned to direct the seventh live-action “Star Wars” film “as surreal as it is exciting.”The director-producer-writer spoke with a handful of media outlets on the red carpet before darting into the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday night. Abrams was there to accept the Norman Lear Achievement Award for such television works as “Felicity” (1998-2002),...
Brain Aging Linked to Sleep-Related Memory Decline
Label: HealthScientists have known for decades that the ability to remember newly learned information declines with age, but it was not clear why. A new study may provide part of the answer. The report, posted online on Sunday by the journal Nature Neuroscience, suggests that structural brain changes occurring naturally over time interfere with sleep quality, which in turn blunts the ability to store...
2012 stock report: Pains and gains
Label: Business If you invested heavily in Illinois companies that provide consulting services, you had little reason to celebrate in 2012.While...
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