Monday, October 8, 2018 – Happy Columbus Day (Does anyone still celebrate?)

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On This Day, Back In The Day

1871 – The Great Chicago Fire starts — burned for two days, killed 300, left 100,000 homeless

1945 – President Truman announced the U.S. would share atomic bomb technology with Great Britain and Canada

1956 – NY Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series

1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis records “Great Balls of Fire”


BIG STORIES OUT OF D.C. AND POLITICS.

KAVANAUGH SWORN IN AS PROTESTERS CHANT OUTSIDE SUPREME COURT

PRESIDENT TRUMP CELEBRATES ‘TREMENDOUS VICTORY’

LINDSEY GRAHAM TO CHUCK SCHUMER: IF YOU WANT TO PICK JUDGES, WIN THE WHITE HOUSE

2020 RACE HAS BEGUN: SPARTACUS MAKES APPEARANCE IN IOWA RIGHT AFTER KAVANAUGH CONFIRMED

AVENATTI CREDITED WITH HELPING CONFIRM KAVANAUGH

MIDTERM POLITICAL CALCULUS: SENATE RACES LEAN RIGHT AS HOUSE RACES BEND TO THE LEFT

FIRST LADY TO PRESS QUESTIONING HER IN AFRICA: ‘FOCUS ON WHAT I DO, NOT ON WHAT I WEAR’

NOKO UPDATE: SEC OF STATE POMPEO CITES PROGRESS WITH CHAIRMAN KIM, INCLUDING INSPECTIONS

COLBERT SHOW WRITER: ‘I’M JUST GLAD WE RUINED BRETT KAVANAUGH’S LIFE’

NBC FIRED REPORTER FOR WEARING ‘MAGA’ HAT WHILE COVERING TRUMP RALLY

TAYLOR SWIFT GOES POLITICAL — ENDORSES DEMS IN UPCOMING MIDTERMS

NEWS

TRAGIC: NY LIMO CRASH KILLED 20 AFTER RUNNING STOP SIGN

FLORIDA PANHANDLE BRACES FOR STORM SLATED TO BECOME A HURRICANE AND HIT MIDWEEK

FOX NEWS’ BRIAN KILMEADE STALKED AND HECKED ON NYC SUBWAY

COLUMBUS DAY IS NO LONGER A HOLIDAY IN COLUMBUS OHIO

THE MYSTERY OF INTERPOL’S MISSING CHIEF HONGWEI GROWS — IS HE BEING HELD IN CHINA OR DID HE RESIGN?

BOX OFFICE RECORD — ‘VENOM’ AND ‘STAR IS BORN’ SOLD A LOT OF TICKETS THIS WEEKEND

MASSIVE, MYSTERIOUS ITEM WASHED ASHORE ON SEABROOK ISLAND NEAR CHARLOTTE, SC — ANY GUESSES?

OTHER STORIES CATCHING MY EYE

OUTRAGE AFTER HS BAND’S PERFORMANCE INCLUDES SCENE DEPICTING SHOOTING OF COPS

SCIENCE CLAIMS HAVING A SISTER MAKES GUYS INTO BETTER PEOPLE

MODERN WORKPLACE TREND? — ‘GHOSTING’ (QUITTING/DISAPPEARING WITHOUT NOTICE) IS BECOMING A THING

UNIVERSITY SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDE — DON’T USE ‘GENDERED’ EMOJIS

DID NASA’S LIVE FEED FROM THE SPACE STATION REVEAL AN UNKNOWN SPACECRAFT?