The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to classify, codify and communicate their experiences symbolically. This capacity is long been taken as a defining feature of the genus Homo. However, primatologists such as Jane Goodall have identified aspects of culture among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.Goodall, J. 1986. The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior.

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October over in Chicago
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:09:43 -0500
The White Sox's victory Sunday turned out to be nothing more than delaying the inevitable, as they fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Monday in a game starkly reminiscent of the first two games of the series. RosenBlog: Playoffs about more than the long ball
Teen killed on bus
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:42:34 -0500
Kiyanna Salter's cousin said that an accidental touch led to her slaying.
Cascade of selling around the world hits Wall Street
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:26:00 -0500
NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.
Chicago police to start special gang unit
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:24:58 -0500

Palin's standing unchanged by debate
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:47:28 -0500

Deal creates world's largest candy maker
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:12:00 -0500
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) _ Mars Inc. has closed a deal to purchase of chewing-gum company Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. to become the world's largest candy maker, Wrigley said Monday.

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Teen fatally shot on CTA bus
BY ANNIE SWEENEY Crime Reporter Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0600
A woman who held her dying cousin's hand after she was shot on a South Side CTA bus says a gunman fired into the bus after getting into a minor argument with another passenger. Kiyanna Salter, 17, was on her way home with her 18-year-old cousin after visiting an aunt when she was gunned down at about 10 p.m. Sunday on the No. 71 bus at 7100 S. Woodlawn, relatives said.
Chicago police to replace SOS unit
BY FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0600
A Marine Reserve intelligence officer recently returned from Iraq is helping the department create a new unit that will replace the scandal-plagued Special Operations Section. Chicago Police Lt. James Roussell and department brass are putting the final touches on the more than 100-member Mobile Strike Force, which could be activated by the end of the month.
Feds talking to Rezko, seek to delay sentencing
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0600
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to indefinitely postpone Tony Rezko’s sentencing on corruption charges — admitting for the first time they are undergoing discussions with the political fund-raiser.

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