What a newsy day -- big news in Washington, in Chicago, in Nepal..... plus a crazy situation with a balloon on the loose........
- RUNAWAY BLIMP ($180 MILLION dollar blimp!!) floats all over Pennsylvania
- Nepal elects first female president (because that's such a big deal, she gets her picture here on MattChat)
- Paul Ryan officially nominated to replace Boehner
- Chicago City Council approves $755 MILLION in new taxes; that's like half a blimp
- Chicago City Council approves George Lucas museum
- Denny Hastert pleads guilty
- Obama speaks gingerly to International Association of Chiefs of Police (Tuesday)
- Hyatt may be buying Starwood Hotels
- Hillary OK with letting big banks fail
- House moves to impeach IRS Commish Koskinen
- Nepal elects first female president (because that's such a big deal, she gets mentioned twice on this post)
- Fed keeps rate at record low
- SABMiller and AB InBev extend negotiations for potential merger
- IBM wants to buy The Weather Channel
- NATO is weighing increasing troops in countries bordering Russia
- happy 50th birthday St. Louis Arch
50 years for the Arch. Considered by most to be "THE" symbol of St. Lou.
And to think that without the overcoming of like a gazillion obstacles back in the early 60's, it wouldn't have even existed.
Wow.
Out for now.......
Matt