When Union prosecutors file charges against Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich earlier this week , it may have feel like just another chapter in the state ’s indecorous political story . However , even though Illinois and Chicago have long been synonymous with political graft , corruption is obviously more than just a Midwestern problem . In fact , a surprising phone number of American elected officials have been on the untimely end of convictions stemming from their time in post ....

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There are around50 millionpeople in the creation today with some form of dementia , and that number keeps go up . And yet it ’s still relatively poorly sympathize : most caseslacka definitive campaign , and diagnosis can be a long and unmanageable mental process . But it might be about to get a piffling better . Scientists from the University of Cambridge are trialing a raw car - learning algorithm that can name dementia in a individual day – and it ’s able to espy the disease age before any symptoms develop ....

Looking for a hooker ? Do n’t go to Craigslist . The popular barren website has censored the adult services discussion section indefinitely following a complaint made by a group of state attorney oecumenical regarding illegal ads promoting whoredom . In addition to the complaint , timing is also at play here : If you ’ll think , the other 24-hour interval here in Boston the “ Craigslist Killer ” Philip Markoff offed himself while awaiting tribulation for the execution of a masseuse he had hired using Craigslist ....

Nokia has plans to open a Nokia - exclusive store in Chicago soon in an attempt to improve its brand awareness . They chose Chicago to launch the store because it is the home of Nokia ’s chief competitor , Motorola . This will be the first of four shop that Nokia is planning on opening up in North America , including a store in New York afterwards this declivity ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI8ezrK6Qjs In this kind of lovely interview , Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis pitch their idea for a sitcom about Star Trek : The Next Generation ’s favorite yoke — and , you know , it ’s not bad . There is something rather charming about the two of them , idly musing about a Galaxy Quest - ish sitcom , referring to Patrick Stewart as “ Old Baldy . ” Hey , ifFrank Caliendocan score a sitcom plainly because he can do scarcely passable impression , why ca n’t we have The Rikers ?...

The heat is coming , and the corn is sweating . No , seriously . Corn perspiration is a thing , and I ’m not talking about what take place after you finish an entire box of edible corn puffs in one go . You might have heardmeteorologistsandreportersthrowing around the full term “ corn sweat ” when speaking of theabysmal passion wavethatshould be envelop all of usany solar day now ....

Cancer research is bad stuff — but it ’s also surprisingly ghastly , too . ThisSci Show videoexplains how the latest insights into bring around the disease let in cannibalism , zombie and self-destructive mobile phone . Do n’t worry , it ’s not on the human level : these findings are all about what materialize to cell . But it ’s enchanting to hear about the weird and wondrous manner in which our bodies answer to cancer — and how we could draw rein the finding to save lives , too ....

If you ’re one of the countless people who pluck up Jeffrey Brown ’s adorable tiddler ’s rule book of Darth Vader bonding with 4 - twelvemonth - old Luke Skywalker , titled Vader and Son , all you demand to know is that Brown ’s coming out with a continuation next April , the sequel is Vader ’s Little Princess , and the natural covering is above . Since there ’s not a human being alive – man , char or tike – who read Vader and Son and did n’t wholly love it , this information is all they ’ll need to be impossibly unrestrained ....

Amazon ’s second Prime Day even , Prime Big Deals Days , is rapidly approaching . There will be plenty of large discounts on consumer technical school , hobby - stuff , home trade good and more as we usher in the holiday shopping time of year — but you , my friend , do not have to expect for October 8 and October 9 to commence saving . Some key items across Amazon are already seeing so enough gross sales ....

potential new double from video biz Batman : Arkham City have us extremist emotional for the Arkham Asylum follow - up plot . Check out all the villains Batman will have to face . A quick warning : We ’re not 100 % certain these are the existent great deal . What we are 100 % sure of is that they look awesome , so we were run to show you guys regardless ....

The image is kind of blurry , but I have to admit that the approaching $ 500Eee Monitor — Asus ’ all - in - one microcomputer that will be available with 19- and 21 - inch displays — looks simple , graceful , and rather pretty . Mark says that they are intelligibly following Apple and Nintendo’s — who take after the first — designs , and that ’s not a bad thing ....

Twitterannounced todaythat it ’s bringing promote tweets — basically its rendering of ads — to its mobile apps for Android and the iPhone . work the hatred ! Promoted Tweets will ( initially at least ) only come along in your timeline if you are following the promoter . So , for example , you are not conk out to suddenly see a promote tweet for Taco Bell unless you are already following Taco Bell on Twitter ....