Todayz Newz Oct 8

Another day full of news items, including exciting news from the world of Major League Baseball........

- It's on!  Friday night, Cardinals will face the Cubs for the first time ever in the post-season

- my alma mater...... Eastern Illinois University unveils great new logo (I'll make a separate MattChat post about this soon)

- Harry Reid suing exercise company for causing his blindness

- Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulls out of race for Speaker of the House

- Spencer Stone, one of heroes in French train terror attack, stabbed multiple times in bar brawl

- U.S. and Russian jets have near-miss over Syria

- Daniel Craig not gonna play James Bond any longer

- UAW and Fiat Chrysler have reached a tentative, strike-averting agreement

- Amazon is launching a marketplace for handcrafted goods

- Jobless claims fall to near a 42-year low

- Mortgage rates fall sharply

- Michigan Avenue's Tribune Tower is for sale

- California governor signs ambitious climate change law

- New NYC law requires stores and restaurants to keep doors closed when A/C is running

- Last of Libby's canned pumpkins are expected to hit store shelves before Thanksgiving

- Former head of Chicago schools to plead guilty in HUGE contract bribe scheme

- Russian missiles headed for Syria crash in rural Iran 

Out for now.......

Matt