Congratulations, Mayor... um... Bloomberg

Also: Papers for sale / Space menaces / Twitter analyzed / Robin dying -- again

WELCOME TO CHICAGO, NEW YORK'S 6TH BOROUGH. The woman most likely to replace Jesse Jackson Jr., representing Chicago's South Side in Congress, is State Rep. Robin Kelly -- the winner of yesterday's Democratic primary and the choice of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose political fund spent millions to help her win.
* The Nation: Defeated candidate Halvorsen "undone by her association with the NRA."
* Jackson Jr. reportedly writing memoir to "clear up his legacy."
* Democratic congressman goes medieval on Fox News' Sean Hannity.

'BANNING CONCEALED-CARRY ON PUBLIC BUSES AND TRAINS ... BASICALLY MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PERSON WITHOUT A CAR TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT OF SELF DEFENSE WITH A FIREARM.' The Tribune's Eric Zorn: "I get why so many folks don't want more guns on trains (I say more because there surely are already quite a few guns on trains), but ..."
* Illinois House OKs limits on right to carry concealed weapons.

 

PAPER! HEY, GET YER PAPER! Tribune Co. is exploring the possibility of selling its newspapers -- including the one from which it gets its name.
* North Carolina newspaper editor who received threats after requesting gun-permit information on county residents is quitting.
* Universities of Missouri and Nebraska are teaching journalism students how to operate drones.
* How many recent college grads are really living back with their parents?

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INCOMING. A newly spotted comet may slam into Mars next year.
* "Nation buster" asteroid could clobber this planet in 2036.
* Stephen Colbert: "Can we lubricate the earth in any way?"

 

WANT MORE TWITTER FOLLOWERS? Georgia Institute of Technology researchers who analyzed the reactions to half a million tweets say one key is to follow the "Rule of Thumper." They conclude: "Expressing negative sentiments in tweets is the second most harmful factor to growing a Twitter audience."
* Is Twitter worth $10 billion?

RED, RED ROBIN. History repeats itself this week: Robin, the Boy Wonder, will die in the pages of Batman comics.
* TV's Robin, Burt Ward: "It’s a terrible choice."
* 8 ways comics characters have come back from the dead.
* "Fantastic Four" set for movie reboot with script polished by author of Pride and Predjudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
* University of Connecticut Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences (an expatriate Chicagoan) on "Downton Abbey": "The plot makes it unwatchable."

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