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Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” ― Isaac Asimov
CHICAGO NEWS
• The “largest interior design school in Chicago,” is closing after 84 years. The Harrington College of Design in the loop will cease operations in August 2018 and students can transfer to Columbia College Chicago, pending accredit or approval. [DNA INFO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who is expected in Federal Court today, has been charged with accepting nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from a longtime friend Dr. Salomon Melgen in exchange for a stream of political favors. I will not be silenced. I am confident, at the end of the day, I will be vindicated and they will be exposed, this is not how my career is going to end.” [WASHINGTON POST]
• 11 former Atlanta public school educators were escorted out of a courtroom in handcuffs on Wednesday following after being found guilty in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial, and charged with racketeering for their role in a scheme to inflate students’ scores on standardized exams. The racketeering charges carry up to 20 years in prison. A 12th defendant, a teacher, was acquitted of all charges by the jury. [NY DAILY NEWS]
WORLD NEWS
• Garissa University College in eastern Kenya was attacked and 14 people have been reported killed, some in critical condition and Christian students were taken hostage. Militant group Al-Shabaab, which claimed responsibility for the attack, has in the past carried out attacks in Garissa, though there had been warnings that an attack in the town could be imminent. [REUTERS]
SPORTS
• Age is nothing but a number to tennis player Serena Williams who is headed to her 10th semifinal appearance at the Miami Open. The 33-year-old will remain No. 1 for 111 consecutive weeks, next week; With No. 2 Maria Sharapova early exit from the Miami open, she’s projected to No. 1 ranking through the spring and into the summer. [BLEACHER REPORT]
• Planning to host the fight party for the highly anticipated matchup between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao? It’s not going to come cheap. It “will be the most expensive pay per view in history. The fight will be sold for $99 for a high-definition feed and $89 for standard definition.” [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• McDonalds announced they will raise pay to $1 over the local minimum wage and offer new benefits to 90,000 employees in the 1,500 outlets in the United States, under their corporate control, that it owns and operates in a statement released Wednesday. McDonald’s has been under fire for some time from labor groups fighting for a base wage of $15 an hour. [NY TIMES]
CELEBRITIES
• We all have Paris Hilton to thank for the meteoric rise to fame of celebutant Kim Kardashian, or so she claims when she recently sat down with Yahoo Style editor-in-chief Joe Zee. She talks about everything from her style icons to how she helped make the Kardashians famous “Kim wouldn’t exist without her,” Paris has 18 perfumes to her name that have generated $2 billion in sales. [YAHOO STYLE]
FASHION
• She may have famously not been able to tell difference between tuna and chicken but Jessica Simpson is laughing to the bank as her billion dollar fashion brand recently acquired a new owner with majority stake. The Sequential Brands Group, is set to expand it internationally into a two-to-three-billion-dollar company. [VOGUE UK]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Elsa Pataky @ Furious 7 Premiere; Hugh Jackman at Montblanc Meisterstuck Sfumato Launch
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