Chicago sets brisk timeline for electric aggregation deal

The City of Chicago laid out a timeline Thursday for how it intends to quickly complete a deal that would move approximately...

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United says Sandy cut October revenue by $90M

United Airlines said Superstorm Sandy cut its October revenue by about $90 million as it was forced to cancel almost 5,300 flights.That's...

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Exclusive: Google Ventures beefs up fund size to $300 million a year

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Walt Weiss hired as Colorado Rockies manager

DENVER (AP) — Walt Weiss is making the rare jump from the high school dugout to the big leagues.The Colorado Rockies hired the former major league shortstop Wednesday night to replace manager Jim Tracy, who resigned Oct. 7 with one year and $1.4 million left on his contract rather than return to a club where its assistant general manager had moved into an office in the clubhouse.The 1988 AL Rookie...

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Ex-oil man to be next Anglican leader: UK media

LONDON (Reuters) – A former oil executive who went to the same exclusive school as Prime Minister David Cameron will shortly be named Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world’s 80 million Anglicans, British newspapers said on Thursday.Justin Welby, 56, the Bishop of Durham, who has had a meteoric rise up the Church of England hierarchy since...

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Experts raise concerns over superhuman workplace

LONDON (AP) — Performance-boosting drugs, powered prostheses and wearable computers are coming to an office near you — but experts warned in a new report Wednesday that too little thought has been given to the implications of a superhuman workplace.Academics from Britain's leading institutions say attention needs to be focused on the consequences of technology which may one day allow — or compel —...

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Diaz, Firth in London for 'Gambit' world premiere

LONDON (AP) — In the trailer for their new movie "Gambit," Britain's Colin Firth and American co-star Cameron Diaz are shown in various states of undress. But the two say fans shouldn't get the wrong idea — "Gambit" is a caper film, not a love story.Speaking at the comedy's world premiere in London on Wednesday night, Diaz said flesh was only flashed for laughs in the film.Firth agreed. Referring...

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McDonald's sales drop, first time since 2003

McDonald's Corp. says a key sales figure fell in October, marking the first monthly drop in nearly a decade for the world's...

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'THE BEST IS YET TO COME': OBAMA IN VICTORY SPEECH

His lease renewed in trying economic times, President Barack Obama claimed a second term from an incredibly divided electorate...

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Move over, Obama; Twitter had a big night too

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