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PASSINGS: Ronald Dworkin, Alan Sharp

Ronald Dworkin Constitutional law expert and liberal scholar Ronald Dworkin, 81, an American philosopher, constitutional law expert and liberal scholar who argued that the law should be founded on moral integrity, died Thursday of leukemia in London,...

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Gerda Lerner dies at 92; pioneered field of women's history

Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a Nazi prison in Vienna and feared that birthday would be her last. Her jailers meant to starve her, but her cellmates — two gentile women imprisoned for their anti-fascist views — shared their rations...

Tags: Lobbying, Feminism, History (tv network), Stanford University, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Henry Paulson turns career adviser at U. of C.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson worked as a career coach Friday for University of Chicago MBA students. He started with the rather unhelpful, yet charming, anecdote about setting off for Dartmouth College and...

Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, U.S. Department of the Treasury, England, Melissa Harris, Henry Paulson

Bible in Obama inauguration on display

Millions of people got a long-distance view of the "Lincoln Bible," one of those used by President Barack Obama for his second inauguration on Monday. Starting tomorrow, you can get a closer look at the velvet-covered Bible that was used for Abraham...

Tags: Library of Congress, Barack Obama, Arts and Culture, Tra Thomas, Abraham Lincoln

U. of C. freshman treats fellow students to gourmet dining

For RedEye

University of Chicago freshman and "tentative" economics major Robert Lipman has the same time and financial constraints as any other college student attending a demanding university, but he still finds time to cook gourmet-style meals for his fellow...

Tags: Teaching and Learning, Recipes, Inception (movie), Education, Harry Potter (fictional character)

Could going veg lower your risk of heart disease?

Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vegetarians are one-third less likely to be hospitalized or die from heart disease than meat and fish eaters, according to a new UK study. Earlier research has also suggested that non-meat eaters have fewer heart problems,...

Tags: High Blood Pressure, Science and Technology, Health, Heart Attack, Heart Disease

Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race

Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear...

Tags: Italy, Immigration, Health Insurance Cost, Local Elections, Foods and Beverages

Study: Radiation for breast cancer can harm hearts

Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts...

Tags: High Blood Pressure, Radiation Therapy, Health Treatments, Heart Attack, Oncology

Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore

Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...

Tags: Literature, The New York Times, Fiction, Arts and Culture, Yale University

The surprising sinkholes of life

Even though your house may appear to rest on solid ground, there is still the possibility you may find yourself suddenly awakened in the middle of the night by the rumble of your bedroom floor opening into a massive hole, sliding you and the contents of...

Tags: Nazareth, Heart Attack, Hillsborough County

'Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food & Drink,' 2nd edition

In addition to my trusty “The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary,” Oxford University Press publishes countless specialized dictionaries — on modern slang, abbreviations, world place names, archaeology, music, politics, animal behavior...

Herbert W. "Bill" Acker, accounting executive

Herbert W. "Bill" Acker, a retired Price Waterhouse Coopers LLD regional managing partner, died Friday of kidney cancer at his Stone House Farm in Churchville. He was 70. Herbert William Acker — who was known as H. William "Bill" Acker —...

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