Extra Extra: See Ya Next Year!
- Twitter crashed today, and we all lived to talk about it. Let's hope that's the "end of the world" that Mayan calendar was all about. And it was nice of the Twitter folks to debut a new doodle for us to stare at while we compulsively refreshed the page. [Mashable
- The mayor of Hammond, Ind., wants to sell water to Illinois towns. [Tribune]
- The name of the shuttered supermarket Moo & Oink has been sold off and will live on in name only. [Chicago Journal]
- Devin Hester is bummed that he didn't get an invitation to the Pro Bowl. Aren't we all? [Tribune]
- A $13,000 reward is being offered for information related to the killing of the off-duty Chicago police officer during a robbery on the West Side. [NBC]
- A 99-year-old man is divorcing his wife of 77 years because he found out about a secret affair she had in the 1940s. [The Telegraph]
- Walmart heirs put together an art gallery in Arkansas. [New York Times]
