March 23--Amazon has approval to test drones for delivery. Which explains the new ads about how well its tablets withstand being dropped.
Drones plus power lines may lend new meaning to Amazon Fire.
NFL owners voted to suspend their 42-year-old local TV blackout rules. Even if tickets remain unsold, the only blackouts this season will be from hits to the head.
The NFL plans to make Week 7's Jacksonville-Buffalo game in London available nationally only online, a first for the league, according to The Wall Street Journal. It's a way to test whether a pro football digital audience demands a good matchup.
The coming sixth season of "Downton Abbey" will be its last, TV Line reports. Like Aaron Schock needs more bad news.
A study by California researchers published in Current Biology observed a drug that altered brain chemistry, making people more compassionate. Even if insurance companies won't pay for such a drug, we should pay them to take it.
Chicago's Wilson Sporting Goods has bought the Louisville Slugger brand from Hillerich Bradsby for $70 million in cash, which isn't so much to add a bat to the lineup.
The hope is that Louisville Slugger snaps out of its slump and regains its old power with Wilson, which knows something about losing its way and feeling adrift.
Starbucks baristas no longer will write "Race Together" on cups. They'll go back to just misspelling everyone's name.
No matter how bad your bracket looks, its prospects after the first week of the NCAA tournament have to be better than Tru TV's. See you next March, Tru.
Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz 141 years ago Tuesday. It was easily his least extraordinary escape.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
