Hundreds of mourners lined up early to pay respects to Hadiya Pendleton this morning at a visitation and funeral expected to...
Charlie Sheen revisits alter-ego in movie “Mind of Charles Swan”
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – It’s a downward spiral for Charlie, a successful professional whose life slides into despair when his girlfriend breaks up with him.This Charlie could be Charlie Sheen, but it’s actually the fictional Charles Swan, a charming, immature character played by Hollywood’s favorite bad boy actor and filmed only a few months after Sheen‘s off-screen antics got him fired in 2011 from...
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,...
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Blizzard packing more than 2 feet of snow reaches Northeast
Label: World The leading edge of a powerful storm expected to bring driving winds and more than 2 feet of snow, along with the potential...
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...
McDonald's January sales down 1.9%
Label: Business McDonald's January comparable sales fell 1.9 percent, due to weakness in the Europe and Asia, the company said Friday. The...
CBS Films Moves Up Robert De Niro-Michael Douglas Comedy ‘Last Vegas’
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – CBS Films on Wednesday has moved up the release date for “Last Vegas,” its comedy starring Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro, from December 20 to Nov 1.The move positions the film – about four old friends who decide to throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single – as counter-programming to Summit’s young adult sci-fi film “Ender’s...
Well: Think Like a Doctor: A Confused and Terrified Patient
Label: HealthThe Challenge: Can you solve the mystery of a middle-aged man recovering from a serious illness who suddenly becomes frightened and confused?Every month the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to sift through a difficult case and solve a diagnostic riddle. Below you will find a summary of a case involving a 55-year-old man well on his way to recovering from a series of...
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