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Kidney is an organ that eliminates waste from the body and cleans the blood. Therefore its health is very important. Glomeruli are the tiny filters in the kidneys that keep protein inside the body in order to stay healthy. The...

The cash and stock deal, which prices the Fort Worth, Texas-based railroad at $34 billion or $100 per share, is being made through Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway [ BRK.A , BRK.B ]. The Omaha, Neb., holding company, whose portfolio includes...

Roughly 1,000 officers are eligible to retire, now that Mayor Daley has promised to extend premium health benefits to officers who call it quits at 55. But, many are waiting until the contract is settled in hopes that a raise...

What does every one think of what happened at Fort Hood? I was watching it on the news and listening to the reports. I was wondering what people were thinking about it. Like, what do you make of the military's...

North Ave., according to a spokesman for the medical examiner�s office. He was  pronounced dead at 8:54 p.m. at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center...Thursday, when the man was unloading a vehicle from his tow truck and the truck slipped into...

Warren Buffett called the acquisition an "all-in wager on the economic future of the United States." Buffet's big bet on Burlington comes as he continues to take some of his Moody's chips off the table. Berkshire recently reduced its stake...

Federal Courts Reporter / nkorecki@suntimes.com A second bank robber involved in a violent South Side shooting that took the life of a bank teller pleaded guilty today in a deal with prosecutors that would mean 20 years in prison. Alton...

Narcisco Gatica, 19, allegedly fired a TEC-9 semiautomatic weapon at people standing in a gangway outside the party at a home in the 1700 block of North Rockwell around 1:15 a.m...Gatica, a reputed Maniac Latin Disciples member, is accused of...

The Sage of Omaha has made what maybe his smartest, best and boldest investment yet by buying the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad. By buying the BNSF, Warren Buffett has positioned himself to profit from the future of American transportation....