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Hotness will resume Friday Nov. 28
CHICAGO NEWS
• The elderly couple whose house was hit by a plane last week has filed a lawsuit against the airline that owns the plane. Though both were not injured, the plane missed them by a mere eight inches, according to authorities. [DNA INFO]
NATIONAL NEWS
• 17-year-old Florida student Alexa Nicole De Armas, allegedly organized a prostitution ring of students at different schools and has been charged with human trafficking. 21-year-old John Mosher, who allegedly paid $40 and a bottle of liquor to have sex with a 15-year-old girl, was also arrested.[NY DAILY NEWS]
WORLD NEWS
• China’s first-ever national family violence law has been drafted by the ruling Communist Party after a decades-long push by women’s-rights activists and survivors of abuse. What authorities outlined is an imperfect but ambitious plan to change the way the state handles abuse. [TIME]
SPORTS
• After several games of under performance, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III may be benched. ESPN reports, the Washington Redskins are planning to start Colt McCoy over Robert Griffin III this Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts. Griffin is scheduled to meet with the media in a previously scheduled news conference at 11:30 a.m., though it is uncertain whether he still will speak then. [ESPN]
• Rivalry week in the College Football Playoff era begins Thursday through Saturday. [USA TODAY]
BUSINESS
• Uber is close to raising a round of financing that would value the mobile car-booking company at $35 billion to $40 billion reports Bloomberg. T. Rowe Price Group Inc. is in discussions to be a new investor. If Uber completes the funding, a valuation of $35 billion to $40 billion would more than double its $17 billion value from a June financing. [BLOOMBERG]
CELEBRITIES
• Carlton takes the win! Alfonso Ribeiro, a fan favorite from the beginning of the season won the Dancing with The Stars Mirror Ball trophy. The 43-year-old actor wept with joy as he and partner Witney Carson were crowned champions on Tuesday night of the 19th season of Dancing With The Stars. [DAILY MAIL]
FASHION
• The Champs-Elysees branch of the Cartier store in Paris was robbed when two gunmen burst in and forced three customers and around 10 staff to lie down.The men released hostage in the store and fled on a scooter. A little while later taking hostages in a hair salon but released them anD turned themselves in. [SKY NEWS]
LOOK OF THE DAY
• KATY PERRY
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