TED Prize winner wishes for archive of human wisdom
StoryCorps founder Dave Isay unveiled a wish to use smartphone applications to archive the spoken wisdom of humanity.
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Lawsuit says Lyft cheated new drivers out of $1,000 bonuses
The Lyft ridesharing company took new drivers for a ride by cheating them out of promised $1,000 bonuses, according to a federal lawsuit announced Friday.
Business
Mar 13, 2015
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Argonne researchers to study Chicago emergency evacuation system
A group of Argonne researchers will be studying methods and creating tools for building more resilient mass transit systems to evacuate major cities under a $2.9 million grant announced this week by the U.S. Department of ...
Engineering
Feb 13, 2015
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Footage of 1915 Chicago ship disaster that killed 844 found
Film clips have surfaced of a 1915 disaster that left 844 people dead when a ship headed to a company picnic capsized in the Chicago River.
Other
Feb 12, 2015
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Man convicted of operating underground website Silk Road
A San Francisco man was swiftly convicted Wednesday of creating and operating an underground website that prosecutors said enabled drug dealers around the world to reach customers they would never find on the street.
Internet
Feb 4, 2015
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Snowplow tracking apps hold cities accountable for cleanup
As another storm flung snow at Chicago, Alexandra Clark wondered how she'd get to work. Like an increasing number of snowbound city dwellers, she had a ready tool at hand: an app that tracks hundreds of city snowplows in ...
Software
Jan 19, 2015
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Tech summit addresses industry's lack of diversity
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson spent most of this year pressuring the technology industry into facing up to the glaring scarcity of women, blacks and Latinos at companies renowned as great places to work.
Business
Dec 10, 2014
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Horse trots into hospital: It's therapy, no joke (Update)
Two miniature horses trotted into a hospital. Doctors and patients did double-takes when the equine visitors ambled down long corridors in the pediatric unit at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2014
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US oral history project wins $1 mn TED Prize
The founder of a project devoted to capturing stories of people's lives spoken in their own words has won a million-dollar TED Prize that comes with an unfettered wish.
Internet
Nov 17, 2014
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Students complete Detroit's first comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory
Energy use in buildings accounts for nearly two-thirds of the greenhouse gas emissions generated in Detroit, while exhaust from cars, trucks and buses is responsible for about 30 percent of the total, according to a new citywide ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2014
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