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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 17, 2017
April 17, 2017
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Taking everything much too seriously:
Hundreds of CHARLES CHAPLIN fans converged on his former home in Switzerland yesterday.
Easter Sunday marked what would have been Chaplin's 128th birthday and fans dressed up just like him to celebrate. A total of 662 people showed up at the Manoir de Ban yesterday dressed as his character THE TRAMP. The estate, just above Lake Geneva, is where Chaplin lived in his final 25 years. He died in 1977. (Still)Ballpark fast food:
The Seattle Mariners --who serve grasshoppers at a concession stand-- had to call in an emergency order before the weekend so they'd have enough for the fans. And the team management has also begun to impose a per-game order limit for the rest of the season so they don't run out.
ESPN reports the team sold 901 orders of the insects over the first three home games. The grasshoppers are toasted in a chili lime salt and come in a four-ounce cup for $4.
A team spokesman says the grasshoppers, which are an appetizer sold at the restaurant, Poquitos, were added to the ballpark menu as a novelty, but the team didn't expect them to be that popular.On, off and way-off-Broadway:
The Broadway musical based on the BILL MURRAY movie "Groundhog Day" is supposed to open tonight, but possibly without its star. The New York Post says ANDY KARL hurt his knee when he did an onstage jump during Friday night's preview at the August Wilson Theater. He was taken to the hospital and the Saturday matinee was canceled. Andy's understudy, ANDREW CALL did the Saturday night performance, and is ready for opening night if he's needed. (Marino)
Immigration Update:
The Washington Post reports that immigration arrests have spiked in the first months of PRESIDENT TRUMP's administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested 21,362 immigrants from January to mid-March --a 32.6-percent jump from the same time last year.
Nearly three-quarters of the arrested immigrants had criminal convictions, according to the report, but the biggest increase was in arrests of immigrants without criminal records. (Pacelli) -
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