We’re inundated by news stories every day and with a 24/7 news cycle, it’s nearly impossible to keep up. But thanks to GlobalGrind’s Think Tank, you’ll be quickly in the know, and then good to go.
From what’s going on in the Capitol to what’s happening oversees, we have it all.
Today we see President Barack Obama was able to reach a deal with Republican officials and avoid a government shutdown. Meanwhile, Jay-Z was fined by the NBA for the Kentucky Wildcats picture.
Take It In The Ring
Contenders: Barack Obama vs. House Republicans
Match: President Barack Obama was able to avoid a government shutdown by striking a deal with with Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Republicans right before the deadline. President Obama said the shut down was avoided because “Americans of different beliefs came together.” An historic agreement reached late Friday night would cut about $38 billion in spending, Obama says some of the cuts will be painful but the White House protected its priority projects.
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Numbers Game
Number: $50,000
Where: New Jersey
What: The NBA has fined the New Jersey Nets $50,000 because part-owner Jay-Z went into the Kentucky locker room after the Wildcats clinched a berth in the Final Four and took pictures with the players.
League spokesman Tim Frank confirmed the fine Friday before the Nets played the New York Knicks at the Prudential Center.
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GlobalGrind’s Global Mind
Where: Alphen aan den Rijn
What Happened: At least six people have been shot dead in a shopping centre in Alphen aan den Rijn by a gunman who sprayed passersby with an automatic weapon. The shooting happened at the busy Ridderhof centre just after midday. According to media reports, the man ran shooting throught the shopping centre and then shot himself in the head using a different gun.
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Better Than Fiction
Character: Kunio Shiga
Plot Line: Stranded alone inside his unheated farmhouse is 75-year-old Kunio Shiga. After the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Shiga cannot walk very far and doesn’t know what happened to his wife. His neighbors have all left because the area is 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant – just within the zone where authorities have told everyone to get out because of concerns about leaking radiation.
No rescuer ever came for him.
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Hero Of The Day
Who: Diane Latiker
What: With the continuing gang violence in a Chicago South Side neighborhood, a grandmother has stepped up and created an open door policy. Roseland resident Diane Latiker, 54, started a nonprofit community with 10 kids in her living room in 2003. The program, Kids Off The Block, has grown to become a successful mentoring site and haven for Chicago’s youth, serving 300 kids last year, take a look.
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Inside the Capitol
Where: House Floor
Who: Rep. Donna Edwards
What: With only a few hours left before all of America is faced with a government shutdown, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) made her message clear by quoting the White Stripes on the House floor with the lyrics from “Effect and Cause.” Watch below.
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Shame On You
Who: The Rev. Mike Manning
Where: California
What: Rev. Mike Manning, a popular Catholic priest in California, with a pulpit extended by technology, says he will step down in light of public disclosure of his affair with a cousin.
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This Day In History
Year: 1962
What: On this day in 1962, President John F. Kennedy throws out the ceremonial first pitch in Washington D.C.’s new stadium.
