Topic: Chicago

Truths and Fables in the Bible

The Bible contains an abundance of Truths and some not really substantiated by facts. God created Man and Woman. Was the ?Garden of Eden? story inserted in the Tora and the Moses acount of Creation by Moses or by the committee that ...
Considering how many Chicago marathon contestants were splayed across stretchers and being carried out of ambulances, you'd think the finish line was at the ER door and frosty post-race beers were being served in the hospital cafeteria. That said, I was surprised ...

Tips for surviving the marathon

Considering how many Chicago marathon contestants were splayed across stretchers and being carried out of ambulances, you'd think the finish line was at the ER door and frosty post-race beers were being served in the hospital cafeteria. That said, I was surprised ...

Artificial "skin" materials can sense pressure

CHICAGO (Reuters) - New artificial "skin" fashioned out of flexible semiconductor materials can sense touch, making it possible to create robots with a grip delicate enough to hold an egg, yet strong enough to grasp the frying pan, U.S. researchers said on ...

Personal Injury Claim Time Limits

A personal injury is a mental or physical injury that is caused by negligence or a harmful act. The most common types of accidents that result in personal injury are: dog bites, automobile accidents, toxic exposure, wrongful death, and aviation disasters to ...
Factory explosion in Ill. sends debris flying, killing man at highway rest areaA gas line exploded Monday at a technology plant in northern Illinois, sending aloft debris that killed a man at a nearby highway rest area.The explosion rocked the NDK America ...
Explosion at Ill. factory sends debris flying a quarter mile, killing truck driverFlying debris from an explosion at a northern Illinois technology plant killed a man nearly a quarter of a mile away.Illinois Tollway spokeswoman Joelle McGinnis says the man died Monday ...
Jury awards $29.5M to Chicago woman seriously injured in 2005 commuter train derailmentA jury has awarded more than $29.5 million to a Chicago woman seriously injured in a 2005 commuter train derailment.A Cook County jury handed down the verdict Friday in the ...
Police were questioning a father in the case of two boys who were doused with gasoline and set ablaze at their home in a Chicago suburb, but the investigation has been slowed because the father requires frequent burn treatments himself, police said.Kaushik ...
Although air bags may help protect front-seat vehicle occupants of medium stature from serious injuries during a crash, they may actually harm occupants of short or tall stature, particularly if they are in the passenger seat, according to research presented this week ...