LONDON (Reuters) – Flamboyant British film director Michael Winner, best known for the “Death Wish” series of the 1970s and 80s, died at his London home on Monday. He was 77.In a statement released to the media, his wife Geraldine said: “A light has gone out in my life.”Winner, who reinvented himself in recent years as an outspoken restaurant critic in the Sunday Times, had been ill for some time,...
Well: An Unexpected Road Hazard: Obesity
Label: HealthObesity carries yet another surprising risk, according to a new study: obese drivers are more likely than normal weight drivers to die in a car crash.Researchers reviewed data on accidents recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, managed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Beginning with 41,283 collisions, the scientists selected accidents in which the cars, trucks or...
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...
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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) ...
BlackBerry 10 camera software revealed, including built-in Instagram-like photo filters [video]
Label: TechnologyJust when we start to think we know everything there is to know about BlackBerry 10, new details leak. Mobile blog The Gadget Masters on Friday published a video revealing the new BlackBerry 10 camera software included on a pre-release version of the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. While the software on this prototype phone likely isn’t final, several new features that will be included in RIM’s (RIMM)...
Holy cow! Original Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2 million
Label: LifestylePHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona man with a special fondness for caped crusader Batman and his sidekick Robin bought the original Batmobile driven in the iconic television series with a bid of $ 4.2 million at an auction on Saturday.Rick Champagne, a Phoenix-area logistics company owner, came away with the black, futuristic two-seater featured in the “Batman” series starring Adam West and Burt Ward...
Well: Holly the Cat's Incredible Journey
Label: HealthNobody knows how it happened: an indoor housecat who got lost on a family excursion managing, after two months and about 200 miles, to return to her hometown.Even scientists are baffled by how Holly, a 4-year-old tortoiseshell who in early November became separated from Jacob and Bonnie Richter at an R.V. rally in Daytona Beach, Fla., appeared on New Year’s Eve — staggering, weak and emaciated — in...
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....
Jan
19
Ricketts: Cubs will fund renovation if city eases Wrigley restrictions
Label: WorldCubs Chairman Tom Ricketts discusses Sammy Sosa and the renovation of Wrigley Field. Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts said the team...
Google CEO Page on Apple’s ‘thermonuclear’ Android war: ‘How well is that working?’
Label: TechnologyGoogle (GOOG) CEO Larry Page seems unimpressed by Apple’s (AAPL) “thermonuclear war” against his company’s operating system. In an interview with Wired posted Thursday, Page was asked to respond to reports about the late Steve Jobs being “competitive enough to claim that he was willing to ‘go to thermonuclear war’ on Android.” Page responded with one sentence: “How well is that working?” Wired...
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