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A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities responded to the incident at Dallas Executive Airport, Jason Evans with Dallas Fire-Rescue told CNN on Saturday. The number of casualties in the crash was still not confirmed later on Saturday afternoon, according to Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/12/us/dallas-air-show-collision/index.html

An Iranian man who lived in a Paris airport for 18 years has died. Caught in a diplomatic limbo, Mehran Karimi Nasseri made a small area of Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport his home in 1988. His experience inspired the 2004 film, The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017

US Customs and Border Protection commissioner is asked to resign, sources say Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asked US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus to resign this week, two sources familiar with the discussions tell CNN. Magnus has been criticized internally for being out of touch with the agency and publicly for the handling of the US-Mexico border. During his tenure, officials have told CNN they believed Magnus seemed disengaged and wasn’t joining some internal meetings at a critical time for the agency. In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, Magnus said he planned to stay in the agency. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/cbp-magnus-dhs-mayorkas/index.html

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For those who think the slow count is problematic, it might be worth considering this: Kentucky city's mayoral race decided by a coin toss When the mayoral race for a small Kentucky city ended in a tie, city officials turned to chance to determine the winner. Mason Taylor will become the next mayor of Butler after winning a coin toss this week. He and incumbent Greg McElfresh each garnered 55 votes in Tuesday's election. A third candidate -- Joshua McGriffin -- also got 15 votes. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kentucky-citys-mayoral-race-decided-coin-toss/story?id=93122020

I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other. I fail to see why it is important to hurry any process. It's not like they are starting work tomorrow.

In Arizona, election results have historically been slow. It's most notable when it's a close race and a winner can't be projected. I believe it is around 90% of the voters in AZ are mail-in or early voters. Those on the mail-in and early voter receive a ballot by mail. If you wish to go in early and vote in person, you can, but most voters fill out the ballot and sign and date the envelope. This year for various reasons, a lot of early and mail-in voters decided to drop their ballot off on election day, that left a huge number of ballots that required signature verification and that is, as I understand it, a panel of 5 people to determine they are valid. In past years, most of those ballots would have been mailed or deposited in a drop box much earlier. As noted by another member, the actual process of counting votes usually goes on well past the winners have been declared. A winner is usually declared once it is clear that the opponent has no path to victory regardless of the final total. Arizona is close to twice the geographical size of Florida which is often cited as having a good vote counting system, and it's got some very remote areas.

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Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly will win a full six-year term, CNN projects, defeating Republican Blake Masters, a venture capitalist who was backed by former President Donald Trump and had repeated some of his falsehoods about the 2020 election. The win by Kelly, who was elected in 2020 to fill the term of the late GOP Sen. John McCain, is a critical victory that edges Democrats one step closer to their goal of maintaining control of the US Senate – which would be a stunning feat given the low approval ratings of President Joe Biden and the unfavorable economic climate that seemed to be driving momentum toward the GOP. With Kelly’s win in Arizona, Democrats will hold 49 seats and Republicans will hold 49. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/mark-kelly-blake-masters-arizona-senate-results/index.html?utm_term=1668223642185f35173a8fa73&utm_source=cnn_Breaking+News&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=Kx0khWjkkiU8tMO3TLdGp01cI1KULUrV8%2BxkB1%2BEv0QKNT7cEbW0jv%2BD6N0ZnCDq&bt_ts=1668223642189

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Voters in several states have approved progressive measures that could not get through a Democratic-led Congress or Republican-dominated statehouses. More low-income South Dakota residents will have access to Medicaid, and Arizona residents with medical debt will get more protections. Minimum wage workers in Nebraska will get a boost in pay. Here’s a sampling of the ballot measures: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/politics/medicaid-minimum-wage-midterm-election-ballot-measures/index.html

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus was asked to resign or face firing Friday by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Magnus said he would not step down, according to a statement to the Los Angeles Times, who first reported the story. “I am excited about the progress I made and look forward continuing that work,” Magnus said in the statement. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2022/11/11/cbp-commissioner-chris-magnus-asked-resign-face-firing/10669412002/

Two weeks after Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, the future of the company has never looked less certain. In the past week alone, one of the world’s most influential social networks has laid off half its workforce; alienated powerful advertisers; blown up key aspects of its product, then repeatedly launched and un-launched other features aimed at compensating for it; and witnessed an exodus of senior executives. The wild swings at Twitter only seemed to accelerate on Thursday with more executive departures, growing chaos over fake, verified accounts and an unusual public rebuke from the US government. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/tech/twitter-chaos-musk/index.html

In isolation, a modest slide in the economy of 0.2% over three months might fall into the category of regrettable but unsurprising in the circumstances. But looking ahead, the Bank of England and others anticipate that this is the first of a run of several quarters marking the start of a lengthy recession. And looking backwards now, it is very concerning that the UK economy remains smaller than just before the pandemic three years ago. Not only is the UK the only major economy to be shrinking in the three months to September, but it is the only one not to have recovered in full the chunk of the economy lost during the pandemic. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63596773

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An election-denying former journalist could be the next governor of Arizona. But does Kari Lake truly believe in what she's campaigned on - and will it matter when results of the razor-thin contest are finally called? It was 54C (130F), but Kari Lake was cool as a cucumber. Her immaculate hair-do and pristine make-up had somehow defied the sweaty ravages of the summer heat. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63593153

Consumer prices rose at slower rates in October, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department. The annual inflation rate fell to 7.7 percent in October from 8.2 percent in September, according to the consumer price index (CPI), a closely watched inflation gauge. Economists expected the annual inflation rate to fall to 7.9 percent, according to consensus projections. https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3729055-inflation-fell-to-7-7-percent-annual-increase-in-october/#:~:text=The annual inflation rate fell,percent%2C according to consensus projections.

Mubarak Isah Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala each received 20 lashes over their comic video of a Nigerian governor. TikTok Abuja, Nigeria CNN — Two TikTok comedians have been publicly whipped in Nigeria for making a video that a court in the northern Kano State ruled had defamed the state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, according to a judicial spokesperson. Mubarak Isah Muhammad, 26, and Nazifi Muhammad Bala, 23, each received 20 lashes for making defamatory statements about the governor, a spokesperson for Kano State Judiciary, Baba Jibo Ibrahim, told CNN on Wednesday. The two friends, according to Ibrahim, were sentenced on Monday after being brought before a magistrate’s court on Friday. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/africa/tiktokers-flogged-kano-nigeria-intl/index.html

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted Thursday morning that he is “sorry,” admitting that he “f---ed up” and “should have done better.” Bankman-Fried also announced that he is winding down Alameda Research, the trading firm he co-founded alongside FTX. The post comes as the onetime hero of the crypto sector begs for billions of dollars to stave off bankruptcy. It’s been a swift fall from grace for FTX this week. Earlier this year, the exchange was valued at $32 billion, but now Bankman-Fried is again looking for someone to backstop FTX after rival exchange Binance pulled out of a deal to acquire it. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/10/crypto-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-blames-himself-for-ftxs-collapse-admits-he-f-ed-up.html

The US government recorded a monthly budget deficit of $88 billion in October, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. That’s 47% lower than the October 2021 deficit of $165 billion and just below economists’ expectations of $90 billion, according to consensus estimates on Refinitiv. During October, which is the first month for the government’s 2023 fiscal year, unadjusted spending dropped 9% to $406 billion and revenues increased 12% to $319 billion. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/economy/us-monthly-budget-deficit-october/index.html

There seems to be a problem with this story. Jerry Lee isn't dead: TMZ walks back report Jerry Lee Lewis died Goodness, gracious. TMZ stunned readers Wednesday, sending off push alerts reporting that the iconic rocker Jerry Lee Lewis had died. The only problem: Lewis,87, is, in fact, alive. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/media/jerry-lee-lewis-death-tmz/?dicbo=v2-cb85c322c31545df1d51e4052175c6c5&hpt=ob_blogfooterold

Homes and buildings are collapsing into the ocean and authorities have issued warnings to evacuate some areas as Tropical Storm Nicole pushes a huge volume of ocean water onshore in southeast Florida. Video from Volusia County shows homes crumbling, reduced to wreckage, as Nicole’s waves erode the coastline. Separate video shows the county’s beach safety office collapsing into the rising water. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/us/homes-collapse-nicole-sea-level-rise-climate/index.html

I enjoy FB and use it, primarily to keep in touch with family and friends. I don't use it for news but it's nice to keep a finger on the pulse of what ordinary people are saying. As far as getting suspended, I have managed to stay on the better side of the rather vague 'Community Standards', but I did fall afoul of them when a former student I was chatting with on a thread made a few innocuous and humorous inquiries. I posted, "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you", with two smiley face emojis. Apparently, that is threatening and I received a warning. I contested it and the warning was rescinded. It took them a very long time to get around to dealing with it. And the notice that the post would be reinstated. There was a message that FB apologies for the time it was taking to deal with it due to staff shortages during Covid -- or something to that effect. 6 months later, I get a 2nd warning for THE SAME POST. Again, I contested and this time it was found to 'violate community standards.' I have a lot of friends who have had their accounts hacked. I'd suggest changing your password to something quite hard to crack. I suspect I was dealing with an algorithm that picked up a suspicious word. Now, I am a little more careful.

I enjoy FB and use it, primarily to keep in touch with family and friends. I don't use it for news but it's nice to keep a finger on the pulse of what ordinary people are saying. As far as getting suspended, I have managed to stay on the better side of the rather vague 'Community Standards', but I did fall afoul of them when a former student I was chatting with on a thread made a few innocuous and humorous inquiries. I posted, "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you", with two smiley face emojis. Apparently, that is threatening and I received a warning. I contested it and the warning was rescinded. It took them a very long time to get around to dealing with it. And the notice that the post would be reinstated. There was a message that FB apologies for the time it was taking to deal with it due to staff shortages during Covid -- or something to that effect. 6 months later, I get a 2nd warning for THE SAME POST. Again, I contested and this time it was found to 'violate community standards.' I have a lot of friends who have had their accounts hacked. I'd suggest changing your password to something quite hard to crack. I suspect I was dealing with an algorithm that picked up a suspicious word. Now, I am a little more careful.