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...throwback to the 1950s. And fifty years behind its time, the newscast failed. By August, there were rumblings that the CBS affiliate would can the format. By November, Carol Marin and her hardcore local news posse were toast. Their attempt at de-sensationalizing local news had only revealed the extent to which Americans (or at least Chicagoans) had become accustomed to the current sorry, sensationalized state of news in America...
...home" ethos that he seems to retain. He's employed an inventive cheekiness working on election campaigns in his youth. Out on the town, he can be a show-off and a charmer. At an Indian restaurant one evening a decade ago, he launched into a funny and impromptu toast for a stranger celebrating his birthday at another table. But he also has a darker, brooding - some say menacing - side; it can be a turn-off to women, in particular. Latham's exuberance, enthusiasm and passion for the cause can run off the rails. He's tribal, never backs away...
...Dartboard is biased. But though Dartboard remains loyal to the cereal industries she grew up with, the loss she grieves the most is the beautiful squares of Cinnamon Toast Crunch (produced by General Mills—based in Minneapolis) for which the imitation falls tragically short in its strangely sugared and not very cinnamon-y recipe...
Students who take for granted that a bowl of Cheerios or Cinnamon Toast Crunch tastes the same in the dining hall and at home have been met with a back-to-school surprise...
Sometimes prosaic things, objects as modest as toast, can trip distant memories, commemorate struggle and celebrate love. Aprons have that power...