LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran British rockers The Rolling Stones, who celebrated their 50th anniversary last year, were nominated for four NME music awards on Monday.The Stones, back in the limelight after a photo book, greatest hits album, documentary film and mini tour to mark their 2012 golden jubilee, were shortlisted for best live band, best book, music moment of the year and best music film.They...
Area home sales up 19% in December
Label: Business More than 7,000 consumers in the Chicago-area bought themselves a home last month, the best finish for the year since December...
Jan
21
Groupon nixes all gun-related deals
Label: World The Groupon logo is displayed in the lobby of the company's headquarters in Chicago. ...
Atari US files for Ch. 11 to separate from parent
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (AP) — Video game maker Atari’s U.S. operations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to separate from their French parent company.In a statement, Atari says the move is necessary to secure investments it needs to grow in mobile and digital gaming.Atari’s U.S. operations have shifted to focus on digital games and licensing, including developing mobile games, and have...
“Les Miserables” soundtrack tops UK albums chart
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – The soundtrack of the Oscar-nominated movie “Les Miserables” climbed to the top spot in the UK albums chart, the first film cast recording to do so since Madonna’s “Evita” in 1997, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.A film version of a hugely successful stage musical based on a novel by 19th century French writer Victor Hugo, “Les Miserables” has already picked up a Golden...
Investigators probe 787 battery maker
Label: Business U.S. and Japanese aviation safety officials investigating problems with Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner visited the headquarters...
Jan
20
Obama sworn in for second term in White House ceremony
Label: WorldChicago Tribune reporter Jenniffer Weigel talks with Chicago Tribune/Washington D.C. Bureau reporter Katherine Skiba about the demand for inauguration tickets and the comparison between this year and 2009. (Posted: January 20, 2013) ...
Galaxy S IV benchmarks may confirm 1.8GHz CPU and Android 4.2
Label: TechnologyApple needs a new product targeting its next generation of customers which will be fueled by this newly announced product“iPotty: Brilliant, or worst idea ever? Experts weigh in on new potty training device – Unveiled last week at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the base of the iPotty looks like a regular ol’ plastic toilet with removable bowl— but there’s an adjustable stand attached,...
Chastain bests Arnold, Wahlberg at box office
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the box office with her supernatural horror film “Mama.”According to studio estimates Sunday, “Mama” earned $ 28.1 million. Chastain held the top two spots with both “Mama” and the Osama bin Laden manhunt drama “Zero Dark Thirty,” for which she’s nominated by the best actress Oscar....
Steel company forges ahead with new South Side plant
Label: Business One evening during a Cubs game in 1988, A. Finkl & Sons Co. received a frantic phone call: The ballpark's lights were flickering....
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