DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The U.N.'s top population official wants governments to do more to ensure that women have access to family planning.The U.N. says the world will add a billion people to its current population of some 7 billion within a decade, further straining the planet's resources.Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the U.N. Population Fund, says more than 220 million women in...
Paris Opera Ballet names Millepied of 'Black Swan'
Label: EntertainmentPARIS (AP) — Benjamin Millepied, the "Black Swan" choreographer who helped transform Natalie Portman into an obsessed, paranoid ballerina for the film and later married the actress, was named director of the Paris Opera Ballet on Thursday.Millepied, 35, is a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet who left in 2011 to create his own dance company in Los Angeles, L.A. Dance Project. He'll...
U. of I. to launch tech research center in Chicago
Label: Business Plans to launch a University of Illinois-affiliated technology research center in Chicago will be unveiled Thursday — the latest...
Jan
23
200 firefighters battle massive Bridgeport warehouse blaze
Label: World Firefighters were still on the scene of a smoldering warehouse in Bridgeport this morning, pouring water on hot spots after...
Motorola Solutions profit beats estimates on government spending
Label: Technology(Reuters) - Communications gear maker Motorola Solutions Inc reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit, boosted by higher government spending on public safety, but forecast current quarter revenue below analysts' estimates. The company expects first-quarter revenue to increase 4 percent to 5 percent from a year earlier. This means a revenue of between $2.03 billion and $2.05...
Te'o tells Couric he briefly lied about girlfriend
Label: SportsNEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has told Katie Couric that he briefly lied about his online girlfriend after discovering she didn't exist, while maintaining that he had no part in creating the hoax.Pressed by Couric to admit that he was in on the deception, Te'o said he believed that his girlfriend Lennay Kekua had died of cancer and didn't lie about it until December."Katie, put...
Foes of NYC soda size limit doubt racial fairness
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of the city's limit on the size of sugary drinks are raising questions of racial fairness alongside other complaints as the novel restriction faces a court test.The NAACP's New York state branch and the Hispanic Federation have joined beverage makers and sellers in trying to stop the rule from taking effect March 12. With a hearing set Wednesday, critics are attacking what...
Josh Duhamel named host of Kids' Choice Awards
Label: EntertainmentNEW YORK (AP) — There's plenty of green slime in Josh Duhamel's future.The star of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" on Wednesday was named host of Nickelodeon's 26th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, which will be broadcast from the Galen Center in Los Angeles on March 23.Duhamel, who starred on the NBC drama "Las Vegas," has already been inducted into Nickelodeon's Arm Fart Hall of Fame and showered in...
Prosecutors: Peregrine Financial fraud loss exceeds $215M
Label: Business Peregrine Financial Group's former chief executive stole more than $215 million from customers of his now-defunct futures brokerage...
Jan
22
Single-digit freeze continues; wind chills at dangerous levels
Label: WorldChicago's morning weather forecast. ( WGN - Chicago) Brace yourself and bundle up.After a night when temperatures dipped to...
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