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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jun 28, 2016
June 28, 2016
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What's Poppin':
The internet "star" of the day goes to a young lady named EMILY PETROZZA. The 21-year-old from Newington, Connecticut, was horrified to discover that poison ivy had spread from her arm to her eyeball and had a friend named ALLISON take her to a local clinic. Allison sent a photo of the swollen, red circles to her sister, LAUREN, who Tweeted out the shot. The Twitterverse went wild, the photo got over 58-thousand "Likes," 33-thousand re-Tweets and fans the world over chimed in to share their puffy eyes, too.
Emily is on prescription medication, told BuzzFeed News that her eyeballs still itch and was a really good sport about the entire ordeal. (Lee)Auto World /Gas Guzzlin' Update:
The latest survey from Triple-A says with gas prices 17 percent lower than last year at this time, they're expecting more people than ever on the highways for the Fourth of July.
Triple-A says 43 million Americans will be traveling this weekend --and not just by automobile. About 84 percent will be driving according to their figures.The Airlines:
Are you taking to the friendly skies soon? Ready to ditch the nine-to-five for sun, sand, surf and oodles of fun? You may want to pack your patience along with your sunscreen --millions of travelers will face oodles of pesky problems while heading to or from their destination. Here are the ten worst airports for summer travel based on flight delays, cancellations, long lines, bad restaurants and general mediocrity.
10. Los Angeles International Airport
9. Miami International Airport
8. Chicago Midway International Airport
7. Washington Dulles International Airport
6. Philadelphia International Airport
5. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
4. John F. Kennedy International Airport
3. Chicago O'Hare International
2. LaGuardia Airport
1. Newark Liberty International Airport (Lee)Good fences make good neighbors:
You've done the whole Ding Dong Ditch thing before.
That's when you go to a house, ring the doorbell and run off before the people inside come to answer the door.
But in Shorewell, Illinois, JOHN WRIGHT, an 82-year-old insurance agent, has filed a $50-thousand dollar lawsuit against the family of a teenager who's reportedly done the whole ding dong ditch thing so many times because Wright works with his father, and he's reportedly lost $30-grand in income as well as suffering "severe emotional distress, severe anxiety, sleeplessness, extreme and rapid weight loss, and required treatment medication in order to function in his daily living." -
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