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“Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.”
― Whitney M. Young, Jr
CHICAGO NEWS
• 26 year old Carlos Ramirez-Rosa is a first time politician who beat 35th Ward Ald. Rey Colon and he is one of the youngest aldermen ever elected to Chicago’s City Council. [DNA INFO CHICAGO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• It is now legal to posses small amounts of marijuana in Washington DC. The law allows adults to possess up to 2 ounces (56 grams) of marijuana and to grow six plants, three of them mature. Sales are barred but transfers of up to 1 ounce (26 grams) is legal. [REUTERS]
WORLD NEWS
• The masked executioner referred to as ‘Jihadi John’ has been identified by two news sources as Mohammed Emwazi, a British national from London from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming. [WASHINGTON POST]
SPORTS
• What can you do in four and half minutes? In the case of Florida State freshman Xavier Rathan-Mayes, he can score 30 points. Rathan-Mayes scored 26 consecutive Florida State points without missing a shot. He went 8 for 10 in the final five minutes, sinking six 3-pointers, and finished with 35 points to tie his career high though his team lost to Miami 81-77. [SI.COM]
• Reggie Bush, running back for the Detroit Lions has been released halfway through the four-year deal he signed as a free agent before the 2013 season. This past season he was hampered by injuries and only played in only 11 games with 76 carries for 297 yards. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon, who began in that position in February 2014, “made his boldest move yet by announcing that Wal-Mart would give raises to nearly 40 percent of its 1.3 million U.S. workforce as part of a billion-dollar investment in changes to employee pay and training.” He sat down for an AP exclusive interview on the motivation behind the wage raise, and what he’s learned from his predecessors Mike Duke and Lee Scott . [ABC NEWS]
CELEBRITIES
• Though American awards season is on hiatus, celebs and artists jetted over to London for the Brit awards. Highlights from that included Madonna falling on her behind while performing, Kanye West debut a new song, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith won awards. [BBC]
•$100 million that’s the amount E! network will reportedly pay the Kardashian/Jenner clan to continue their vapid ways and remain with the network four more years. The deal covers at least four more seasons of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” as well as spinoffs, which have included “Kourtney and Khloé Take the Hamptons.” [PAGE SIX]
FASHION
• Everything is bigger in Texas. Uber chic fashion boutique The Webster will open their first store outside of Miami Beach at the Houston Galleria, a Simon Property Group development. The 5,000-square-foot store will occupy part of a freestanding building under construction in a parking lot of the Galleria that will have 400 stores and eateries, two hotels and three office towers. [WWD]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• RITA ORA
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