Men line up for testing

Mack Blanchard never smoked. He doesn't drink. He mostly reads health magazines. And when he gets an unexplained ache or pain, he'll head to the doctor.

The 67-year-old retired postal worker has good reason to pay attention to his health. Six of his eight siblings have died from various forms of cancer.

The Hazel Crest man doesn't want to be next. That's why he was at Lincoln Mall in Matteson Monday, taking part in a free prostate cancer screening sponsored by the Chicago Sun-Times and the National Prostate Cancer Coalition.

"It's just been a traumatic experience," Blanchard said of having lost so many family members to cancer. "That's why I try to stay up on …

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An annual film festival wraps up for good

News of yet another restaurant closing in downtown Boise (read this week's Food News) leaves a sour taste in our mouths and sadly, another Boise institution has recently gone dark. This fifth year of the annual True West Cinema Festival was its last.

Though funding played a small part in closing the curtains for good, a larger reason was because its organizers are at pivotal points in their careers, and they, like Jerry Seinfeld when he ended his sitcom, wanted to go out on a high note.

Co-founder and managing director, Josie Pusl explained that it takes so much work and time to put on an event of this kind.

"We're an …

Stock poised to rally after payroll report, Fed action

Wall Street was poised for a sharply higher open Friday after the government reported that the nation's payrolls shrank less than expected and the Federal Reserve injected more liquidity into the financial system.

The Labor Department said employers cut 20,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate dipped to 5 percent. This marked the fourth straight month of job losses, but the data signaled that perhaps the economy might be resisting falling into recession.

Meanwhile, the Fed said it will work with European central banks to expand a series of efforts to deal with the global credit crisis. The central bank will boost the amount of emergency reserves it …

Bush talks on rocky economy

President George W Bush focused on the troubled US economy andsuccesses in Iraq in his final State of the Union speech.

He urged Congress to approve a pounds76 billion rescue plan forthe economy and said al …

Gender differences in patterns of relationship violence in Alberta

Abstract

Gender differences in patterns of relationship violence were investigated in a representative sample of adult men (N = 356) and women (N = 351) from the province of Alberta. Respondents reported on their receipt and perpetration of violent acts in the year prior to the survey. Men and women, respectively, reported similar one-year prevalence rates of husband-to-wife violence (12.9% and 9.6%) and wife- to-husband violence (12.3% and 12.5%). However, differential gender patterns of reporting were identified. On average, men reported that they and their female partners were equally likely to engage in violent acts and to initiate violent conflicts. In contrast, women reported …

FDA: Some chicken may have small amount of arsenic

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says some chicken meat may contain small amounts of arsenic, though the agency is stressing that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it.

The FDA said Wednesday that a new study developed by the agency shows that an ingredient in chicken feed that contains arsenic, called Roxarsone, may make its way into parts of the bird that are eaten. Previous studies have indicated that the arsenic was eliminated with chicken waste.

Pfizer Inc., which makes the feed ingredient, said Wednesday that it will pull it off the market in the United States. Had the company not stopped sales, the FDA could have eventually …

Biographical information on Rep. Sander Levin

NAME _ Sander 'Sandy' Martin Levin.

AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION _ 78; Sept. 6, 1931; Detroit.

EXPERIENCE _ U.S. House of Representatives, 1983-present; acting chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, as of March 4, 2010; assistant administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1977-81; fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, 1975; practiced corporate and commercial law and taught at Wayne State University, 1971-74; Michigan Senate, 1965-70; Michigan Democratic Party chairman, 1968-69; Oakland County Board of Supervisors, 1961-64; practiced law, 1957-64; ran unsuccessfully for Michigan …