Quick hits for a Friday!
STORIES I WORKED ON TODAY
- Chicago police exhumed the body of a man who died suddenly after winning a $1 million lottery prize.
- President Obama's new official White House portrait photograph was made public today.
- NASA sent Mona Lisa to the moon! With laser beams!!!
- Delta is changing its frequent flier rules. Spoiler alert: most fliers won't like the changes.
- It's rough getting around in Alabama.
- Holy diver! This guy says he learned to hold his breath for more than six minutes because he wanted to impress chicks.
- A Victorian nightmare Down Under, where we're seeing incredible video of wildfires in the Australian state.
- Two international flights had a runway incursion at MIA.
WATCH THIS
You might be surprised to learn the world's third-largest population of native Russian speakers, outside of Russia, is in Israel.
READ THIS
Congress might be able to avoid yet another budget crisis... for now.
The University of Notre Dame sure got worked up about a woman who didn't exist. Too bad they didn't take a real woman seriously when she accused a football player of rape, then committed suicide days later.
AWW S***
The United Nations is apologizing after a delegation applauded a Serbian musical performance... extolling genocide.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We will raise the debt ceiling. We’re not going to default on our debt."
- Sen. John Cornyn, (R) Texas, assuring the Houston Chronicle another budget crisis will be averted.
TODAY'S OBSCURE MOMENT IN HISTORY
Robert F. Scott has a really bad day. This was later immortalized in the James McRettin 1970 remake of the epic film “Scott of the Antarctic”.
FILM FRIDAY
I can't tell you how important this 2007 documentary is. Everyone should see it. While it does take a clear side on the LGBT rights issue, it does so without being anti-Christian. Available on Netflix, Amazon and iTunes.
