Rio choice not so grand for U.S. TV

By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY
The International Olympic Committee’s decision to award the 2016 Summer Games to Rio de Janeiro instead of Chicago will cost it money.
U.S. TV networks are expected to push back by negotiating down the rights fees for the 2016 Games and the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
NBC’s Dick Ebersol told CNBC [...]

Chicago Sears Tower unveils The Ledge

How cool is this?
from NPR/All Things Considered
High atop Chicago’s soaring Sears Tower, a new attraction opened Thursday to the public. It’s called the Ledge, and it’s intended to give visitors never-before-seen views of the city.
It is not, however, for the faint of heart.

“Bueller…Bueller…Bueller: Is anybody home?”

One of my favorite movies…and a very cool house!
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” House for Sale
by Bailee Wolfson/Coolhunting.com
Tucked away in the woods of Chicago, this four-bed, four-bath is a modernist masterpiece, but might be more well-know for its starring role in the painfully infamous car scene of the feature film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”