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CHICAGO NEWS
• It’s a meteor! No an asteroid! No it’s Red Bull! skydivers spotted in the sky were “The Red Bull Air Force, consisting of Jon Devore, Mike Swanson and Sean MacCormac, sprang flares and landed safely onto the Lake Michigan shoreline at Castaways to kick of Red Bull Art of Can!” [ABC NEWS]
NATIONAL NEWS
• Mathew Martoma, the former SAC Capital portfolio manager that was found guilty of three counts of conspiracy and securities fraud, won an order to delay the date he would begin serving a nine-year prison term for insider trading. Martoma’s surrender date has been delayed past Nov. 10 until after an appellate panel had considered his motion for bail pending appeal. [REUTERS]
WORLD NEWS
• Yoo Dae-kyoon, the eldest son of the owner of the company that ran the Sewol ferry that sank in South Korea in April, was convicted of embezzlement on Wednesday and sentenced to three years in prison. He took nearly $6.8 million since 2002 from seven companies. [NY TIMES]
SPORTS
• Even with Derrick Rose out with an ankle injury and an ill Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls beat the Orlando Magic 98-90. [CHICAGO TRIBUNE]
BUSINESS
• The Coca Cola company will be rolling out Coca-Cola Life, the long-anticipated, 60-calorie 8-ounce cola with no artificial sweeteners but sweetened with cane sugar and stevia leaf extra. [USA TODAY]
CELEBRITIES
• Benedict Cumberbatch is engaged to his theatre director partner Sophie Hunter and the announcement was not released via his publicist or twitter but rather in the Classifieds of The Times of London newspaper. [BRISBANE TIMES]
• BABIES! Kelly Rowland and her husband Tim Witherspoon welcomed their first child, baby boy named Titan Jewell. Actor Robert Downey Jr and wife Susan Downey welcomed their first daughter.
FASHION
• BFC Fashion Trust by The British Fashion Council is a financial and mentoring support program founded in 2011, named its latest grant recipients. $343,551 will be split among eight London labels: Emilia Wickstead, House of Holland, Mary Katrantzou, Michael Van Der Ham, Osman, Richard Nicoll, Todd Lynn and Zoe Jordan. [WWD]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Jennifer Lopez
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