Arts & Culture

Barbie, G.I. Joe, crayons, and Silly Putty are among the top 20 toys selected in the Children Museum's current interactive project, Top 100 Toys (& their Stories) that Define Our Childhood. More than 20,000 votes were cast to determine these "best" toys out of the 100 curator selections. Toy lovers now have until Sept. 7 to vote on what toys take home Olympics-inspired gold, silver, and bronze awards. (See IM staffers' own favorites here.)

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Via @josephlese, "To me it looks like riding in a stagecoach at the state fair is as about as safe as riding the Megabus to/from Chicago. #NotAnEndorsement"

He has more than 6.5 million "likes" on Facebook, a testament to his enduring claim to the throne as the King. Yes, today marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley's untimely and unsightly death, in 1977 but six weeks after his final concert ever. That show took place at Market Square Arena in downtown Indianapolis 

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Monday, Aug. 6, marked the six-month anniversary of our collective Super Bowl hangover. It seems like just yesterday, doesn’t it? Come to think of it, wasn’t the weather the same yesterday as it was that whole week in February? Remember the abundant and unnatural global-warming sunshine? That ZipLine? Those adorable football-shaped cake pops at Peyton’s party?