United giving back $5.6M in tax incentives

United Continental Holdings, parent of United Airlines, is giving back $5.6 million in City of Chicago tax incentives.The incentive...

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Fire official: At least one dead in Indianapolis blast

Two people were killed and hundreds were displaced Saturday night when a powerful explosion leveled two homes and sparked an...

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Still photos from Hitchcock’s “Mountain Eagle” film up for auction

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A newly discovered collection of still photos from Alfred Hitchcock’s lost silent film “The Mountain Eagle” is going up for auction in Los Angeles next month.On Thursday, auction house Profiles in History said the 59 photos were made for the British thriller director’s personal archive in the 1920s. Thirty-five of the photos come...

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Mind Faded, Darrell Royal’s Wisdom and Humor Intact Till End

Three days before his death last week at 88, Darrell Royal told his wife, Edith: “We need to go back to Hollis” — in Oklahoma. “Uncle Otis died.” “Oh, Darrell,” she said, “Uncle Otis didn’t die.” Royal, a former University of Texas football coach, chuckled and said, “Well, Uncle Otis will be glad to hear that.” The Royal humor never faded, even as he sank deeper into Alzheimer’s...

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Canada looks to lure energy workers from the U.S.

EDMONTON, Canada — With a daughter to feed, no job and $200 in the bank, Detroit pipe fitter Scott Zarembski boarded a plane...

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Five shot on South, West sides

A 19-year-old man was shot behind the ear Friday night in a church parking lot on the West Side, police said, one of at least five people shot since about 7:40 p.m.The...

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First Person: Unfriending a Facebook Friend to Save a Friendship

Yahoo News asked voters to share stories about relationships gone sour during the election — and how they’re working to mend fences. Here’s one person’s story.FIRST PERSON | Because of the election,I had to ignore one of my oldest friends. My name is Kathy Foust from Knox, Ind., and I am in my late 30s. If there is one...

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Madonna fan guilty in NYC resisting arrest trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A former firefighter with a crush on Madonna has been convicted of resisting arrest outside her former New York City apartment building as he spray-painted poster boards with love notes.A jury delivered its verdict Friday in Robert Linhart‘s trial. He could face up to a year in jail. Defense lawyer Lawrence...

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The New Old Age Blog: The Emotional Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Let’s talk about the emotional aftermath of the storm that left tens of thousands of older people on the East Coast without power, bunkered down in their homes, chilled to the bone and out of touch with the outside world.Let’s name the feelings they may have experienced. Fear. Despair. Hopelessness. Anxiety. Panic.Linda Leest and her staff at Services Now for Adult Persons in Queens heard this...

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Retailers plan earlier start to Black Friday

Cierra Hobson is a die-hard Black Friday shopper.Every year she queues in front of one of her favorite stores, where she waits,...

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