Monday, 30 September 2019

FOX NEWS: California governor signs bill allowing college athletes to hire agents, earn money from endorsements


California governor signs bill allowing college athletes to hire agents, earn money from endorsements



NFL player Benjamin Watson reacts to new California law on 'The Story.'

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FOX NEWS: Funeral service for veteran with no immediate family expected to draw crowd


Funeral service for veteran with no immediate family expected to draw crowd



A Florida funeral service for a veteran who had no immediate family members is expected to draw a crowd of complete strangers after his story was widely shared online.

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FOX NEWS: Al Franken and Matt Lauer facing new allegations


Al Franken and Matt Lauer facing new allegations



New #metoo allegations surface; Trace Gallagher has the details.

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FOX NEWS: President Trump defends Ukraine call amid impeachment inquiry


President Trump defends Ukraine call amid impeachment inquiry



House Democrats subpoena Giuliani; reaction and analysis from the 'Special Report' all-star panel.

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FOX NEWS: How do impeachment proceedings play out in the House?


How do impeachment proceedings play out in the House?



Constitution gives House sole responsibility to impeach; Mark Meredith reports.

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Wikipedia article of the day for October 1, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for October 1, 2019 is Simon Hatley.
Simon Hatley (1685 – after 1723) was an English sailor involved in two hazardous privateering voyages to the South Pacific Ocean. With his ship beset by storms south of Cape Horn, Hatley shot an albatross, an incident immortalised by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (illustrated). Hatley went to sea in 1708 under Captain Woodes Rogers, but was captured by the Spanish on the coast of Ecuador and was tortured by the Inquisition. Hatley's second voyage, under George Shelvocke, was the source of the albatross incident, recorded in Shelvocke's journal for 1 October 1719, and also ended with his capture by the Spanish, who held him as a pirate for looting a Portuguese ship. Hatley returned to Britain in 1723, though he hastily sailed to Jamaica lest he risk trial for piracy. His fate thereafter is unknown. In 1797, Wordsworth suggested Hatley's shooting of an albatross as the basis of a poem, which Coleridge published in Lyrical Ballads (1798).

FOX NEWS: Mexican pirates posing greater risk in Gulf of Mexico to oil workers, tourists


Mexican pirates posing greater risk in Gulf of Mexico to oil workers, tourists



Gulf drilling platforms are becoming more and more subject to vicious attacks launched by modern-day pirates.

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FOX NEWS: California man charged in Chinese spy operation


California man charged in Chinese spy operation



John Demers, leader of the DOJ China Initiative, on the Department of Justice's fight against Chinese espionage.

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FOX NEWS: In 1981, Apple's Steve Jobs said computers would free us from drudgery


In 1981, Apple's Steve Jobs said computers would free us from drudgery



Talk about stepping back in time.

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