(#1) New Yorkers Thank Country's Most Courageous On Veterans Day [CBS Local]
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Red, white and blue lit up the New York City sky on Veterans Day, shining a light on the country's most courageous. As American flags blew in the bitter wind, the warmth of gratitude was expressed by mothers like Julie ...
(#2) Leonard Cohen, Vital to the End [New York Times]
News of the death of Leonard Cohen, musical poet and great Canadian, hit on Thursday like a punch to the gut, an early blast of winter. We can do the Leonard Cohen thing and brood. Or we can heed this spontaneous eulogy from another of our most ...
(#3) Nintendowned: Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in (null) seconds [TechCrunch]
We knew the NES Classic Edition, with its retro aesthetic and solid game selection, would be hard to get at first, but this is some next level, Tickle Me Elmo-style demand. Amazon, which made its supply of the console available at 2PM Pacific today ...
(#4) Arrival proves that first contact movies can still blow your mind [Ars Technica]
Arrival is the riveting, slow-burn story of an alien encounter that's satisfyingly complex. Instead of showing how we blow up the buggers, this movie poses a difficult question: how would we communicate with seemingly peaceful aliens whose language is ...
(#5) Zzz! Rob Kardashian Can't Stop Watching Blac Chyna and Newborn Daughter Dream ... [PEOPLE.com]
The Arthur George founder, who welcomed his daughter Dream Renée Kardashian on Thursday, shared an adorable video of his fiancée sleeping next to their newborn on Friday. “Just watching my girls sleep but man Chyna needs to chill with that snoring,” ...
(#6) Movies|Review: 'Almost Christmas,' a Home-for-the-Holidays Comedy [New York Times]
The family comedy-drama “Almost Christmas” is an often disarmingly entertaining picture, in spite of its being a not particularly well-thought-out cinematic contrivance. After a brief opening montage showing the history of the Meyerses, a middle-class ...
(#7) The astonishingly awful record of Cleveland Browns quarterbacks [FOXSports.com]
The only Browns quarterback to reach a Pro Bowl since 1987, Anderson started 34 games for Cleveland from 2006-09 and led the Browns to a 10-6 record while pacing the NFL in yards per completion in 2007, although the team missed the playoffs.
(#8) Veterans Day 2016: Free meals, discounts, deals and more to honor those who ... [AL.com]
(Dave Ellis/The Free Lance-Star via AP). Veterans Day is Nov. 11 and many businesses and restaurants are honoring those who served their country with freebies, deals and discounts. Here are some of the best offers for veteran and military personnel.
(#9) Commander-In-Chief Donald Trump Will Have Terrifying Powers. Thanks, Obama. [The Intercept]
When Donald Trump becomes commander in chief in January, he will take on presidential powers that have never been more expansive and unchecked. He'll control an unaccountable drone program, and the prison at Guantanamo Bay. His FBI, including a ...
(#10) Film Review: 'Shut In' [Variety]
As thrillers go, “Shut In” is conspicuously short of thrills. It's an undistinguished and predictable hodgepodge, so blandly generic as to suggest that it was cobbled together by filmmakers referencing a how-to handbook who picked spare parts from ...
(#11) GrubHub CEO Clarifies Postelection Email to Employees [Wall Street Journal]
GrubHub Inc.'s chief executive sought to clarify postelection remarks in which he seemingly suggested employees who back Donald Trump's politics resign, highlighting the dangers executives face when delving into political and social issues. CEO Matt ...
(#12) Powerball jackpot hits $258 million; Ohio Lottery results [cleveland.com]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Saturday's Powerball jackpot has reached an impressive $258 million, making it by far the top prize for lottery players this weekend. Classic Lotto also will draw on Saturday for a $4.9 million jackpot, while Mega Millions will ...
(#13) Conor McGregor gets into backstage altercations with Tyron Woodley and Khabib ... [FOXSports.com]
Following a brief confrontation with Tyron Woodley on Friday morning at the early weigh-ins, McGregor got into it with the welterweight champion again on Twitter afterwards. That wasn't the end of it, however, after McGregor once again confronted ...
(#14) Trump strongly considering Steve Bannon for chief of staff [CNN]
The White House chief of staff is typically tasked in large part with ensuring that all wheels are spinning in the complex White House organization, and the source said that some people in Trump's orbit do not think Bannon, the executive chairman of ...
(#15) The Beatles' 'Because' Featured in First 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand ... [Ultimate Classic Rock]
An original Beatles recording has made its first appearance in a movie trailer — and all it took was several decades and a polite request from director Luc Besson. The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first trailer for Besson's upcoming sci-fi epic ...
(#16) Veterans Day 2016: What's open, what's closed on Nov. 11? [AL.com]
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Seth Wenig. Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, a time set aside to honor Americans who served in the armed forces. The origins of the holiday date back to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, who proclaimed Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919 to mark ...
(#17) Brazil vs. Argentina: Score and Reaction for World Cup 2018 Qualifying [Bleacher Report]
Brazil earned a convincing 3-0 win over Argentina on Thursday night in the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Philippe Coutinho, Neymar and Paulinho were the goalscorers as the Brazilians cruised to three points. It was an impressive performance that ...
(#18) American Horror Story: Roanoke recap: 'Chapter 9' [Entertainment Weekly]
We were promised one survivor would emerge from the trenches of the horror house at Roanoke, and lo, that person has been revealed in tonight's penultimate chapter of American Horror Story: Roanoke. It's…not who you thought it would be. And I say that ...
(#19) Veterans Day brings some relief from a negative political campaign [Washington Post]
Veterans Day – a great time to reflect on the sacrifices of others or that great sale at the mall. Coming just three days after an election that left the nation bitterly divided, Friday's holiday was a bit of relief. Although wounds remain raw, the ...
(#20) Keith Ellison Is the Leader the DNC Needs [The Nation.]
Keith Ellison (D-MN) speaks during the first session at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 25, 2016. (Reuters / Mark Kauzlarich). The Democratic National Committee must change, radically, if it is going to be prepared for the ...
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