What happened this week?
News of the week translated into “tweets” of 140 characters or less, as it might appear on the microblogging service Twitter:
Sam Zell: An economic “perfect storm” swamped Tribune. (Sam, that ship went down!) Trib files Chap. 11 to stay afloat. Tuesday
Tribune writer threatened when she found Mumbai terrorist’s hometown in Punjab. Town: Not from here. (And burn her car!) Monday
Housing boom reshapes city streets and pads pols’ pockets. Overshadowed money-&-politics tale? Luis Gutierrez. Monday
Obama talks with Al Gore, but picks another Nobel winner for energy secretary. (And is asked mostly about Blagojevich.) Thursday
City museum gets Harry Potter exhibit, becomes Hogwarts. Coming to Museum of Science and Industry next spring. Friday
Hey, hear about Gov. Blagojevich? The feds call their allegations bleeping astonishing. (By bleep, they meant “sadly.”) All week
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