Here are some of the items that hit the newswire this week, including a fantastic job by the Marching Illini........
- University of Illinois Marching Band absolutely rocks the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- a mountain of peanuts is piling up in the U.S. South with taxpayers on the hook for a $2 BILLION bailout bill
- Memphis neighborhood taken over by millions of spiders
- San Diego Safari Park loses their northern white rhino; only 3 remain in the world
- Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in shooting of 17-year-old
- ..... and protests erupt
- baseball great Willie Mays awarded Medal of Freedom
- Turkey shoots down Russian fighter jet
- newborn abandoned in a New York nativity scene
- The Voice's Gwen Stefani declares her love for The Voice's Blake Shelton
- Wizard of Oz dress sells for $1.56 MILLION
- North Korea denies connections to the Islamic State
- ..... and Obama talks tough about the Islamic State
- Ben Carson.... fading away????
- Conservative wins Argentina's presidential election
- U.S. data points to moderate fourth-quarter growth
- technical fix for the VW emissions scandal is much simpler than expected
- Costco chicken salad causes E. coli infections
- 4 idiots accused of slashing inflatable dam in drought-hit California
- General Mills to use only cage-free eggs in U.S. by 2025
- 4 crew members killed in military helicopter crash at Texas Army base
- Donald Trump warns Republican Party to treat him fairly to keep him from launching an independent bid
- State Department issues worldwide travel alert for U.S. citizens
- Pfizer and Allergan to merge..... overseas
- ugggh: nutball shoots up a Planned Parenthood
Sickened?
- a mountain of peanuts is piling up in the U.S. South with taxpayers on the hook for a $2 BILLION bailout bill
- Memphis neighborhood taken over by millions of spiders
- San Diego Safari Park loses their northern white rhino; only 3 remain in the world
- Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in shooting of 17-year-old
- ..... and protests erupt
- baseball great Willie Mays awarded Medal of Freedom
- Turkey shoots down Russian fighter jet
- newborn abandoned in a New York nativity scene
- The Voice's Gwen Stefani declares her love for The Voice's Blake Shelton
- Wizard of Oz dress sells for $1.56 MILLION
- North Korea denies connections to the Islamic State
- ..... and Obama talks tough about the Islamic State
- Ben Carson.... fading away????
- Conservative wins Argentina's presidential election
- U.S. data points to moderate fourth-quarter growth
- technical fix for the VW emissions scandal is much simpler than expected
- Costco chicken salad causes E. coli infections
- 4 idiots accused of slashing inflatable dam in drought-hit California
- General Mills to use only cage-free eggs in U.S. by 2025
- 4 crew members killed in military helicopter crash at Texas Army base
- Donald Trump warns Republican Party to treat him fairly to keep him from launching an independent bid
- State Department issues worldwide travel alert for U.S. citizens
- Pfizer and Allergan to merge..... overseas
- ugggh: nutball shoots up a Planned Parenthood
Sickened?
Downtrodden?
Disappointed?
Maybe the news next week will be better.
Out for now.......
Matt