American: Normal schedule days away — chicagotribune.com The number of canceled American flights stands at more than 3,000 since late Tuesday, wreaking havoc at the airline’s hubs in Chicago and Dallas and eroding its profits at a time the industry is hurting because of high oil prices and economic worries. Chief Executive Gerard Arpey said the costs to the airline will run into the “tens of millions of dollars” from the disruption of service, but he said American can withstand the loss. The American terminal at O’Hare International Airport was calmer Thursday, despite 124 cancellations, as passengers had more notice…
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I saw this in my feed earlier when I was reading via my iPhone (yeah, yeah) and thought it was great, but then when I saw it linked at Salt Blog, decided I’d better save it as the Trib has a short shelf-life for LTTEs. The dominant faith in Utah has been having a hard week – the news from Texas on the wilder-and-woolier FLDS sect is always reported with background shots of the (mainstream, one-wife-at-a-time) Salt Lake temple. Thus the images will be connected in readers’ and viewers’ minds, which is rather a shame, as the Salt Lake brethren…
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This may be a little different from the Schoolhouse Rock history vignettes you remember. Substantially accurate, although the folks at YouTube warn that Alexander the Great was “Greek, not Roman.” [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/UQBWGo7pef8" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] Actually, Alexander the Great was from Macedon, but close enough. YouTube – Pirates and Emperors – Schoolhouse Rock