Frieda Raab, 79, a supervisor at Dr. Scholl's Co. for 20 years,died Saturday at her Northwest Side home.
Mrs. Raab emigrated from Germany in 1956 with her two youngchildren, settling in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, near Lincolnand Western.
She worked for Dr. Scholl's from 1957 to 1977. After …
HELENA, Montana (AP) — Greg Mortenson has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit that accuses him of defrauding readers in his best-selling "Three Cups of Tea."
The Montana humanitarian's attorney says the lawsuit would subject other authors to expensive claims and stifle the free exchange of ideas.
The attorneys who filed the lawsuit argue that it should go forward because of a famous precedent. They …
Oscar nominee Viola Davis will join Denzel Washington in the revival of August Wilson's "Fences," arriving on Broadway in April.
"Fences" will open April 26 at the Cort Theatre with preview performances beginning April 14, producers Carole Shorenstein Hays and Scott Rudin announced Tuesday. The production will be directed by Kenny Leon.
Davis will play Rose, a woman, who, according to the actress, "unknowingly gives up her dreams and her power for love." Washington _ winner of Academy Awards for "Training Day" and "Glory" _ will portray her husband, the patriarchal Troy Maxson. The pivotal role of their son is …
CBS shuffled its deck of general managers Thursday - anddeliberately came up one short.
The realignment of radio station bosses in Chicago was promptedby the resignation of Harvey Pearlman after 15 years as vicepresident and general manager of WJMK-FM (104.3).
Named to succeed Pearlman at the oldies station was WeezieKramer, vice president and general manager of WMAQ-AM (670).Kramer's position at WMAQ, in turn, will be filled by RodZimmerman, who continues as vice president and general manager ofWBBM-AM (780).By putting "Newsradio 78" and "News/Sports 670" under the samecommand, CBS reduces expenses but virtually eliminates any pretenseof genuine competition …
New public health interventions are being tried all the time, yet reports of these efforts have been underrepresented in CJPH. The journal has created the "Public Health in Action" section to facilitate the description and discussion of new ways to address public health issues. It is an early notification system, a way to let readers know "what's new" in public health.
Such articles are increasingly evident in public health journals, covering everything from health service decentralization in Peru1 and primary prevention of obesity in black adolescent women2 to binational border surveillance of infectious disease3 and the development of schools of public health in Eastern …
India said Monday that Pakistani troops crossed into its part of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and opened fire. Indian troops returned fire, and at least four soldiers were killed.
Indian army spokesman Brig. Gopala Krishnan Murali called the attack a "brazen violation of cease-fire."
One Indian soldier died and "three or four" Pakistani soldiers were killed in "retaliatory fire" in the Kupwara area of the region, Murali said.
Murali said that the body of one Pakistani soldier was still lying on the Indian side of the frontier and intermittent firing between troops continued.
There was no …
WEST Virginia's wisest commentators have submitted a number ofreasons for Warren McGraw's attempt to run for a full term on thestate Supreme Court while at the same time filling a partial term. Most haven't noticed that Justice McGraw finds himself in the sameposition his brother Darrell, now the attorney general, once was in.W. McGraw obviously wants to avoid the same outcome.
By winning the full term this year, W. McGraw would be free ofworry regarding eligibility - a partial term isn't enough to ensureit - for a glorious judicial pension.
Three-fourths of the prevailing salary is enough to set the mostdignified judicial nostril to quivering. If you think access to …
