Daily Archive : Wednesday July 4, 2012
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News
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Train derails near Glenview-Northbrook border
A frieght train derailed near the Northbrook-Glenview border this afternoon. It is unclear whether there were any injuries.
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Temperature ties O'Hare's record high at 102
Wednesday's scorching heat was a test of endurance for festgoers and parade watchers — and those who've been without power for days after Sunday's storms. The heat has even prompted Arlington Park to stall Thursday's racing schedule for four hours. And it's going to feel worse today.
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Northwest suburban celebrations honor tradition, start a new one
Parade and festival goers from Arlington Heights to Hoffman Estates tried to beat the sweltering heat during Fourth of July festivities.
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Q&A: Why 'God particle' search fundamental for understanding matter
Scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, said its researchers observed a particle that may be the Higgs boson, a theoretical particle that could explain where mass comes from. Here are answers to frequently asked questions about the Higgs boson. The information is drawn from the Science Media Centre of Canada and interviews and press briefings by physicists.
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Physicists celebrate evidence of God particle
To cheers and standing ovations, scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs boson — popularly known as the "God particle" — that helps explain what gives all matter in the universe size and shape. "We have now found the missing cornerstone of particle physics,"...
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Partial recount in Mexico's presidential election
Mexican electoral authorities said Wednesday they will recount more than half the ballot boxes used in the weekend's presidential elections after finding inconsistencies in the vote tallies.
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Chestnut wins sixth straight title, downs 68 dogs
Joey Chestnut ate his way to a sixth straight win at the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Coney Island on Wednesday, downing 68 to tie his personal best in a sweaty, gag-inducing spectacle.
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Lack of power puts damper on July 4th celebrations
Hundreds of thousands from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic were preparing to spend the Fourth of July like America's founders did in 1776, without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning.
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Long-timers, newbies find meaning in Elgin parade
Bryan McMhan has never missed Elgin's Fourth of July parade in the more than two decades he's lived there. This year, he learned something new, thanks to an American Legion Post 57 float carrying Lao veterans who fought with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. “I think it's excellent. I don't think anybody knew about it — at least I didn't.”
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Two fires in Warrenville
The Warrenville Fire Department battled two fires at around the same time Wednesday afternoon.
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Fire leaves Wheaton home uninhabitable
A fire in Wheaton Wednesday afternoon left a single family home uninhabitable.
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Golf Road buckles from heat in Schaumburg
A portion of Golf Road has buckled, causing lanes to be shut down between Wilkening Road and Basswood Road.
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Romney calls Obama’s health care requirement a tax
Mitt Romney on Wednesday said requiring all Americans to buy health insurance amounts to a tax, contradicting a senior campaign adviser who days ago said the Republican presidential candidate viewed President Barack Obama's mandate as anything but a tax.
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Paradegoers prepared for the heat in Vernon Hills
The Boy Scout motto is "Be prepared," and members of Vernon Hills' Troop 95 took that to heart Wednesday morning as they waited to march in the town's Independence Day parade. With the temperature already climbing toward 90 degrees before the 9 a.m. kickoff, the boys and their leaders stood under shade trees with water bottles ready.
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No parade in Wheaton? Go to Glen Ellyn
James Harris and his family usually attend the Fourth of July parade in their hometown of Wheaton, but on Wednesday they decided to bike to Glen Ellyn after the Wheaton parade was canceled due to the damage from Sunday's storm. "We were disappointed, but we understand that with the weather and the conditions, that's all they can do," Harris said.
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Kids fishing clinic at Greenbelt
The Lake County Forest Preserve District will offer a four-day fishing clinic for young anglers this month at the Greenbelt Cultural Center near North Chicago.
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Celebrate Fox Lake on Saturday
Celebrate Fox Lake is set for Saturday, July 7, at the village's Lakefront Park, 71 Nippersink Drive.
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Peterson Road to close in Libertyville
The Canadian National Railroad crossing on Peterson Road just west of Route 45 in Libertyville will be closed for about a week beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, July 10.
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Swanson retires at District 50
One of Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50's top administrators, Anne Swanson, has retired.
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Images: The Fourth of July
The Northwest suburbs celebrated the Fourth of July with parades, picnics and festivals. With temperatures reaching 100 degrees, many fireworks shows were cancelled in the area, leaving many parade watchers sweltering in the heat.
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Obama salutes new service-member American citizens
President Barack Obama marked the Fourth of July by welcoming two dozen U.S. service members as newly-sworn American citizens, saying the contributions they have already made dramatize the need for Washington to achieve comprehensive immigration reform.
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Scalia critics say justice too political last term
Justice Antonin Scalia drew unusually critical attention during this past Supreme Court term for comments he made in court and in his writing that seemed to some more political than judicial.
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Sandusky trial, emails may alter second Penn St. case
Trial may be months away for two Penn State administrators charged with mishandling a 2001 sex abuse complaint regarding Jerry Sandusky and lying to a grand jury about it.
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Hampshire fire damages three back yards
Three back yards and two homes were damaged in Hampshire Wednesday afternoon after an electrical transformer shorted out and started a fire.
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Kane Coroner Chuck West dies after liver transplant
Kane County Coroner Chuck West died early Wednesday from complications from a liver transplant, family members said. West, who faced misconduct charges, is being remembered by friends for the good he did. He "was not himself" recently, because of his illness, county board member Mike Kenyon said. "I think we need to cut him some slack and remember all the good things."
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After tax increase, Aurora library cuts nonresident fee
Aurora residents will pay higher property taxes for the next 30 years to support construction of a new downtown library. But for this year, at least, folks living outside the city actually will pay less to use Aurora's library services — and one alderman isn't happy about it. "The library sits there and tells us why they have to spend $30 million (for a new library and technology) and raise...
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Departing Dist. 13 head credits community for school success
Bloomingdale School District 13 is saying goodbye to nine-year Superintendent Kim Perkins, who helped the district make one of the largest jumps in standardized test scores in DuPage County during his tenure. But Perkins said it was a team effort: "We've got good kids, good staff, and good community."
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Police briefs
A chain securing 50 Club Car golf carts was cut and three carts stolen between 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday at the Royal Hawk Golf Club, 5N748 Burr Road, near St. Charles, according to a Kane County Sheriff's report.
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Bianchi conspiracy suit ruling expected in August
A federal judge could rule in August on a motion to dismiss a conspiracy, false arrest and malicious prosecution lawsuit filed McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi against two special prosecutors and a forensic computer firm. Bianchi, who was acquitted twice last year, argues prosecutors manufactured evidence against him.
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'Water Wonders' already a hit with kids in North Aurora
There's a new way for kids to cool off this summer, and eventually learn about water and its value to us. The "Water Wonders" stream in North Aurora is up and running. Construction was finished a few weeks ago. Signs explaining the various features, such as a wetland area, though, remain to be installed. There are native plants, and a micro hydroelectric station is planned.
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Pottery 20,000 years old found in a Chinese cave
Pottery fragments found in a south China cave have been confirmed to be 20,000 years old, making them the oldest known pottery in the world, archaeologists say.The findings, which will appear in the journal Science on Friday, add to recent efforts that have dated pottery piles in east Asia to more than 15,000 years ago, refuting conventional theories that the invention of pottery correlates to...
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The hottest July 4 on record? 100 in forecast, worse Thursday
Temperatures are expected to climb to 100 degrees today and could threaten the all-time high for the recorded history of Independence Day: 102 set back in 1919. Thursday is expected to be the hotter of the next two days, but the humid conditions could produce a heat index of up to 110 degrees both today and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
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Gunman kills self, 4 others in hostage standoff in Germany
BERLIN — Police commandos stormed an apartment in southern Germany on Wednesday after a hostage standoff and found five bodies, including that of the gunman, a spokesman said.The team was sent in to the apartment after police smelled smoke from the top-floor apartment in Karlsruhe at around lunchtime following a standoff that began at 9 a.m., police spokesman Juergen Scheufer said.
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Indiana judge complains of smelly record in appeal
INDIANAPOLIS — A state Court of Appeals judge complained that the record related to a criminal case from northern Indiana stunk — literally.The court on Tuesday upheld a Monticello man’s January conviction on charges of burglary and criminal confinement, but noted the condition of the court record from Cass County.
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Weather not limitations end Mount McKinley climb
Five men all severely wounded in war, including four who had amputations, had to abandon their climb of North America's tallest peak, but say it was weather and not their disabilities that ended the summit attempt.
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Russia fears new epidemic of synthetic marijuana
MOSCOW — Russia’s leading anti-drug crusader says the abuse of synthetic marijuana is turning into a “horrible” epidemic in his country.Experts say a range of hallucinogens known as “spice” are very hard to kick, and addicts lose sleep, weight and get kidney and brain disorders from them.
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How Prospect Hts. rebuilt its police force and hopes to keep it
To say that Jamie Dunne was walking into a tough situation when he took the position of Prospect Heights chief of police would be an understatement. In February 2011, he stepped into a city that had, in the previous six months, seen six of the city's 21 sworn officers laid off and the abrupt resignation of the police chief. “There was a demoralized police force, low morale and a lack of...
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Vacationers hit the road without a hit to the wallet
Wanderlust is back again, thanks to some relief at the pump. Travel is spiking this July 4th with 42.3 million people taking a trip 50 miles or more from home during the holiday, AAA Chicago reports. Overall, this is the highest volume of vacationers since 2007, reflecting an “appetite for travel, a midweek holiday and lower gas prices,” AAA Regional President Brad Roeber said in a...
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Elgin engineer operates his last train after 42 years
Train 2231 pulled into the Elgin Depot Tuesday night just after 6 p.m., setting off a handful of small dynamite "torpedoes," adding loud bangs to the sounds of its own whistle and a cheering crowd. Hector Feliciano got hired as a locomotive engineer July 12, 1970. Tuesday — 42 years after he was hired — Feliciano pulled into the Chicago Street Metra Station on his last run, having...
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NY town cancels fireworks over concerns for bald eagles
NARROWSBURG, N.Y. — Concerns over the welfare of bald eagles have led an upstate New York community to cancel its longtime July Fourth fireworks display.The hamlet of Narrowsburg, on the Pennsylvania border in southeastern New York, bills itself as the state’s “bald eagle capital.” It hosts an annual EagleFest to celebrate the eagles that nest along the Delaware River.
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Dawn Patrol: Hot 100 today; fireworks cancellations
110-degree heat index possible today. Joe Walsh critiques Tammy Duckworth's military service. Some suburbs cancel firework displays.
Sports
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Youkilis wins game for Sox in the 10th
Kevin Youkilis hit a game-ending RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 5-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.
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Three homers power Cubs’ victory
Bryan LaHair, Jeff Baker and Anthony Rizzo hit home runs and the Cubs continued their success against Atlanta by beating the Braves 5-1 on Wednesday night. Paul Maholm (6-6) gave up one run on eight hits in six innings.
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Minnesota snags top players; what now for Hawks?
Zach Parise and Ryan Suter — two high-profile players offered contracts by the Blackhawks — surprised the hockey world Wednesday by signing long-term contracts with the Minnesota Wild.
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MLB scouts have their eyes on Boomers reliever Mincey
After going undrafted out of South Carolina's Francis Marion University, Patrick Mincey was without a team until he got a call from the Schaumburg Boomers. Mincey has made the most of the opportunity, holding opponents scoreless over his first 18 innings pitched.
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Fire at a loss without a geographical rival
While other teams in Major League Soccer have natural or geographical rivalries, the Chicago Fire doesn't. The Brimstone Cup? Don't even bring that up. The lack of a truly hated rival, says Daily Herald soccer expert Orrin Schwarz, leaves Fire fans shorthanded and makes Chicago just another flyover zone for MLS action.
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Injury knocks Bulls’ Noah out of Olympics
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah will not play for France at the London Olympics because he hasn't recovered from the left ankle injury he suffered in the NBA playoffs. "I'm absolutely not ready," Noah said in Wednesday's edition of L'Equipe newspaper. "Not ready to run, not ready to jump. And even less to play."
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U.S. Women’s Open still feeling impact of Pak’s 1998 win
Blackwolf Run was the Kohler, Wis., course where Si Re Pak, a South Korean player, captured one of the most dramatic U.S. Women's Opens ever. Her win in the biggest tournament in women's golf triggered a huge influx of players from her country onto the LPGA Tour. So Yeon Ryu, another Korean, is the defending U.S. Women's Open champion, and 28 Koreans are in the field to test Blackwolf Run again starting Thursday. Pak talks with golf writer Len Ziehm about the impact her victory had on her sport.
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Arlington Park changes post time due to heat
It's clearly getting too hot out there for man or beast. With approval from the Illinois Racing Board, Arlington Park track officials have decided move back the start of their thoroughbred racing card for Thursday. After checking with other racing interests and the National Weather Service forecast, Arlington Park's first post will start at 5 p.m. Thursday, a four-hour delay from its scheduled start, General Manager Tony Petrillo announced Wednesday. The high temperature is expected to hit 100-degrees in the Chicago area Thursday.
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Tour de France 4th stage gets under way
ABBEVILLE, France — Riders have started the fourth stage of the Tour de France, a 133-mile leg over rolling hills along the Normandy coast.Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara wears the yellow jersey for the fourth consecutive day. Pre-race favorite Bradley Wiggins sits 7 seconds back in second place, while defending champ Cadel Evans of Australia is 17 seconds back in seventh.
Business
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FDA lays out medical device tracking system
Federal health regulators are proposing a new system to track millions of medical devices used in the U.S., an effort which they say will help protect patients by catching problematic implants earlier.
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AP survey: Next president faces high unemployment
A majority of economists in the latest Associated Press Economy Survey expect the national unemployment rate to stay above 6 percent — the upper bounds of what’s considered healthy — for at least four more years. If the economists are correct, the job market will still be unhealthy seven years after the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009. That would be the longest stretch of high unemployment since the end of World War II.
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Monti: Italy does not need a bailout
Italian Premier Mario Monti insisted Wednesday the country doesn't need a European bailout because its public finances will improve, but acknowledges work still needs to be done to cut government spending, boost economic growth and create jobs.
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Dollar General closes in Carpentersville for underperformance
Five years after Dollar General opened a second store in Carpentersville, the corporate office closed it down, citing poor performance, an official confirmed. "In the end, keeping this store open, it didn't fit into our goal of always providing value and convenience for our customers, and so we decided to close this location," said Emily Weiss, a corporate spokeswoman for Tennessee-based Dollar General.
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UK court: PI must reveal phone hacking names
LONDON — A private investigator convicted of hacking phones for a Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid must reveal who at the newspaper ordered him to do it, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.Glenn Mulcaire was jailed briefly in 2007 for eavesdropping on the voicemail messages of royal aides on behalf of the now-defunct News of the World.Hacking victims suing Rupert Murdoch’s News International want Mulcaire to provide evidence for their cases. The case before the court relates to a lawsuit by Nicola Phillips, an assistant to PR guru Max Clifford, who claims her phone was hacked.Mulcaire attempted to refuse to name names under laws that prevent self-incrimination, but five judges from the country’s highest court unanimously rejected that argument. The judges ruled that the defense against self-incrimination does not apply to “proceedings for infringement of rights pertaining to any intellectual property,” and that Phillips’ business voicemails fell into that category. In a statement issued through his lawyer, Mulcaire said he would comply with the order, and would “consider with my lawyers what the wider implications of this judgment are, if and when I am asked to answer questions in other cases.”The judges did not set a deadline for Mulcaire to comply, but Phillips’ lawyer Mark Lewis, said he expected him to reveal the name within the next three weeks.Mulcaire and former royal reporter Clive Goodman are so far the only people convicted of illegal eavesdropping in a scandal that continues to shake Britain’s media, police and political establishments.The revelation that staff at the News of the World had routinely eavesdropped on the phones of people in the public eye in search of scoops led Murdoch to close down the 168-year-old newspaper, scuppered his bid for broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting and spawned a judge-led inquiry into media ethics and three major police investigations into media misbehavior.More than 40 people have been arrested and several have been charged, including Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Murdoch’s British newspaper division.Police arrested three more people in early-morning raids Wednesday in connection with alleged bribery of police and other officials by journalists.The Metropolitan Police did not name the suspects but said they were a 50-year-old woman, a 37-year-old man and a 46-year-old man who is a prison officer.
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Barclays’ ex-boss faces parliamentary grilling
LONDON — The former chief executive of Barclays will be in the spotlight later Wednesday when he is quizzed by an influential group of British lawmakers over the bank’s manipulation of interbank lending rates.The appearance of Bob Diamond before the House of Commons Treasury Committee had been planned before his resignation on Tuesday, and there is mounting speculation that he will say that others, outside the confines of Barclays, knew about the interest-rate fixing scandal. Particular interest will center on what Diamond says about a conversation he had in 2008 with Paul Tucker, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, about Barclays reporting higher borrowing costs than other banks. A note recorded by Diamond, which has been submitted to the committee, said Tucker initiated the call as senior government officials were wondering why Barclays was reporting higher borrowing rates than other banks.“I asked if he could relay the reality, that not all banks were providing quotes at the levels that represented real transaction,” Diamond recorded. “His response (was) `Oh, that would be worse.”’Diamond added that Tucker told him “that while he was certain we did not need advice, that it did not always need to be the case that we appeared as high as we have recently.”Barclays insists that Diamond did not take this to be an order from Tucker. However, it says a subordinate, Jerry del Missier, mistakenly thought the central bank had ordered Barclays to report lower rates and passed the instruction on.The Bank of England said Wednesday that Tucker was “quite keen” to testify to the committee to give his version of the conversation.Barclays shares were down 0.4 percent at 166.45 pence in midday trading in London, while HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland were all down more than 1 percent.The Bank of England has denied knowing of any impropriety in setting the London interbank offered rate, or LIBOR. “If we had been aware of attempts to manipulate LIBOR we would have treated them very seriously,” it said.Barclays has said it had no intention of manipulating LIBOR in 2008, though some of its traders had done so to protect their own positions starting in 2005.Diamond is not the only victim of the scandal. Barclays chairman Marcus Agius and del Missier have resigned this week too over the scandal. Del Missier, formerly a top executive at Barclays Capital in New York, was identified as the subordinate who gave an order to report lower rates.Pressure had been building on the bank over the past week since U.S. and British regulators imposed fines totaling $453 million against Barclays for false reporting of its borrowing costs between 2005 and 2009. Those reports, along with those of other banks, feed into the calculation of LIBOR.Barclays has said it suspected that other British banks were reporting lower than accurate borrowing rates at the height of the credit crisis. Lower rates would tend to indicate that lenders had confidence in those banks. Barclays has said its higher reports generated rumors that it was in trouble.The release of Diamond’s memo has also piled the pressure on the Bank of England, raising questions about whether the central bank was aware of reports that banks were giving false readings of borrowing costs and, if so, why it apparently did nothing about it.Paul Myners, a Treasury minister in the previous Labour government, said Wednesday that the Bank of England probably would have a recording or a formal minute of Tucker’s conversation with Diamond.“We will find the answer to this quite quickly,” he told BBC radio.The Bank of England has declined to comment on reports that its governor, Mervyn King, joined with Adair Turner, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, in advising Barclays that Diamond had to go.
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Lufthansa CEO says Intercontinental takeovers now inconceivablei
Deutsche Lufthansa AG Chief Executive Officer Christoph Franz said consolidation in the airline industry will be focused within Europe and the U.S. in the short term, while intercontinental takeovers are “not conceivable”.The slowing of “liberalization” in the industry makes major intercontinental deals unlikely, Franz said in Planet magazine, which is published by Lufthansa’s cargo unit.“I do not see a near-term perspective for transatlantic majority takeovers, because the dynamics of liberalization in recent years have declined very clearly,” Franz said, adding that Asian takeovers are also unimaginable. “In the long term, there will certainly be global perspectives.”Under Franz’s predecessor Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Cologne, Germany-based Lufthansa acquired Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Airlines, as well as stakes in JetBlue Airways Corp. and Brussels Airlines NV. In May, the carrier said it may consider making a bid for Portugal’s TAP SGPS SA. Outgoing Chief Financial Officer Stephan Gemkow said last week he saw few attractive acquisition targets in Europe.“The path towards consolidation via acquisitions is increasingly being replaced by a market adjustment via airline bankruptcies,” Franz said. “This trend will -- to the disappointment of the employees affected -- continue and reduce the variety of airlines in Europe.”
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Beats headphone maker buys MOG music service
Upscale headphone maker Beats Electronics is buying MOG, a music subscription service that has struggled to compete with rivals such as Rhapsody and Spotify.
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Woman behind ‘Centipede’ recalls game icon’s birth
The year was 1980. Dona Bailey was working as a computer programmer at General Motors when she heard the Pretenders song "Space Invader" and fell in love with it. After playing the video game in a bar, she joined Atari, the company that cemented the video game industry in the 1970s and early 1980s with "Pong," and thanks in part to Bailey, "Centipede." Though she stayed only two years, Bailey left her mark as one of the rare female programmers at Atari.
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Government extends contract to firm overseeing all domain names
The U.S. Commerce Department awarded a new contract to the nonprofit managing the Internet's address system four months after saying the group hadn't met revised requirements that include a strong conflict-of-interest policy.
Life & Entertainment
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Unger’s ‘Heartbroken’ is a heartbreaker
Lisa Unger masterfully writes of the joys and frustrations of family life in her latest novel, "Heartbroken." Every summer Kate and her family visit her mother on Heart Island, which is accessible only by boat. They go out of duty, not love. Unger immerses the reader in the nuances of the frustrations and anxiety felt when obligation is the reason for a family visit. She also examines the feelings of abandonment and anger when it seems your family doesn't care.
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Weekend picks: And the crowd goes wild for 'Idol' stars
You've seen the likes of Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Josh Ledet on "American Idol," so now see them in person when the American Idol Live! Tour 2012 plays Saturday at the Allstate Arena. If you can stand the heat, check out Arlington Heights' Frontier Days, Taste of Lombard or Unity Fest in Elgin.
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The Suburbs This Weekend: Frontier Days, Penn Jillette
Richard picks The Arlington Heights Frontier Days Festival, Civil War Days in Lake County, and Sean picks Penn Jillette, comedian and half of the Emmy Award-winning magic duo Penn & Teller, at North Central College, and Tony Award-winning Broadway vet Idina Menzel ("Wicked," "Glee") teaming up with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor/composer Marvin Hamlisch for a splashy Sunday concert featuring show tunes and pop hits at the Ravinia Festival.
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Shining Star Sangria
Shining Star Sangria
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Inspirational 'Part of Me' much more than a routine concert movie
Think this is just another concert movie about a pop diva? Not even close. “Katy Perry: Part of Me” could be the world's most entertaining motivational speech, an optimistic, inspirational pitch for gleeful optimism and self-empowerment, tempered by cold reality, and delivered by a young woman whose experience and personality clearly are life-changing catalysts for her fans.
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Kinkade estate dispute to remain public for now
Hearings in the dispute between Thomas Kinkade's widow and girlfriend over the late artist's $66 million estate will not be conducted behind closed doors — at least for now, a judge ruled this week.
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Bartlett native heading to 'Bachelor Pad'
Bartlett native Chris Bukowski, 25, may have been axed from "The Bachelorette" Monday night, but that didn't stop him from moving on to a new reality TV show. Bukowski will star as a contestant on the ABC show "Bachelor Pad," which features former participants on "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" who live together and work through a series of challenges for a chance to win $250,000.
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Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce aim for stage
Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce are teaming up to play siblings this fall as both make a return to the stage in a Chekhov-inspired play.
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Frugal living: Create a plan for leftovers
Readers share tips for using up leftovers, peeling garlic and making applesauce.
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Arabesques, reality-style: Ballet hits pop culture
Ballet, often relegated to a dusty, forgotten shelf in the general culture, seems to be having its moment in the sun. Besides the reality show "Breaking Pointe," there's the ABC Family show "Bunheads," starring the Tony-winning actress Sutton Foster. And hugely popular dance-competition shows like "Dancing with the Stars" have featured guest turns by ballet dancers like Jose Manuel Carreno, recently retired from American Ballet Theatre, and the ballerina Tiler Peck of New York City Ballet.
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Author explains ‘Why You’re Not Married ... Yet’
In 2011, writer Tracy McMillan wrote an article for The Huffington Post titled, "Why You're Not Married." The article became one of The Huffington Post's most popular reads ever. She has now expanded the essay into a book.
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Dressing up angel food cake for the Fourth
This Fourth of July I decided to come up with a fast and easy dessert that is festive, delicious and made on the grill. The trick is using purchased angel food cake. I tart it up by brushing it with melted butter spiked with cinnamon, cardamom, sugar and lemon juice.
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NY Philharmonic gets $1M gift from Alec Baldwin
Just days after tying the knot with his yoga instructor, Alec Baldwin donated $1 million to the New York Philharmonic. The gift is in honor of outgoing President and Executive Director Zarin Mehta.
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Dining events: Vidalia Steakhouse more than just steaks
Vidalia Steakhouse open in Schaumburg; Antico Posto's new menu items; Ti Amo's new owners
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Craft brews part of American melting pot experience
Craft brewing is a melting pot; the best beers borrow from German, English and Belgian traditions while managing to be American originals. Try these with your summer barbeque and picnic menus.
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Burgers still the most popular Fourth food
As you head outside to fire up the grill today, know that you are not alone. According to the 23rd annual Weber GrillWatch Survey, a whopping 90 percent of American grill owners plan to fire up their backyard grill for Fourth of July cooking.
Discuss
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Editorial: Celebrating every American’s liberty
On Independence Day, it is natural that the First Amendment comes quickly to mind and with it come thoughts both of liberty and of responsibility, a Daily Herald editorial says,
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Executive women are not that special, either
Two cultural events have caught our attention this season. One is the stern graduation speech at Wellesley (Mass.) High School in which teacher David McCullough Jr. told pampered students, “Do not get the idea you’re anything special.” The other was an article in The Atlantic magazine by Anne-Marie Slaughter titled, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.”Somehow the two belong together.Slaughter’s story: While deeply engaged as a high official in the Obama State Department (after serving as dean at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs), she decided that her two teenage sons needed more of her presence and so left the helm to spend more time at home.The conclusion: Ambitious women can’t have it all.The implication: They ought to.My confusion: What the heck do you mean by “it”?The one thing that’s clear: There’s never enough of “it.”Slaughter seems to divide the Earth’s rotation into two halves — scrambling up the pole of executive power and raising reasonably well-adjusted children. Her complaint is that corporate America doesn’t give female competitors time flexibility to succeed at both tasks. Nor does it respect the feat of motherhood.I really do want to sympathize with the sisters, including those like Slaughter with money and helpful husbands. It’s probably true that women could accomplish more if they didn’t have to work on someone else’s schedule. But that would be the case for men, as well.Slaughter rightly complains that the culture of “time macho” -- putting in all-nighters and 60-hour weeks — penalizes those seeking work-family balance. Trouble is, no amount of high-quality child care and control of the clock changes this hard reality: There are only 24 hours in the day.I asked a college-degreed friend, a mother raising three kids full time, what she thought of Slaughter’s dilemma. Her three-letter response was “Duh.”Meanwhile, this micro-organizing of life into either work or family seems itself narrow. There are other things to do: Play the guitar. Watch sunsets. Chat with friends. Worship. Barbecue ribs. Ride horses. Bet on horses. Get a good night’s sleep. The worker-drone existence also swallows male executives, at the expense of their cultural growth and pleasure. Are they having it all?Incredibly, Slaughter refers to a 10-month sabbatical she, her husband and their children took in Shanghai as a time of merely treading water, as “putting money in the family bank.” How many Americans get paid sabbaticals? What Slaughter regarded as one of the “plateaus” in her career, others would consider the pinnacle.A basic problem for Slaughter, really, is that she needs “rubbies” from strangers. Rather than quietly accepting the trade-offs she’s made, she demands recognition for taking care of her family. When giving a lecture on foreign affairs, for example, she insists that the person introducing her note that she has two sons, like she deserves a medal for that.Here’s where McCullough’s graduation talk comes in. Many commentators misread it as a pure dressing-down of entitled kids whom elders call “genius” after every right answer. There was much of that in the speech, but also the more spiritual questioning of a life centered on making big money, accumulating fame or otherwise racking up points on a scoreboard designed by others.“I urge you to do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance,” was the take-home line. (I’d add some money would be nice.)A life of self-imposed drudgery in the quest for having others think you’re special sounds pretty grim. Slaughter talks of striving female professionals wanting role models who make “it” all work. A more useful inquiry might be into exactly what the models should be modeling.© 2012, Creators Syndicate Inc.
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John Roberts’ arrogance
Columnist Michael Gerson: Donning a black robe does not assume or create a superior knowledge of public policy.
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Shame on us for delays in heath care
A Wheaton letter to the editor: I want the richest nation in the world to bring medical care to all of its citizens. All other industrial and democratic nations in the world bring health care to all their citizens.
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Health plan needs less dependence
A Carol Stream letter to the editor: I favor an American health care plan that frees the common citizen from dependence upon large corporations and government. The Supreme Court's recent ruling ensures we are more dependent on government and corporations.
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Bring in military to fight the fires
A Bartlett letter to the editor: I can only imagine the irony of the Air Force Academy burning down while our military's potential was in the chocks.
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A better way to contact lawmakers
A Prospect Heights letter to the editor: Fred Crespo may call the invasion on his private space "almost personal," but I'm not a politician, and I can call it what it is: harassment and trespassing.
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Suspect descriptions need to list race
A Des Plaines letter to the editor: The Daily Herald needs to explain to the communities it serves why being politically correct is more important than the safety of the general public.
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Bike trail can’t be done by group alone
A Carpentersville letter to the editor: A mountain biking organization's promise to take all the work upon themselves and to just about fully pay all the expenses for a mountain biking trail at a Carpentersville park sounds like a Walt Disney movie. In the end, we, the residents of Carpentersville, again will end up paying out our hard working tax dollars for this fairy tale dream.
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