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“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
CHICAGO NEWS
• A 15-year-old Chicago young man, Demario Bailey, was killed protecting his twin brother Demacio, in an attempted robbery. 17-year-old Carlos Johnson has been charged with first degree murder as an adult. They were on their way to basketball practice; Demario was an honor roll student who was described as a kindhearted kid who stayed out of trouble. [CHICAGO TRIBUNE]
NATIONAL NEWS
• President Obama will head to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst today, accompanied by New Jersey governor Chris Christie, to mark the end of combat operations in Afghanistan and thank the troops stationed there for their service to their country. reports NJ.com. [NJ.COM]
WORLD NEWS
• The hostage situation in Sydney continues after an armed gunman took hostages at a Lindt Cafe, forced them to display an Islamic flag, igniting fears of a jihadist attack reports Reuters. Australian police have locked down the center of the country’s biggest city. Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who has warned of militant plans to strike Australian targets, said there were indications the hostage-taking was politically motivated. [REUTERS]
SPORTS
• Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night. The Ducks’ understated star won the Heisman on Saturday night going away, capping a three-year climb to college football’s most prestigious individual award reports ESPN. Mariotta, the first Hawaii native to win the Heisman, received the second-highest percentage of possible points (90.92) in Heisman history, behind only Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith. [ESPN]
• The Bulls and Blackhawks both scored wins. The Bulls beat the Miami Heat; The blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames. [ESPN]
BUSINESS
• Uber which has been under fire in recent months is in the spotlight again. The car service angered users when it briefly charged its users in downtown Sydney a minimum $100 to escape an armed hostage crisis, a result of automatic surge pricing meant to get more drivers online. The company has since reversed course and announced that all rides in the area would be free.
In Paris, France, the UberPOP program -an urban ridesharing service that undercuts UberX prices by nearly 50%-will be banned starting January as Paris taxi drivers planned to protest a court ruling that went in Uber’s favor last week. [MASHABLE] [VENTURE BEAT]
• The Sony email hack attack continues to wreak havoc and now Sony Pictures lawyers are trying to stop the figurative bleeding and have requested news outlets stop disclosing material as its studio chief made plans to meet a civil-rights leader after the exposure of a racially tinged e-mail exchange reports Bloomberg. Media companies should destroy the stolen information and will be held responsible for damages from its publication, attorney David Boies wrote to news organizations, including Bloomberg News and the New York Times, in a Dec. 14 letter. E-mails from the account of studio chief Amy Pascal, who supported the film internally, have produced some of the most revealing details. [BLOOMBERG]
CELEBRITIES
• Amal Clooney, has been named by Barbara Walters as ‘The Most Fascinating Person’ of 2014. Amal, the accomplished well known human rights lawyer, managed to do the seemingly undoable, locking down a man thought to be one of the world’s most determined bachelors. [ABC NEWS]
FASHION
• Supermodel Naomi Campbell and Jourdan Dunn will front Burberry’s Spring 2015 campaign. It’s the first time the duo — both among the fashion industry’s most famous black models — have been shot together reports Women’s Wear Daily. [WWD]
• Shiona Turini, Cosmopolitan Magazine’s fashion market director, has left her position shortly before Thanksgiving to start something new to focus on brand development, style consulting and creative direction reports The Daily Front Row. The mostly Alaia clad fashion insider was fashion market and beauty director at Carine Roitfeld‘s CR Fashion Book prior to her Cosmo post. [FASHION WEEK DAILY]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• CAMILLA BELL
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