Daley turns focus toward Gary

Richard M. Daley has kept a low profile since leaving office in 2011.That doesn't mean he has lost interest in urban issues....

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Lawyers: Jackson Jr., wife intend to plead guilty to charges

Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife Sandi intend to plead guilty to federal charges alleging the former congressman misused $750,000...

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Seth MacFarlane’s “Dads” series casts “Mindy Project” actor

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Tommy Dewey has been cast in the Fox comedy “Dads,” from “Ted” team Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild.Dewey, who’s appeared in a handful of episodes of Fox’s “The Mindy Project,” will play Warner, the co-owner of a successful videogame company and stable family man whose otherwise perfect life is cast into chaos when his feckless father Crawford moves in with...

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Fat Dad: Baking for Love

Fat DadDawn Lerman writes about growing up with a fat dad.My grandmother Beauty always told me that the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach, and by the look of pure delight on my dad’s face when he ate a piece of warm, homemade chocolate cake, or bit into a just-baked crispy cookie, I grew to believe this was true. I had no doubt that when the time came, and I liked a boy, that a batch of...

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Billionaire Sears CEO increases stake in Gap

Sears CEO Edward Lampert has upped his stake in Gap Inc. (Spencer Platt /...

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Stricken cruise ship reported awash in raw sewage nears port

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Lady Gaga needs hip surgery, cancels remainder of tour

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lady Gaga canceled the remainder of her “Born This Way Ball” concert tour to undergo hip surgery, promoters Live Nation said on Wednesday.The 26-year-old singer announced she was suffering from an inflammation of the joints on Tuesday, but the tour operator said Gaga’s injuries were more serious than she realized.“After additional tests this morning to review the severity of...

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Doctor and Patient: Afraid to Speak Up to Medical Power

The slender, weather-beaten, elderly Polish immigrant had been diagnosed with lung cancer nearly a year earlier and was receiving chemotherapy as part of a clinical trial. I was a surgical consultant, called in to help control the fluid that kept accumulating in his lungs.During one visit, he motioned for me to come closer. His voice was hoarse from a tumor that spread, and the constant hissing from...

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Buffet, 3G to buy Heinz for $23B

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and private equity firm 3G Capital will buy ketchup and baby food maker H.J. Heinz Co for...

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Phys Ed: Getting the Right Dose of Exercise

Phys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.Fitness TrackerMarathon, half-marathon, 10k and 5K training plans to get you race ready.A common concern about exercise is that if you don’t do it almost every day, you won’t achieve much health benefit. But a commendable new study suggests otherwise, showing that a fairly leisurely approach to scheduling workouts may actually be more beneficial than...

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