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“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
CHICAGO NEWS
• The Chicago Bears’ new head coach John Fox will be officially introduced during a press conference by the team from Halas Hall this morning. [ABC CHICAGO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, cast and crew from the movie “Selma” marched alongside local residents of Selma, Ala. [LA TIMES]
•The teen Bonnie & Clyde who went on a crime spree have been captured. Dalton Hayes, 18, and his girlfriend, Cheyenne Phillips, 13, were found sleeping in a Toyota Tundra and arrested without incident early Sunday in Panama City Beach, Florida. He told police after his arrest that he was “very scared” and wanted to go home. Hayes and Phillips face burglary, trespassing and criminal mischief charges after they allegedly stole several vehicles, the latter of which had two handguns in the backseat. [NBC NEWS]
WORLD NEWS
• Alberto Nisman was found dead with a gun in the bathroom of his apartment. Mr. Nisman is the Argentine prosecutor who last week accused President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her Foreign Minister Hector Timerman of trying to absolve Iranian officials from their involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that left 85 people dead and hundreds injured. This was the most deadly terrorist attack in the nation’s history. [BUSINESSWEEK]
SPORTS
• The Super Bowl will take place February 1 and the two teams that will battle it out are the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks stunned everyone by beating Green Bay 28-22 in overtime after a lackluster first half. Controversy is surrounding the Patriots in their 45-7 win over the Colts because it is reported they used deflated footballs. [ESPN]
BUSINESS
• The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos will take place this week with dozens of heads of state and 2,500 business leaders expected to convene on the ski town for five days of intense workshops, speeches and fast networking starting Tuesday night. [USA TODAY]
CELEBRITIES
• George Lucas who is married to Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobson, said he created the new movie “Strange Magic” for girls. “This was a little project of love . . . the music is really great, and this one also has a lot of sword fighting and monsters and boy things. It’s essentially for girls, and it’s the story of finding true love, because everybody deserves to be loved.” [PAGE SIX]
FASHION
• After the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly removed the cap on the franc last week, Italian luxury suit maker Ermenegildo Zegna is re-evaluating his company’s 2015 budget. Most of its made-to-measure suits are made in Switzerland, which is now more costly after the franc surged as much as 41 percent against the euro. Zegna will renegotiate wages of its largely Italian Workers in Switzerland and possibly pass on some of the cost increases to consumers. [BLOOMBERG]
•Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week 2015 is underway with showings from John Varvatos, Versace, Neil Barrett, Salvatore Ferragamo, Calvin Klein. GQ Magazine hosted a bash in Milan with the designers in attendance. [WWD]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Charlie Hunnam
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