Tuesday, February 14, 2012

$22.4B Boeing order / The missed connection / Charter schools' fines criticized

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Boeing signs record $22.4 billion order with Lion Air
Boeing signs record $22.4B order

Chicago-based Boeing Co. said today it signed its largest ever commercial airplane order with Indonesia's Lion Air in a deal worth $22.4 billion.

Whitney Houston's body arrives home in New Jersey Houston's body arrives home in New Jersey

Whitney Houston's body is back her home state of New Jersey, ahead of a funeral later this week for the superstar whose career was often overshadowed by substance abuse. >> Photos
Chicago Hit Parade Gallery: St. Valentine's Day massacre, other mobs hits

Bosses, triggermen and mobsters caught in the crosshairs
Bulls get positive news: Rose's back issues muscular, not structural Bulls get positive news: Rose's back issues muscular, not structural

Derrick Rose's back issues have been giving fans' lungs a workout.
Love and the arts: The poetry of the missed connection Love and the arts: The poetry of the missed connection

The regrets and might-have-beens of fleeting love, unrequited love, super-creepy love.
Invitation to gridlock Invitation to transit gridlock

Washington is famous for political gridlock. Now it seems John Boehner wants to gridlock the nation's big cities too.
Parent, student groups criticize charter schools' student fines Parent, students criticize charter schools' fines

A charter network praised by Mayor Emanuel for its academically competitive schools is charging students $5 for minor disciplinary infractions.
The increasingly male face of caregiving The increasingly male face of caregiving

Men's role in tending to loved ones with Alzheimer's, dementia soars amid evolving views on gender roles, longer lives.
Nearly 400 CPS staffers didn't take furloughs Failed furloughs cost CPS more than $460K, audit says

Chicago Public Schools failed to enforce its mandatory furlough policy last year, costing the cash-strapped district when nearly 400 employees did not take the required number of unpaid days off.
Firing Quenneville would be wrong move by Blackhawks Haugh: Firing Quenneville would be wrong move

As welcome as it was Monday to hear Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman declare on CSN that coach Joel Quenneville "is absolutely the guy," moving forward despite an eight-game losing streak, I wondered.
McDonald's: Make more room for pigs McDonald's: Make more room for pigs

Brad Putz often considers the way animals have been treated when making decisions about what kind of meat to buy.

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