Morning Links for July 8 2013

Morning Links for July 8 2013

Summerfest is over. Console yourself with these links. Adam Tanner at Forbes says to never give stores your ZIP code. He explains why. The Journal Sentinel has the story of Milwaukee’s “purple pipe dreams.” The proposed plan would used purple pipes to deliver semi-treated water safe for some purposes (drinking excluded) to a new water business district in Walker’s Point. At least 43 people are dead after the Egyptian army shot supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi during a vigil. Exactly what happened is still being pieced together. The Milwaukee County Courthouse and Public Safety Building will be closed today…

Summerfest is over. Console yourself with these links.

  • Adam Tanner at Forbes says to never give stores your ZIP code. He explains why.
  • The Journal Sentinel has the story of Milwaukee’s “purple pipe dreams.” The proposed plan would used purple pipes to deliver semi-treated water safe for some purposes (drinking excluded) to a new water business district in Walker’s Point.
  • At least 43 people are dead after the Egyptian army shot supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi during a vigil. Exactly what happened is still being pieced together.
  • The Milwaukee County Courthouse and Public Safety Building will be closed today and tomorrow following a weekend fire. The fire caused power to go out in an area of Downtown, including the responding fire station.
  • At his Saturday night Summerfest concert, John Mayer gave a heartfelt speech to Katy Perry — which elicited quite the screams from the crowd.

Abby Callard was an assistant editor at Milwaukee Magazine from 2012-2014. Her journalistic pursuits have seen her covering the Hispanic community in mid-Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., art and culture for Smithsonian magazine, the social enterprise space in India and health care in Chicago. Abby has a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.