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“Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” ― Coco Chanel
CHICAGO NEWS
What could be the third tallest building in Chicago was revealed Monday night. The 93 stories Wanda Tower which will be located at 381-383 E. Wacker Drive will be designed by Jeanne Gang and developed Magellan Development in partnership with Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group. [DNA INFO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• Four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards have been sentenced for killing 14 unarmed civilians in Baghdad back in 2007, that they claim was in self defense. Nicholas A. Slatten, 31, received a life sentence after being convicted of murder in October; three others — Paul A. Slough, 35, Evan S. Liberty, 32, and Dustin L. Heard, 33 — were sentenced to 30 years plus one day after being convicted of multiple counts of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter. During the 10-week trial no witness testified they saw the guards come under fire, nor was evidence found that AK-47 rifles carried by Iraqi insurgents were used at the time. [WASHINGTON POST]
• 20-year-old Kenneth Morgan Stencil III, the suspect that shot print shop director Ron Lane, at North Carolina’s Wayne community college was spotted sleeping on a beach in Daytona, FL and arrested without incident. [CHICAGO TRIBUNE]
WORLD NEWS
Militants linked to the group Al-Shabaab attacked government building in Somalia capital of Mogadishu. Al Shabaab is the same group that claimed responsibility for the Garissa University attack that killed 148 people earlier this month. Al Shabaab, which once ruled much of Somalia, lost control of Mogadishu in 2011 and has been driven out of remaining major strongholds in a joint AU-Somalia military offensive launched last year. [REUTERS]
SPORTS
• Ohio State Football coach Urban Meyer, who led the Buckeyes to a National Title this year, had his contract extended to 2020 and saw a pay increase that will make him the second highest paid coach, behind Alabama’s Nick Saban. Meyer is 38-3 over three seasons with the Buckeyes. [ESPN]
• The NBA’s regular season is coming to a close and that means battle for playoff spots are heating up. Some of the league’s elite teams want not only the top seeds, which decide matchups, but also for the right to host playoff games. The New orleans Pelicans may nudge out Oklahoma City for the Western conference’s eighth and final playoff spot. The Chicago Bulls have secured home court advantage for first round by moving a half-game ahead of the Toronto Raptors. [BOSTON HERALD]
BUSINESS
Guggenheim Partners, headquartered in Chicago, and several other boutique investment banks are giving the big banks a competitive headache as high ranking bankers have left their jobs at major investment banks in the last 13 months for better compensation amid a surge in U.S. healthcare M&A. “There’s been $92.5 billion worth of U.S. healthcare merger activity so far this year, 73% more than in the same period last year, driven by 242 deals.” “It might take two or three times as long on a more traditional Wall Street career path to earn what you could make working for the right client.” [REUTERS]
CELEBRITIES
• Cle “Bone” Sloan, the man who survived being ran over by former head of Death Row Records Suge Knight, took the stand Monday and was in tears and said he would not snitch. Knight is charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly running over Terry Carter, Cle “Bone” Sloan who received immunity,said he couldn’t remember much about the deadly crash. “I don’t want it to get misconstrued that I told on this man,” he said, pointing at Knight. “I’m no snitch. I will not be used to send Suge Knight to prison.” [LOS ANGELES TIMES]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Elizabeth Olsen
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