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CHICAGO NEWS
• A look at how new technology tools such as 3D printers are helping SAIC(School of Art Institute Chicago) “bring fantastic ideas to life.” No matter how many new tools appear, professors say, learning fundamental principles of theory and design can’t be passed over. [CHICAGO TRIBUNE]
NATIONAL NEWS
• Twitter is suing the U.S. Department of Justice in the battle to reveal the extent of U.S. government surveillance. current rules prevent it from even stating that it has not received any national security requests for user information, when they actually have. Twitter argued that it should not be bound by the disclosure limits that the government offered to Google and the other companies.[REUTERS]
WORLD NEWS
• The 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner, for microscope advancements that have enabled scientists to better study living cells in the tiniest molecular detail. The winners will share a cash award of 8 million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million) of the most prestigious prize for chemistry research. [WSJ]
• Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta is the first serving head of state to come before the court in The Hague in connection to his alleged role in violence following the 2007 elections. Mr Kenyatta faces five charges relating to the ethnic massacres – the worst violence in Kenya since independence in 1963. [BBC]
SPORTS
• The race to the World Series continues as the San Francisco Giants clinched a spot in the NLCS by beating the Washington Nationals. The Giants, looking to win their third World Series in five years, will face the St. Louis Cardinals beginning Saturday Oct. 11. The ACLS series has Kansas City Royals facing Baltimore Orioles, that game begins Oct. 11. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• The case of Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk will begin oral arguments today, the first of several major labor law cases the Supreme Court will take up this session. In the case of U.S. overtime compensation laws: When retail or warehouse employees go through security checks at the end of the day, are they still on the clock? Should they be paid overtime for standing in line and waiting to be screened?
The court’s decision could send a shock wave through the American retail industry. If the nine justices rule that waiting for and receiving mandated security checks can be considered an integral part of a worker’s job, it will open the door for major class action lawsuits against some of America’s biggest retailers. [MSNBC]
CELEBRITIES
• The sequel to the movie Magic Mike, Magic Mike XXL, is currently being filmed in Savannah, Georgia. Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias all returning and adding new faces such as Elizabeth Banks, Amber Heard, Andie MacDowell, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donald Glover and Michael Strahan to the male exotic dancers movie. [E!ONLINE]
FASHION
• Fashion and luxury powerhouse LVMH has signed a charter pledging to support more women into leadership roles within its brands. “We wanted to create the working conditions so that people can grow within our group.” [VOGUE UK]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• MICHELLE MONAGHAN & JAMES MARSDEN
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