March 18--Some packages of Kraft Macaroni Cheese have been recalled because they may contain pieces of metal. It was either that or new labels: "Now with more iron!"
E! Entertainment Television has put "Fashion Police" on hiatus. The people who work on the show argue they're not trading in stereotypes and other ugliness, but now they know what it's like to be criticized for how they appear.
One of Jerry Garcia's Colt .25 automatic pistols is among the Grateful Dead memorabilia to be auctioned off next month up in Union, Ill. Top that, Oprah.
Microsoft is phasing out its Internet Explorer browser in favor of something developed under the code name Project Spartan. The original Spartans once were dominant but ultimately doomed by their inability to adapt to new conditions and needs. So that's promising.
Major League Baseball will no longer print paper All-Star Game ballots because 80 percent of votes were cast online in 2014 and 16 million cards went unused. Haven't seen that many wasted ballots since H. Ross Perot's first presidential run in '92.
Starbucks should be congratulated for reminding people of all races of their common ground. We all seethe when it takes even longer than usual to get our morning coffee.
McDonald's workers have complained to OSHA that they were told to use condiments to treat burns. Makes sense. A McFlurry would be too expensive.
Fashion designer Domenico Dolce of Dolce Gabbana set off a firestorm by saying babies conceived through in vitro fertilization are "synthetic children." Dolce should stick to what he knows -- absurd markups on goods no one actually needs.
It was 50 years ago Thursday that Cubs radio announcer Jack Quinlan was killed in a car accident in Mesa, Ariz. He was 38 and en route to the kind of career that earns a statue in Chicago. The least we can do is remember.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
