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CHICAGO AREA NEWS
• Southern Illinois University’s Interim Chancellor Paul Sarvela died Sunday evening. Sarvela had been appointed as interim chancellor at the Carbondale campus this past summer after former Chancellor Rita Cheng left to become president of Northern Arizona University. [ST. LOUIS DISPATCH]
NATIONAL NEWS
• As the Nov. 15 beginning of open enrollment nears, The Obama administration is expressing confidence that HealthCare.gov is no longer the rickety online insurance marketplace that exasperated consumers a year ago. Behind the scenes, however, federal health officials and government contractors are scrambling, according to confidential documents and federal and outside experts familiar with this work. They have been making contingency plans. [WASHINGTON POST]
WORLD NEWS
• Dr. Myles Munroe, a prominent Bahamian minister who founded the Bahamas Faith Ministries International Fellowship and motivational speaker, along with 8 other people died in private jet plane crash near Grand Bahama International Airport. The group was traveling to the Bahamas to attend a Global Leadership Forum arranged by Munroe. [ABC NEWS]
SPORTS
• IF you didn’t watch any sports over the weekend (especially the abysmal Bears game), watching Utah’s Kaelin Clay drop the ball at the 1 yrd line before scoring, celebrating and Oregon picking up the live ball is worth watching. What could have put Utah ahead of the Ducks, resulted in a 100yd touchdown by Oregon for a 51-27 win Saturday night. [ESPN]
BUSINESS
• Samsung will spend around $3bil to create a new smartphone factory in Vietnam. The facility would operate alongside another $2bn plant the company already runs in the country, which began production in March. It marks a shift away from China with the combination of tax breaks and a relatively cheap workforce. Vietnam exported $19.2bn worth of mobile telephones and accessories over the first 10 months of the year [BBC]
CELEBRITIES
• Nicki Minaj donning over 5 different outfits hosted the MTV Europe Awards and was also a winner taking home award for Best Hip Hop artist. Some of the other winners included: Katy Perry – Dark Horse ft. Juicy J for best Video; Beyonce – Pretty Hurts for Best Song With A Social Message. [DAILY MAIL]
FASHION
• Pitti Uomo, the tradeshow for men’s collections and for launching new projects in men’s fashion, will feature more than 20 men’s fashion labels in ‘BORN IN THE USA’ by Liberty Fairs at their 2015 show. Liberty Fairs, the U.S based created by Sam Ben-Avraham, will bring a selection of some of the best born-and-made in the USA brands including Red Wing,Brooklyn Circus, Shinola, MSL by Billy Reid. [PITTI IMAGINE]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• David Hasseloff
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