Oct. 05--Striking Air France workers upset by a plan to slash 2,900 jobs by 2017 stormed headquarters. The protest got ugly when it became clear management would not comply with signs, placards or crew member instructions.
Air France executives fled with clothing ripped or torn off, and guards had to help the deputy director for human resources and labor relations escape over a fence. So if the demonstration saved any positions, they're probably in headquarters security.
Around 30 percent of teenagers have ended a relationship or had a relationship ended via text message, according to a Pew Research Center study. Older generations bemoan this callous departure from their own genteel courtship rituals, such as not returning phone calls.
British actress Emily Blunt, wife of American actor John Krasinski, told The Sunday Times of London she applied for dual U.S. citizenship "mainly for tax reasons." It's always the same story for people coming into this country, isn't it?
Three female sportswriters were prevented temporarily from entering NFL locker rooms Sunday at Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium by an usher who explained, "You know how guys are." Indiana -- a great place to relive 1975.
World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and McDonald's were the first to call for the resignation of scandal-scarred FIFA boss Sepp Blatter. And when Coke decides a situation can't be sugarcoated and McDonald's finds it unpalatable, that's serious.
At Wrigley Field 70 years ago Tuesday, Detroit evened the World Series 2-2. Buried in a Tribune column the next day: Tavern-owner Billy Sianis' goat "was paraded through the American League area of front box customers" wearing "a sign reading 'We Got Detroit's Goat'" before ushers "finally convinced Sianis goats" are Navy football mascots, not the Cubs'.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
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