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We will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are.If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.-President Obama
CHICAGO NEWS
• Parlor Pizza and Bar will open Friday in West Loop and Eater Chicago gives a look inside the restaurant that will be open for lunch, dinner and late night in the bustling west loop area. [EATER CHICAGO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• We have a plan says the President. During a news conference, President Obama said “the United States was recruiting a global coalition to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the militants, known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.” [NY TIMES]
WORLD NEWS
• South African olympic Oscar Pistorious has been “cleared of all murder charges on Thursday, saying prosecutors had failed to prove the Olympic and Paralympic track star intended to kill his girlfriend.” The judge noted he was a very poor witness, noting the case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence. It is not known if he will be given a lesser charge of culpable homicide. [REUTERS]
SPORTS
•Robert S. Mueller III,the former FBI director, will investigate the NFL’s handling of evidence in the Ray Rice domestic violence case after a report Wednesday by AP revealed that a league executive received the videotape evidence five months before it became public.New York Giants owner John Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney will oversee the investigation, reports USA today. This will be an independent investigation. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• Remember CYNK the “penny stock whose 36,000 percent surge” raised a lot of eyebrows and Wall Streets attention? Charges were filed in federal court in Brooklyn stemming from a two year investigation of the company which only had one employee and for a small period of time had a market value of $6 billion. Robert Bandfield-arrested in Miami, Andrew Godfrey, Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leach, who were charged in the indictment, ran it from Belize. [BLOOMBERG]
CELEBRITIES
• Singer Neil Young was spotted cozying up with Daryl Hannah a month after filing for divorce from his wife of 36 years.
FASHION
• Land’s End shares gained 13% increase after reported Q2 earnings “crushed analyst estimates on rising direct sales.” Coming off a split from Hoffman Estates based Sears, “ales climbed 5.4% from a year ago to $347.2 million, topping forecasts for $340.2 million despite a 2.9% decrease in retail sales to $54.6 million.” [INVESTORS DAILY]
LOOK OF THE DAY
•Into The Gloss Emily Weiss
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