News Rustel

Dec

Chicken Farms Try Oregano as Antibiotic Substitute

Label: Health

Jessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesChickens raised for Bell & Evans, like these in Pennsylvania, eat feed laced with oregano oil. FREDERICKSBURG, Pa. — The smell of oregano wafting from Scott Sechler’s office is so strong that anyone visiting Bell & Evans these days could be forgiven for wondering whether Mr. Sechler has forsaken the production of chicken and gone into pizza. ...

Corporate tax rate overhaul may be part of a 'fiscal cliff' deal

Label: Business

WASHINGTON — Amid the wrangling over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Obama and congressional Republicans can agree on...

Dec

Christmas Eve shootings leave 7 hurt

Label: World

Seven people were hurt, at least five seriously, in shootings on the South and West sides late Monday.Four of the injured were...

Mundie, one of Gates’ successors, to retire from Microsoft

Label: Technology

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Craig Mundie, one of two Microsoft Corp executives who took over Bill Gates‘ role at the company, has relinquished control of Microsoft’s large research organization and is to retire from the company in 2014.Mundie is taking on a new role as a senior adviser to Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, according to a memo circulated internally earlier this month but only made public on Monday.Eric...

A huge collection of odd TV stuff needs a home

Label: Lifestyle

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting everything from the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show “Superman” to the entire set of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”Then there’s the pointy Spock ears Leonard Nimoy wore on “Star Trek” and the guns Tony Soprano used...

Rumored iPad 5 to be thinner

Label: Business

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Dec

Bears' playoff hopes alive, but help from Packers now required

Label: World

Chicago Tribune sports columnist David Haugh and Chicago Tribune sports reporter Fred Mitchell discuss the Bears win against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. (Posted on: Dec. 24, 2012) ...

Pro-gun rights US petition to deport Piers Morgan

Label: Lifestyle

LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views.Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his “Piers Morgan Tonight” show an “unbelievably stupid man.”Now, gun...