Quaker Foods and Snacks North America, the Chicago-based division of PepsiCo, has tapped Jose Luis Prado as its new president.
Prado replaces Jaya Kumar, who will lead PepsiCo’s Global Nutrition Group, which is based in Chicago. Kumar served as president of Quaker for one year. Before that, he was senior vice president and chief marketing...
Nearly 1 million South Floridians need food stamps to get by — an increase of almost 200,000 in the last year alone.
That jump is more than the entire population of Fort Lauderdale.
"It's been a steady increase occurring every month for the last three, four years," said Florida Department of Children & Families spokesman Joe Follick. "It's...
WASHINGTON -- Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged shooter of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others on Saturday, may have ties to anti-Semitic, anti-immigration hate group American Renaissance, according to a leaked memo from the Department of Homeland Security.
It's unclear whether Loughner maintains a direct connection to the group, however, "strong...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn and the leaders of both houses of the Illinois General Assembly have agreed on raising the state income tax.
If the bill passes, the plan would raise the personal income tax rate from the current 3 percent to 5.25 percent. That’s a 75 percent increase. In real dollars, that would mean if you currently owe...
DALE CITY, Va. --
A commerical truck collided with a tractor-trailer Saturday morning on snow-slick Interstate 95 near the Dale City rest area, sparking a pileup involving at least 52 vehicles, state police said.
Troopers were called to the crash in the southbound lanes at 8:08 a.m., state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. She said the...
