Can’t Afford To Wait
A student advocacy group is urging state and local leaders to enact laws protecting student loan borrowers and holding the loan servicing industry accountable for mistakes, sidestepping long congressional inactivity.
Future of TV Football
The NFL is America’s most profitable television production. It dominates weekly television ratings each fall and completely takes over more than a third of American television sets on a day in early February each year. In 1939, NBC became the first network to televise a live professional football game. The Philadelphia Eagles game against the Brooklyn Dodgers was filmed with two cameras and a staff of 8. They reached 1000 television sets in New York City. Today NFL games drag in an audience of over 17 million viewers for an average regular season game.
A BILLION DOLLAR$?
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No one won Saturday's Powerball Jackpot and now that windfall will be rolled into another drawing. The next one will not only be the largest in U.S. history, but a figure where real dreams are made of. 1.3 BILLION
Before this time around, the largest lottery winnings stood at $656 million. That amount was won by three tickets through the Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012. The largest Powerball windfall until Saturday’s was $590.5 million, which a very rich lady in Florida won in May 2013.
El Chapo Detained
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Mexican President says fugitive drug kingpin El Chapo has finally been recaptured once again. Enrique Pena Nieto has written in his Twitter account that fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested seven months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. He wrote: "mission accomplished: we have him."
El Chapo Guzman had previously escaped from prison back in 2001, and was recaptured in 2014 only to escape and be recaptured. Some say it is more like a musical chair version, with a little Mexican hat dance.
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North Korea's Bomb
What can the world do about nuclear North Korea?
Global Stocks Dump?
Stocks slump on new China worries; while oil falls to 12-year low
Lottery Fever Grows
Powerball jackpot jumps to record $700 million prize.
Weather Disturbances
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
An extra tropical low pressure system centered about 425 miles west-
southwest of Bermuda is producing a large area of gale force winds
and maximum winds of 60 to 65 mph. Environmental conditions are not
expected to be conducive for subtropical or tropical cyclone
formation through the weekend while the low moves east-northeastward
into the central Atlantic Ocean. However, conditions could become
conducive for this system to acquire some subtropical
characteristics while it moves east-southeastward into the eastern
Homelessness Crisis Isn't Solved
Governors and Mayors Snarl, but the Homelessness Crisis Isn't Solved - Jan 7, 2016 By Gabe Pressman
The French have a saying: the more the world changes, the more it stays the same.
I have been covering the homeless crisis in New York City for more than four decades. And, lamentably, the tragedy still eludes solution — and the politicians who grapple with this crisis are still fighting with each other.
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Powerball Fever
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The dream of instant riches drives Powerball ticket sales by becoming a millionaire thanks to a $2 ticket.
According to Powerball's website, the odds of hitting the jackpot numbers exactly five numbers and the Powerball are 1 in 292,201,338.
Powerball Jackpot drawing has now risen to the highest ever, with the cash prize option estimated three quarters of a billion. So as they say, you've got to be in it to win it.
World's Largest Jackpot: Key Numbers About Giant Powerball Drawing http://nbcnews.to/1UHjqEr via @nbcnews
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North Korea Claims To Have A Hydrogen Bomb
The rogue nation says it has conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test. This defiant action would be a huge jump in Pyongyang's quest to improve its still-limited nuclear arsenal. There is no independent confirmation yet.
$450 Million Jackpot
The Powerball jackpot winning numbers will be drawn tonight. There's a 1 in 292.2 million chance of winning. You can buy a ticket for $2 anywhere in the U.S. except Nevada, Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Alaska and Hawaii.
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HAMILTON
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If you live in the NYC area you don't have to wait in the cold for the hottest ticket on Broadway. "Hamilton" has moved its daily lottery for $10 tickets online.
Producers say the live lottery that takes place outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre will be returning when the whether improves in the Spring. They are working to improve safety and security for the crowds that show up for that live lottery.
Meanwhile, the online entries begin at 9:30A for that day's performances. Winners will be notified by email and will have a 60 minute window to claim and pay for their tickets.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED AT RANDOM. WINNING A LOTTERY WILL QUALIFY THE ENTRANT TO PURCHASE THE NUMBER OF TICKETS REQUESTED, AT THE PRICE DESIGNATED BY THE SHOW FOR THE LOTTERY ENTERED. PRIZE HAS NO CASH VALUE.