The Pentagon has decided it will not give the Purple Heart, the prestigious medal awarded to service members wounded or killed in action, to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.
"The Defense Department has determined that based on current Purple Heart criteria, PTSD is not a qualifying Purple Heart wound," department spokeswoman Eileen Lainez said.
"PTSD is an anxiety disorder caused by witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event," Lainez said. It is not "a wound intentionally …
The First National Bank of Chicago said yesterday it wouldeliminate the $20 annual fee on its credit card for customers whocharge at least $2,400 in goods in one year.
The program, which was announced at the bank's shareholders'meeting, would take effect Aug. 1. All customers would be eligible,including those who pay the balance in full each month.
The program is designed to make First National's card, whichcarries a 19.8 annual percentage interest rate, more competitive andgive customers who have more than one bank card an incentive to usethe First National card more often.
Barry F. Sullivan, bank chairman, said all of the bank's marketresearch "shows …
WASHINGTON - The economy's growth in the second quarter was less than half that of the prior three months as consumers tightened their belts and spending on home building nose-dived. Inflation, however, shot up.
The latest snapshot released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed that that gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of just 2.5 percent in the April-to-June period. That marked a big slowdown from the January-to-March quarter, when the economy zipped along at a 5.6 percent annual rate, the fastest in 2 1/2 years.
Gross domestic product measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States and is considered the best barometer …
After building an online buzz about a new marketing position, Best Buy Co. Inc. is reworking a job posting that sought Twitter experience and put a number on it _ 250 followers.
After the initial description for the new position of senior manager of emerging media marketing was published, the world's largest consumer electronics chain watched as the Web reacted, …
A Chicago Herpetological Society member, asked to help, caught the 6-to-8-pound alligator with his bare hands with the assistance of his son near Damen between Fullerton and Diversey, authorities said.
Although the gator is nonaggressive, it's a "dangerous animal," according to the society. With a full set of 80 teeth, one chomp could bleed out a human in …
La ciudad de C�ceres (Extremadura, Espa�a) acoge un tesoro en su Ciudad Monumental amurallada, reconocida por la UNESCO como Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Es uno de los m�s importantes destinos de turismo hist�rico-cultural de todo el pa�s, y pertenece a varias redes como la Red de Juder�as de Espa�a "Caminos de Sefarad" (red de ciudades con legado sefard�), Ruta V�a de la Plata (ruta hist�rica secular, de hecho est� considerada la Ruta Moz�rabe del Camino de Santiago) o el Grupo de Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad de Espa�a. Sus or�genes se remontan al Paleol�tico Superior, con restos hallados en la Cueva de Maltravieso, y como n�cleo urbano, al a�o 34 a.C. con la fundaci�n de la …
Armed with buckets, the customers at Bacchini's Fruit Tree orchard like to pick the best-looking cherries, nectarines or plums, leaving those that are split or damaged on the trees.
The fruit left behind could be a moneymaker for owner Ken Hagen and others who operate small farms in California and sell much of their produce directly to consumers. Instead, it mostly goes to waste because state retail regulations make it difficult for those farmers to package their produce and sell it in pies, jams or bags of dried fruit at their roadside stands.
"The way the law is, you'd have to put in a septic system, a clean water system," said Hagen, whose wife's …
