When it happened to Fred Waitzkin, a professional writer, andhis wife, Bonnie, he wrote a book, Searching for Bobby Fischer, in1988.
Waitzkin, a chess fan, had originally planned a book thatlooked at the game and its champions. Instead, the focus was changedto show, he said, "how I felt about my son's talent and my wife,relative to the insanity of Josh and me living the chess life."
Now the movie, produced by Scott Rudin (whose "Little ManTate" was about a boy genius as well), tells the …
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer.
Still, job growth remains too weak to lower the unemployment rate, which stayed at 9.1 percent for the third straight month.
The Labor Department also revised the previous two months to show that companies hired at a better pace than first estimated.
Nearly …
Home decor retailer Pier 1 Imports Inc. said Thursday it expects fourth-quarter earnings to top analysts' expectations as it sold more goods at full price.
Shares rose 23 cents, or 3 percent, to $7.06 during afternoon trading, and reached a 52-week high of $7.20 earlier in the session.
For the quarter ended Feb. 27, Pier 1 expects a profit of 29 cents per share, compared with a loss of 33 cents per share in the year-ago period. The company said quarterly sales rose 2 percent to $396 million from $389 million, with sales in stores open at least one year up 6.5 percent.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, on average, expect a profit of 25 cents per …
With 30 years on the force, Chicago Police Sgt. Charles G.Brougham could have retired last year. But as one of the ChicagoPolice Department's top hostage negotiators, he was too busy-andhaving too much fun.
"His team had just come together, and this year was so eventfulfor him," said his daughter, Lauren. "He taught at the Pentagon thissummer, and in Paris in the spring, about all the knowledge he wasgaining in crisis management. He was really dedicated, and having agood time."
Mr. Brougham had a heart attack while shoveling snow Monday at hishome in the Beverly neighborhood, and died soon afterward. He was 52.
His family and friends said that he worked out at …
An ordinance introduced by Alds. Michael D. Chandler (24th) and Shirley Coleman (16th) that passed the City Council earlier this week imposes stiffer penalties on fly dumpers that includes serving 6 months in jail, performing 200 hours of community services and paying up to $2,500 in fines.
"The reward money has been increased from $100 to $500 for the arrest and conviction of the illegal fly dumpers in our community," said Chandler. "It's costing the city $7.5 million annually to clean the vacant lots in the ward, which includes illegal fly dumping material," he said.
"So far this year, we've spent $3.8 million in cleaning up various city-owned lots. These dumpers are …
A security team aboard a U.S. Navy oiler sailing off the pirate-infested coast of Somalia fired warning shots at two small approaching boats and chased them away, American officials said Wednesday.
A Navy statement said that while it was not certain the boats carried pirates, it was clear "they were not following the …
Businesses in Bath are being challenged to create 25 graduateinternships in 25 days in the run-up to Christmas.
Bath Spa University has thrown down the gauntlet to businessesand charities across Bath and north east Somerset, and is offeringeligible organisations up to Pounds 1,300 per internship to takepart in the scheme.
The university says its Graduate Internship Scheme will …
