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Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.- Tony Robbins
CHICAGO NEWS
• Nik Wallenda set two new Guinness Book World Record after successfully completing his controversial Chicago skywalk. The first crossing took 6:51 minutes and was done at a 19-degree slant across the Chicago River. The second he did blindfolded in 1:17 minutes and the highest blindfolded walk recorded. [CHICAGO TRIBUNE]
NATIONAL NEWS
• One World Trade Center, the tallest skyscraper in North America, is now open and the first inhabitants are beginning to move in. Condé Nast will house 3,400 editors, writers and advertising executives at 18 magazines in the building. [CNBC]
WORLD NEWS
• At least 24 people have died after a boat carrying migrants believed to be from Afghanistan and Syria sank Monday in the Bosphorus Strait. Rescue crews are searching for other passengers by air and sea. [TIME]
SPORTS
• Brady vs Manning? The battle of two of the NFL’s powerhouse quarterbacks, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, was decided Sunday when the Patriots’ defeated the Denver Broncos. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• he world’s third-largest advertising agency Publicis is set buy U.S.-based digital ad specialist Sapient for $3.7 billion in cash. Sapient’s sales grew 14.1 percent to 1.1 billion euros last year, far outstripping Publicis’ sales growth of 1.2 percent, though the French company had a higher operating profit margin. [REUTERS]
CELEBRITIES
• 64 year-old Stevie Wonder, is expecting triplets with his fiance He divorced Kai Millard Morris r in 2012. The R&B legend has been married twice and has children by five different women. [PAGE SIX]
FASHION
• A group of seven designers (Monique Lhuillier, Oscar De la Renta, Christian Soriano, Badgley Mischka, Kenneth Jay Lane & Lela Rose) created a 25-piece collection in celebration of Rent The Runway’s five-year anniversary. [WWD]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Kate Hudson
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