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Historian wins $100,000 Pritzker literary prize
Tribune NewspapersCarlo D'Este, 74, a prolific military historian and retired U.S. Army officer, was awarded the 2011 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement on Tuesday morning. "I am just really honored to receive the award because there are...Tags: Libraries and Museums, San Francisco Bay Area, Literature, Vietnam War, Awards and Prizes
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Chicago fits in at No. 31 on fitness rankings
Although it's known for its beautiful horse farms and as the "Horse Capital of the World," Lexington, Ky., has gained a new distinction — as the most sedentary city in the United States.
Along with Indianapolis and Jackson, Miss., it ranked among...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Physical Conditions, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Oklahoma City, Jackson (Hinds, Mississippi)
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'Daddy Adventure Day' by Dave Keane
Special to Tribune Newspapers"Daddy Adventure Day" By Dave Keane, illustrated by Sue Rama Philomel, $15.99, ages 4-6 Father and son head toward an unnamed baseball park where players can hit a long ball "all the way into the ocean." Because the park — which can only be in... -
Wagner's mighty 'Ring' comes full cycle in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO – The everlasting work is done, to quote Wotan, the power-hungry king of the gods, in Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" ("The Ring of the Nibelung"). San Francisco Opera is the latest American company to weigh in on the vast,...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Literature, Music Theater, Elizabeth Bishop, California
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Indians' Choo likely to have surgery on left thumb
SAN FRANCISCO -- Shin-Soo Choo was walking around the Indians clubhouse Saturday with a soft cast on his left hand that covered three stitches on his bloodied, broken thumb.
The only thing that might hurt worse is the hole in Cleveland's shattered...Tags: Austin Kearns, Human Body, Thumbs, Jonathan Sanchez, Cleveland Clinic
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Office design show makes chairs the center of attention
The quest for a truly comfortable office chair continues in earnest, both by consumers and the industrial designers, anthropologists, psychologists and manufacturers who spend years bringing a chair to market.
At most trade shows, attendees spend hours...Tags: Herman Miller Incorporated, Employees, Merchandise Mart, Labor Legislation, Science
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Court rules against Anna Nicole Smith's estate in battle for deceased oil tycoon's estate
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the estate of Anna Nicole Smith in the latest chapter of the long-running saga over whether a Texas billionaire's alleged promise to give millions from his $1.6 billion estate to his...Tags: Bankruptcy, Elena Kagan, Los Angeles, Local Authority, California
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The place to be this Fourth of July
Tribune NewspapersTis the season of Independence Day weekend travel statistics, and here are a few. TripAdvisor says the news is good: 35 percent of those surveyed will be on the move for the Independence Day weekend, compared to 31 percent last year. Thirty-three percent...Tags: AAA, Seattle, Los Angeles, Automotive Equipment, Hotels and Accommodations
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Going it alone
Facebook has been credited for many things, but inspiring a book about cooking solo? Yes. Just ask Joe Yonan, author of "Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One" (Ten Speed, $22).
Yonan had just posted a link on Facebook to one of his...Tags: The Washington Post, Mass Media, Recipes, Facebook, Onions
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All eyes turn to Illinois for next gun battle
Tribune reportersWith Wisconsin poised to allow people to carry concealed weapons in public, gun advocates have made Illinois -- the last holdout -- a prime target in their campaign to give citizens unrestricted rights to carry weapons. Illinois has been one of their...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Gun Control, Weaponry, Defense, Business
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10 cookbooks to keep?
Tribune reporterI have too many cookbooks. My four Ikea bookcases are stuffed, with books piled on top of them. More books are stacked on my coffee tables and on the floor. What am I to do? That's why a San Francisco Chronicle story by Amanda Gold called "Recipe for...Tags: Julia Child, IKEA
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Word mash-ups
We're following a debate raging in San Francisco with an eye turned to its linguistic ramifications as much as its cultural ones.
A group of advocates is pushing for a local ban on circumcisions on all males younger than 18, calling the procedure cruel...Tags: Comedy (genre), Demonstration, Gerard Depardieu, Adam Sandler, Breastfeeding
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