Northbrook Public Library

Log InEmail Notification|Map|Contact 

Hours  
Monday - Thursday 9 am - 9 pm
Friday 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm

Search

            Connect with Us:  Follow Us on Twitter Pin with Us on Pinterest Follow Us on Tumblr Like Us On Facebook Check in on Foursquare Watch Us On YouTube

Yahoo Headlines

Syndicate content Yahoo! News - Top Stories
Updated: 39 min 23 sec ago

JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:37pm

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank needs better oversight by giving only narrow approval to three of the bank's board members.


Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:36pm

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss for its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.


Tax official at center of scandal won't testify: lawyer

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:36pm

By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about the targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny, plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional committee on Wednesday. "She has not committed any crime or made any misrepresentation but under the circumstances she has no choice but to take this course," Lerner's attorney, William Taylor, wrote on Monday to the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that is holding hearings into the IRS scandal. ...


Andy Murray out of French Open due to back injury

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:35pm

LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month.


The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:31pm

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that no such papal exorcism took place.


Dimon keeps JPMorgan chairman title after bruising battle

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:31pm

By David Henry TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co's outspoken chairman and chief executive, won a vote of confidence on Tuesday as shareholders recommended that he keep his chairman title, giving him a greater margin of approval than last year. Investors who had pressed for Dimon to be stripped of his chairman title said they believed they lost because of the chief executive's hints he would quit if he did not win the vote. Just 32.2 percent of shareholder votes were in favor of a proposal to create an independent chairman, compared with 40. ...


Jury begins deliberating Jodi Arias' sentence

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:14pm

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias asked jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, arguing she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview after she was convicted of murder that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.


Romo active on field while idled over cyst removal

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:13pm

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo pointed here and there, showing receiver Dez Bryant the best way to use a block on the first day of offseason practice.


Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:10pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy.


Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun, knife

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:10pm

PHOENIX (AP) — Photos taken in the aftermath of the attack that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords show the handgun, high-capacity pistol magazines and knife that Jared Lee Loughner carried with him as he carried out the January 2011 attack.


The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:10pm
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation has revealed that Apple, maker of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, had channeled profits into Irish-incorporated subsidiaries that had "no declared tax residency anywhere in the world". ...

The 50th Super Bowl goes to San Francisco Bay Area

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:09pm

BOSTON (AP) — The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built.


Committee nears final vote on immigration bill

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:09pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching immigration legislation neared a final committee vote on Tuesday as the White House and Democratic supporters sought to delay a showdown over the rights of gay spouses until a debate in the full Senate.


Pulis leaves as Stoke manager by mutual consent

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:07pm

STOKE, England (AP) — Stoke says Tony Pulis left as manager by mutual consent Tuesday, ending his seven-year tenure at the Premier League club.


Jury to begin deliberating Jodi Arias' sentence

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 5:04pm

PHOENIX (AP) — A jury has been sent to begin deliberating Jodi Arias' fate, deciding whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or execution.


Factbox: Tornado damage and the Enhanced Fujita scale

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:57pm
(Reuters) - The tornado that slammed into the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people, was upgraded on Tuesday to a rating of EF5, the category reserved for the most damaging twisters on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, the National Weather Service said. The Enhanced Fujita scale is an updated version of an earlier chart to measure the ferocity of tornadoes published in 1971 by University of Chicago professor Ted Fujita. ...

No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:55pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma.


Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:54pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.


Arias asks jury to give her life in prison

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:51pm

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.


Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:51pm

PARIS (AP) — Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.