Why Vinyl Record Sales Keep Growing

BBC 01/27/12

Dallas Opera Tries The Simulcast-In-Stadium Approach

TheaterJones (Dallas-Fort Worth) 01/26/12

Sydney Opera Chief Resigns

The Australian 01/25/12

County Cutting Pay to Health System Consultants

The Cook County Health and Hospitals System will slash the maximum amount it will pay consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers from $2.5 million a month down to $1 million a month, following a unanimous vote by the health system board Friday. The county hired PricewaterhouseCoopers in July of 2010 to improve revenues at the health system, among

Calling In Sick | Dempsey’s Defenders | Latino Caucus Invitations

SOMETHING IN THE WATER? Cook County employees called in sick almost twice as often as the national average for state and local government workers. The department with the highest rate of sick leave was the county assessor’s office, where employees took leave for more than 8 hours every month, compared to the national average of

High Sick Leave Rates Plague Cook County

Cook County employees take nearly twice as much paid sick leave as other state and local government workers across the country, according to statistics compiled by the county. In the fiscal year that ended Nov. 30, 2011, the county said that on average, each employee took 6.64 hours of paid sick leave a month, compared

New Libya torture claims emerge

The BBC hears accounts from prison inmates in Libya suggesting that supporters of former leader Col Gaddafi are being tortured in detention.

NHS 'in peril if shake-up fails'

More than 50 GPs involved in new clinical commissioning groups have warned the NHS may be "in peril" if government changes are derailed.

Bank scraps charity credit cards

Halifax and Bank of Scotland charity credit cards which have helped to raise millions of pounds will be withdrawn, Lloyds Banking Group announces