Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee, via Associated PressInsurers could raise premiums with a higher risk of lawsuits for concussions, like the one 49ers quarterback Alex Smith sustained a month ago. As the N.F.L. confronts a raft of lawsuits brought by thousands of former players who accuse the league of hiding information about the dangers of concussions, a less visible battle that may have a more...
HSBC to pay record $1.9B fine
Label: Business HSBC has agreed to pay a record $1.92 billion fine to settle a multi-year probe by U.S. prosecutors, who accused Europe's biggest...
Dec
10
Daley nephew pleads not guilty in Koschman death
Label: WorldRichard Daley's nephew will be arraigned Monday in connection with a deadly street brawl eight years ago. Prosecutors say Richard Vanecko threw the punch that killed David Koschman outside a club on Division St. ...
Springsteen, Lady Gaga join Stones concert in NJ
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and The Black Keys will join the Rolling Stones on Saturday for the final concert marking the band’s 50th anniversary.The concert will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.The band said Monday the concert will be telecast live on pay-per-view.The Stones have played in London and New York on their “50 and Counting” tour. They will also play in...
A Breakthrough Against Leukemia Using Altered T-Cells
Label: HealthPHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Emma Whitehead has been bounding around the house lately, practicing somersaults and rugby-style tumbles that make her parents wince. It is hard to believe, but last spring Emma, then 6, was near death from leukemia. She had relapsed twice after chemotherapy, and doctors had run out of options. Desperate to save her, her parents sought an experimental treatment at...
McDonald's sales rebound in November
Label: Business McDonald’s took Wall Street by surprise Monday morning, with a November same store sales report that beat expectations and showed...
Dec
09
Man arrested after stabbing in Wrigleyville
Label: World (Tribune illustration / March 16, 2012) ...
Comedian Katt Williams arrested near Sacramento
Label: LifestyleSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested in northern California on a felony warrant related to a police chase.The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/UNq5QW ) that Williams was arrested Friday night in Dunnigan, about 25 miles north of Sacramento, by Yolo County deputies.The paper says he was released from the county jail Saturday after posting bail.The sheriff’s department...
New Taxes to Take Effect to Fund Health Care Law
Label: HealthWASHINGTON — For more than a year, politicians have been fighting over whether to raise taxes on high-income people. They rarely mention that affluent Americans will soon be hit with new taxes adopted as part of the 2010 health care law. The new levies, which take effect in January, include an increase in the payroll tax on wages and a tax on investment income, including interest, dividends...
WGN America may be channel of change for Tribune Co.
Label: Business On Sunday night, WGN-Ch. 9 will air "Bozo's Circus: The Lost Tape," a 1971 episode that an alert archivist discovered after...
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