Chicago officials: Call 311 if you need help as second wave of arctic air hits - Chicago Tribune

With another wave of arctic air to hit Chicago this weekend, city officials on Thursday urged people to call 311 if anyone needs help, including transportation to warming centers and shelters. Since November, three people in Chicago have died from hypothermia due to exposure to the cold, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. One of those deaths occurred during the latest cold snap.

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Workers at FedEx and Honeywell latest to benefit from corporate tax cut windfall.

Add FedEx and Honeywell to the growing list of big American companies that are sharing some of the windfall from a lower tax rate with workers. FedEx announced Friday that it will increase employee compensation by over $200 million following the recently enacted U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. About two-thirds will go to hourly team members, by "advancing" 2018 annual pay increases by six months to April 1st...

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Humans have blasted some impressive objects into outer space over the decades in the name of research and exploration. Yet some things which have made it into orbit have been downright bizarre. In a year when space gained its first brewery – that we know of – RT takes a look at some of the weirdest things that have left our planet and made the celestial voyage.

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Microsoft Offers $250,000 Bug Bounty To Prevent Another Spectre-Meltdown Fiasco

With critical vulnerabilities like Meltdown and Spectre having been disclosed to the public, it's clearer than ever that more eyeballs are needed when it comes to making sure that our software and hardware is secure. Not long after Intel suffered the bulk of fallout from Meltdown and Spectre, the company bolstered its bug bounty program to encourage more people to dive in and discover bugs before they can...

NASA asks public to share cloud photos to help confirm satellite data

NASA has revealed it’s using a rare strategy to help verify data from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES): asking the public for help. The space agency says its satellites sometimes have difficulty identifying and separating clouds, so it’s having citizen scientists submit photos of clouds from the ground in order to compare data.

Dollar Tree same-store sales and forecast disappoint, sending shares lower

Discount store operator Dollar Tree reported disappointing holiday quarter results, hurt by lower-than-expected sales at both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores, and issued a full-year profit outlook that was well below estimates. The company's shares sank 13 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday.

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New French Telescope Trio Will Scan the Sky for Earth-Like Planets

French researchers with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) now have new tech in their toolbox: the ExTrA telescopes at the La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.

Meteorite hunter finds 3 rocks in Hamburg Township

A grin stretched across Robert Ward’s face Thursday afternoon as he talked about the three meteorites he found in less than four hours. “It’s a really spectacular specimen,” the researcher said, showing off the largest of rocks he found on a frozen Hamburg Township lake. “Two days ago, this was hundreds of thousands of miles past the moon, and now I’m standing here holding it in my hand. It’s been a...