Extra, Extra
By Prescott Carlson in Miscellaneous on Apr 16, 2009 10:40PM
- The "world" (well, 30,000+ followers at least) is awaiting Oprah's entry into the Twitter universe as the talk show queen will "tweet" for the first time live on her show tomorrow morning. Prediction: it will be something about french fries.
- Speaking of fries, an elderly Naperville couple traveling back home from their winter place in Arizona stopped for lunch at McDonald's in the middle of a wind storm, and the restaurant's giant sign blew over and landed on their car, crushing them.
- Tupac's got nothing on Al Capone -- more than 60 years after the infamous gangster's death, a song Capone wrote while in prison at Alcatraz is being recorded and released by a group of musicians. "Madonna Mia" is going to be the best $.99 we've ever spent on iTunes.
- Looks like former Lyons Village President David Visk who was caught on tape along with Trustee Richard Schuppe tossing out racial epithets and tossed out of office by voters last week might not be ready to leave village government yet -- word on the street is Visk is maneuvering to get appointed to a vacant trustee seat when Schuppe officially resigns at tonight's special board meeting.
- Just a day after homeless employer StreetWise announced they may be shutting down, city aldermen pledged to help save the magazine, using funds earmarked for homeless prevention and workforce development.
- The state employment numbers for March are out, and they're not good -- the current unemployment rate is at 9.1%, the highest since 1985, and experts predict it will climb as high as 11%. In other news, Illinois currently ranks number 8 in the nation for undocumented workers.
- Locally based banks Northern Trust and First Midwest Bank have been named the healthiest banks in Illinois by ratings provider TheStreet.com. Suck it, Bank of America!