May 12--Lovely video of the Obamas rhapsodizing about Chicago's South Side, future home to Obama Foundation and Obama Presidential Library. Any more praise and you might get the idea they planned to live here again.
The Obamas were so effusive in saying this was the natural place for the library and foundation, we almost forgot how they supposedly were destined for New York unless Chicago agreed to hand over park land for a site. Almost.
Toy-maker Schylling is recalling 15,000 Police Press Go cars because the officer can come apart and pose a choking risk. Now that's a realistic toy.
Note the potentially dangerous toy has been recalled, but not indicted.
ComEd parent Exelon's falling American Customer Satisfaction Index scores have dropped it to third-lowest among at least two-dozen investor-owned utilities. This is what's known as the Electric Slide.
Pablo Picasso's "Women of Algiers (Version O)" sold for $179.4 million Monday night, an all-time high for artwork at auction. Good to know there's a market if Chicago ever has to put its Daley Plaza statue on the block.
Flush 15 years ago when it spent $165 billion for Time Warner, an unwise marriage that didn't last, AOL now is being swallowed up by Verizon for $4.4 billion. Some may not like the deal, but Verizon considers AOL content.
Scientists in the journal Evolution tell of returning chicken embryos' beaks to dinosauresque snouts, reversing evolutionary advances through genetic manipulation. Used to be that undoing evolution was limited to certain schools in select parts of the country.
Carl Magee was a crusading lawyer and newspaperman who helped expose the Teapot Dome scandal. But 80 years ago Wednesday, he filed a patent application for a nettlesome device that brought change to cities everywhere. His invention? The coin-controlled parking meter.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
