September 7, 2013 - 1:55pm
Electronic cigarettes are sparking lots of skepticism from public health types worried they may be a gateway to regular smoking. But the cigarettes, which use water vapor to deliver nicotine into the lungs, may be as good as the patch when it comes to stop-smoking aids, a study finds. Smokers...
September 7, 2013 - 11:22am
It will be Tokyo, not Istanbul or Madrid, who hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee and its president, Jacques Rogge, announced in Buenos Aires Saturday. Rival city Madrid was eliminated in the first round of voting. We have updated this post with the latest news. Update at...
September 7, 2013 - 10:00am
President Obama has come home from the Group of 20 summit with essentially no more international support for a strike on Syria than when he left the U.S. He spent the last three days in Sweden and Russia, lobbying U.S. allies on the sidelines and on the public stage, with...
September 7, 2013 - 10:00am
With the skyline of Chicago behind him, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak stands on a rooftop plaza in Boystown, the heart of a predominantly gay community. He's here on a recruiting mission. Minnesota legalized gay marriage just over a month ago, but Illinois' same-sex measure is stalled in its legislature. So...
September 7, 2013 - 10:00am
How far would you go for love? In Sara Farizan's debut novel, a studious 17-year-old girl named Sahar finds herself deeply, head-over-heels in love with her childhood best friend and neighbor — another teenage girl named Nasrin. Their story takes place in Iran, where homosexuality is illegal, making their love...
September 7, 2013 - 10:00am
Janelle Monáe 's music is often called futuristic. That's partly due to her subject matter: Her breakthrough releases, the 2007 EP Metropolis and the 2010 album The ArchAndroid , form a connected story arc about a robot who falls in love with a human. But moreover, the work of the...
September 7, 2013 - 9:49am
Pope Francis is leading a mass prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square Saturday night, building on his calls to avoid violence in the escalating conflict over Syria. Tens of thousands of people have come to the Vatican on what the pontiff has declared a day of fasting and prayer in...
September 7, 2013 - 8:36am
After concerns over its product led the Chobani Greek yogurt company to issue a voluntary recall of some packages earlier this week, the New York-based foodmaker now says the mold that was identified as the culprit is not dangerous. "Through extensive testing and expert consultation, we now know that the...
September 7, 2013 - 7:00am
Baz Luhrmann's first movie, Strictly Ballroom, was a cheap, independent romance set in the world of ballroom dancing. The 1992 film became an international hit. Since then, the director, writer and producer has become known for his lavish operatic movies like Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge! and the recent The...
September 7, 2013 - 6:52am
The Rim wildfire that began three weeks ago today is now 80 percent contained, officials say. But it has burned more than a quarter of a million acres, and it may continue to grow, thanks to low humidity and other conditions. More than 3,400 people have helped fight the blaze,...
