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TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. STOCKS HIT RECORD AFTER FED KEEPS STIMULUS IN PLACE
Wall Street cheers the Federal Reserve's decision to maintain its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program.

2. NAVY YARD GUNMAN GAVE NO CLEAR WARNING
During two hospital visits in the weeks before the rampage, Aaron Alexis complained of insomnia – but denied having any thoughts of harming himself or others, officials say.

3. FLASHPOINT IN ATTEMPT TO SCUTTLE OBAMACARE
A fight looms in Congress over conservatives' efforts to yank the funding from Obama's health care overhaul.

4. WHERE AN ISLAMIST STRONGHOLD IS UNDER SEIGE
Egyptian security forces encircle a town near Cairo that was the scene last month of an attack by suspected Morsi supporters that left 15 police officers dead.

5. ASSAD ARGUES HIS CASE
The Syrian dictator insists in a TV interview that terrorists, not his regime, were to blame for last month's deadly chemical weapons attack.

6. HOW HIGHER EDUCATION HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED IN AFGHANISTAN
Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, the number of college students in the country has soared 26-fold to almost 204,000 – as many as a fifth of them women.

7. MANUEL MUSCLES UP
The tropical storm that devastated Acapulco over the weekend strengthens into a hurricane and takes fresh aim at Mexico's northwestern coast.

8. WHY OBESE PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO SURVIVE CANCER
One reason may be that doctors often short them on chemotherapy by not basing the dose on size.

9. AND THE WINNER IS...
The AP's Lynn Elber predicts "House of Cards" will earn the Emmy on Sunday for best drama. Fellow AP critic Frazier Moore says it'll be "Breaking Bad."

10. EX-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP DIES AT 70
Ken Norton was best known for defeating Muhammad Ali, breaking Ali's jaw and sending him to the hospital in a bout in 1973.

so we gave afghanistan freedom, and they all got student loans. right on. MERICA!

LeNeve Wrote:so we gave afghanistan freedom, and they all got student loans. right on. MERICA!

Nothing says capitalism like debt

I miss winter...

GTA:V made $800 million in one day.
That's insane.

Chip Wrote:GTA:V made $800 million in one day.
That's insane.

I'll probaly buy it this weekend. or today. I don't know yet.

And Chicago is the new murder capital of the US.

LeNeve Wrote:

Chip Wrote:GTA:V made $800 million in one day.
That's insane.

I'll probaly buy it this weekend. or today. I don't know yet.

I'd have to buy a video game system first.
I've been saying that for so long, it's probably best to just wait for the new systems now.

Derp.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...ttack.html

ninja murder capital

No one wants a round house kick to the face from a guy wearing a shirt like that.



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1. STOCKS HIT RECORD AFTER FED KEEPS STIMULUS IN PLACE
Wall Street cheers the Federal Reserve's decision to maintain its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program.
The Fed needs to send me a little cash to stimulate me.

2. NAVY YARD GUNMAN GAVE NO CLEAR WARNING
During two hospital visits in the weeks before the rampage, Aaron Alexis complained of insomnia – but denied having any thoughts of harming himself or others, officials say.
For real, even if he did say he was going to kill people I'm sure everyone would have ignored him

3. FLASHPOINT IN ATTEMPT TO SCUTTLE OBAMACARE
A fight looms in Congress over conservatives' efforts to yank the funding from Obama's health care overhaul.
No one really understands Obamacare

4. WHERE AN ISLAMIST STRONGHOLD IS UNDER SEIGE
Egyptian security forces encircle a town near Cairo that was the scene last month of an attack by suspected Morsi supporters that left 15 police officers dead.
Send in the drones!!!

5. ASSAD ARGUES HIS CASE
The Syrian dictator insists in a TV interview that terrorists, not his regime, were to blame for last month's deadly chemical weapons attack.
Don't care. Not our business.

6. HOW HIGHER EDUCATION HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED IN AFGHANISTAN
Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, the number of college students in the country has soared 26-fold to almost 204,000 – as many as a fifth of them women.
Now they are more intelligent filthy creatures.

7. MANUEL MUSCLES UP
The tropical storm that devastated Acapulco over the weekend strengthens into a hurricane and takes fresh aim at Mexico's northwestern coast.
The price for living in paradise.

8. WHY OBESE PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO SURVIVE CANCER
One reason may be that doctors often short them on chemotherapy by not basing the dose on size.
Shit... I'm going to skip that burger at lunch now.

9. AND THE WINNER IS...
The AP's Lynn Elber predicts "House of Cards" will earn the Emmy on Sunday for best drama. Fellow AP critic Frazier Moore says it'll be "Breaking Bad."
Both are great shows!

10. EX-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP DIES AT 70
Ken Norton was best known for defeating Muhammad Ali, breaking Ali's jaw and sending him to the hospital in a bout in 1973.
I did not know about this guy.

Chip Wrote:I miss winter...

Oh hell no! I hate winter.