Want to blow up a stadium?

Normally wanting to blow up a sports stadium would get you labeled as a terrorist, but now eccentric millionaire pyrotechnics (or perhaps movie producers) have an opportunity to do so and be called good Samaritans.

The Dallas Cowboys are moving to their new stadium and they want someone to blow up the old one.

This is, like, so waaaaay cooler than hip bike racks.

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Olympic Dreams... in 2016

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is dreaming of bringing the Olympics home to the United States and specifically the Windy City.

Beijing has obviously been transformed in preparation for the games, but that largely has to do with China's one-party government's determination to show their best face rather than a boost from the games.

Daley suggests that the games could help build permanent sports and housing for the City - all without spending a single taxpayer dollar. It's a reasonable (if not somewhat lofty) argument, although I have to wonder: why can't cities find the private dollars to undertake huge projects like this without the Olympics? Or, in other words, whatever happened to Robert Moses?

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