Jerry Buss built a glittering life at the intersection of sports and Hollywood.After growing up in poverty in Wyoming, he earned success in academia, aerospace and real estate before discovering his favorite vocation when he bought the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979. While Buss wrote the checks and fostered partnerships with two generations of basketball greats, the Lakers won 10 NBA titles and became...
Hip replacements more likely to fail in women
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — A new study shows that hip replacements are more likely to fail in women than in men.Researchers found that a small number of the hip implants failed overall, but women were 29 percent more likely than men to need a repeat surgery within the first three years.Researchers looked at more than 35,000 surgeries at 46 hospitals in the Kaiser Permanente health system. The study is being published...
APNewsBreak: Jenni Rivera memoir due in July
Label: EntertainmentNEW YORK (AP) — Some final words from the late Mexican-American singer and TV star Jenni Rivera will be out this summer.Atria Books announced Monday it's publishing a memoir by the multimillion-selling artist, who died in a plane crash in December at age 43. "Unbreakable," coming out simultaneously in English and Spanish, is scheduled for July and has been authorized by Rivera's family.Rosie Rivera,...
OfficeMax, Office Depot may merge
Label: Business Office supply companies OfficeMax Inc., based in Naperville, and Office Depot Inc. are in advanced talks to merge, the Wall...
Intel Israel more than doubles exports, mulls new investment
Label: TechnologyTEL AVIV (Reuters) - Intel's Israeli subsidiary more than doubled its exports in 2012 to $4.6 billion and is seeking to bring manufacturing of the company's next generation of chips to Israel. Intel's exports, which rose 109 percent from $2.2 billion in 2011, were boosted by the start of production of chips using 22 nanometer technology at its Kiryat Gat plant in southern Israel, which...
Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR's Daytona 500
Label: SportsDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Danica Patrick has won the Daytona 500 pole, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any race in NASCAR's top circuit.It was the biggest achievement of her stock-car career."We have a lot more history to make and we're eager to do it," Patrick said.Patrick went out eighth in the qualifying session Sunday and covered the 2½-mile superspeedway in 45.817 seconds,...
UN warns risk of hepatitis E in S. Sudan grows
Label: HealthGENEVA (AP) — The United Nations says an outbreak of hepatitis E has killed 111 refugees in camps in South Sudan since July, and has become endemic in the region.U.N. refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says the influx of people to the camps from neighboring Sudan is believed to be one of the factors in the rapid spread of the contagious, life-threatening inflammatory viral disease of the liver.Edwards...
Discovery bets on 2 dope series about pot growers
Label: EntertainmentNEW YORK (AP) — Cupcake makers, pawnbrokers and storage container raiders have all had their moments in reality television's spotlight. Now the time may be right for marijuana growers — and the people who chase them.The Discovery network debuts a six-episode series, "Weed Country," at 10 p.m. Wednesday and will replace it with "Pot Cops" in April. Both examine the marijuana trade in northern California.It...
River Forest home raises the bar on energy efficiency
Label: Business The home's cobalt blue siding sets it apart from older brick houses in its River Forest neighborhood. But the color of the house...
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