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PAKISTAN
At least 19 civilian are dead after armed militants attacked the campus of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda in the northwest region of Pakistan; this comes a year after 134 students were massacred at another school in the area. Armed militants, reportedly targeted the attack on the day celebrating the University’s 28th anniversary, to ensure maximum casualties according to reports with 4 of the suspected attackers also killed. You’ll recall also attacked Burkina Faso over the weekend. A senior Pakistani Taliban commander claimed responsibility for the assault in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
TRUMP-PALIN
As if the 2016 GOP Presidential race couldn’t get more over top, enter Sarah Palin and her endorsement of Donald Trump last night right before Iowa caucuses, which might put a dent in Ted Cruz’ plan seeing as he was just lambasted by the Republican Governor of the state. In her speech Palin labeled Trump an anti-establishment candidate who would “kick ISIS’ ass,” Elsewhere in Palin news, her son Track was arrested for on suspicion of assaulting a woman and carrying a gun while intoxicated, true family values there. Will this help the Donald’s bid to corral more conservative Iowa voters? Only time will tell.
CHICAGO
And the Oscar or shall we say Jean Banchet Award for Restaurant of the Year goes to Logan Square’s Fat Rice, a Macanese restaurant that’s also planning an expansion so maybe now might be a good time to make the Logan square trek and wait it out…Pearl Jam will play two nights in Wrigley Field this summer on Aug. 20 and 22; the last time Eddie Vedder & Co played in Wrigley was in 2013. Ticket sale info to be released in coming weeks per their website…Gang retaliation was the cause of a shooting in Bronzeville (48th & King Drive) yesterday afternoon that sent four teenagers to the hospital and a minivan riddled with more than a dozen bullets, the second shooting in the area in 5 hours.
SNIPPETS
The Supreme Court is set to decide on President Obama’s immigration initiative on whether he acted lawfully in creating the program by executive order, bypassing a gridlocked Congress…GOP Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson has suspended his campaign temporarily after campaign volunteer, 25 year-old Braden Joplin died and three were injured in a fatal car accident in Iowa…$735 billion is how much global investors withdrew from emerging markets according to the Institute of International Finance. The net capital outflow was 7x bigger than what was recorded in 2014 and the worst capital flight in at least 15 years and all eyes are on China- the dominant driver behind this sea-change in emerging market capital flows has been flows to China…United Center will get loud tonight as the hot hot hot Golden State Warriors face the Chicago Bulls; a seat in Sec 122 Row 11 will set you back $800 or $450 for Sec 120 Row 18…Sidenote: Loop Capital’s Jim Reynolds was the featured image on this Bloomberg story.
ENTERTAINMENT
Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx is being called a hero after rescuing a young man who crashed his truck near his house, moments later the truck was engulfed in flames. The lucky man’s father met and thanked the actor…Sumner Redstone’s mental capacity is being determined by two doctors with opposing analysis and shareholders are now suing Viacom, CBS and its board members. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and CBS CEO Leslie Moonves and board members “put their personal loyalty to Mr. Redstone (in particular, and secondarily to [Shari] Redstone) well ahead of their loyalty and respective fiduciary duties they owe and owed to Viacom and/or CBS and their respective shareholders.”…Yasin Bey aka Mos Def is retiring from music.
FASHION
Charlotte Tilbury, makeup artist turned beauty brand has big ambitions for her brand…The Self Portrait Bridal collection is almost in stores, get a first look here.
“Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
― Coco Chanel
LOOK OF THE DAY
Naomie Harris
*images via: CNN; DailyMail
