Brookfield Properties spent a lot of time pressuring the mayor's office to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park, which it owns. But maybe it'd have had more luck just paying the $139,000 it owes in back taxes?

Short-fused Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has formally decreed that all children below the age of 12 must be off the streets by 8:30 p.m. on school nights, and 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, saying, "It brings a level of responsibility and accountability to our streets and in our homes."