Aug. 03--Mash Donald's is a fast-food chain knockoff in Iran modeled after McDonald's, down to its golden arches, The New York Times reports. Wonder if Iranian millennials prefer Chap Potle.
Mayor McCheese says this is why he sought a treaty regarding weapons-grade chutzpah.
Chinese authorities have seized more than 5,300 bottles of spirits touted as having great health benefits by distillers who had illegally spiked the booze with powdered Viagra. Visitors are warned to stick with soft drinks only.
Chicagoans are just getting used to the city's newly imposed restrictions on grocery-store plastic bags. But there are plenty of other ways to carry home all the items they buy at the supermarket that are available only in plastic containers and plastic-wrapped packages.
Kraft Heinz is voluntarily recalling some Kraft Singles because a thin strip of wrapper may remain on slices and pose a choking hazard. The plastic film is especially dangerous because, in some cases, it may be virtually indistinguishable from the cheese product.
The Mob Museum in Las Vegas says it will add a FIFA World Cup bribery scandal display to its International Organized Crime exhibit next month. Another sign Americans are finally starting to understand soccer.
An iPhone that fell 9,300 feet from a small plane not only was recovered by its owner, reports the Times Record News of Wichita Falls, Texas, but was in working order. The phone likely will remain usable until it slips from his hands three feet from the ground.
Civil engineer James Thompson filed a survey and 58-block plat 185 years ago Tuesday that, more than six years before the city's incorporation, officially did for the first time what some periodically will say still needs to be done. He put Chicago on the map.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
