Chang W. Lee/The New York TimesSenator Charles E. Schumer spoke at a news conference Thursday about the reopening of NYU Langone Medical Center. NYU Langone Medical Center opened its doors to surgical patients on Thursday, almost two months after Hurricane Sandy overflowed the banks of the East River and forced the evacuation of hundreds of patients. While the medical center had been treating...
McCormick Place development fight held over to 2013
Label: Business The lengthy battle for control over property slated for hotel development adjacent to McCormick Place will extend into 2013...
Dec
26
Man shot on Southwest Side in critical condition
Label: World A man in his 30s was shot in an alley east of California, south of 54th, around 10 p.m. Wednesday night. He's in critical...
‘We Are Young’ Performed on Vintage Computer Parts
Label: TechnologyOld computer parts find new life as rock stars with a little help from YouTube user BD594. The “band” — we’ll just call ‘em the Ctrl-Alt-Deletes — perform a delightfully geeky rendition of the hit fun. song “We Are Young.”[More from Mashable: If Santa Were a Hipster]Vintage hard drives provide the beat as a Yamaha CX-5 tickles the ivories and an HP Scanjet 3C plays frontman with the vocals. Pssh,...
Just A Minute With: Hugh Jackman on “Les Miserables”
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – Australian actor Hugh Jackman says his background in musical theater and action films made him feel “like all the stars were aligning” when he took on the starring role of Jean Valjean in the new movie version of “Les Miserables.”Jackman, 44, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Wolverine in the “X-Men” movie franchise, spoke to Reuters about the demands of the role in British...
Elwood V. Jensen, Pioneer in Breast Cancer Treatment, Dies at 92
Label: HealthElwood V. Jensen, a medical researcher whose studies of steroid hormones led to new treatments for breast cancer that have been credited with saving or extending hundreds of thousands of lives, died on Dec. 16 in Cincinnati. He was 92. The cause was complications of pneumonia, his son, Thomas Jensen, said. In 2004 Dr. Jensen received the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award,...
Toyota to pay big to settle suits
Label: Business Toyota Motor Corp., moving to put years of legal problems behind it, has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle dozens...
Dec
25
Shootings across city wound at least 3 on Christmas
Label: World Police outside the crime scene on 69th Street, where an 18-year-old man was shot before midnight on Christmas. ...
How ‘Doctor Who’ Kept Its Big Christmas Secret Off Twitter
Label: TechnologyTonight Doctor Who fans get to gorge on their annual Christmas fix — a full-length special episode the series has produced every year for the holiday since 2005. This time, however, there’s some extra spice in the form of a new regular cast member: Jenna-Louise Coleman debuts in “The Snowmen” as the Doctor’s next companion.Except it’s not her debut. Coleman actually made her first appearance in the...
Britain’s royal family attends Christmas services
Label: LifestyleLONDON (AP) — Britain‘s royal family is attending Christmas Day church services — with a few notable absences.Wearing a turquoise coat and matching hat, Queen Elizabeth II arrived at St. Mary Magdelene Church on her sprawling Sandringham estate in Norfolk. She was accompanied in a Bentley by granddaughters Beatrice and Eugenie.Her husband, Prince Philip, walked from the house to the church with other...
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