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Canada's Legal Weed: All eyes on Canada today as it becomes the second and largest country to legalize recreational marijuana.
Read more: CBC, NYT, CNBC, NBC News

Severe Weather: Heavy rain caused major flooding in parts of Texas. The governor declared a state of disaster and at least one person died. It's also been one week now since Hurricane Michael made landfall. The death toll is now up to 30.
Read more:Texas FloodingThe Weather Channel/ Michael AftermathThe Weather Channel

Student Debt Relief: A federal judge said an Obama-era rule must immediately go into effect, even though the current Education Secretary had put it on hold. The rule offers federal loan forgiveness to students who were cheated out of an education by for-profit colleges that misled them and shut down.
Read more: CNN,NYT

Cost of College: The real cost of college has apparently stayed flat or even gone down in recent years. Even when the "sticker" price seems higher, reports say colleges are offering more grants and scholarships because there are fewer student applicants and more competition.
Read more: WSJ

Job Openings Record: The newest Labor Department numbers show a record number of job openings in August. It was the first time the number topped 7 million and is the highest on record.
Read more: MarketWatch,U.S. Dept. of Labor

Uber's Valuation: Uber's valuation is now double what it was just two months ago. A couple of banks valued the company at $120 billion. Uber is getting ready for an IPO early next year. 
Read more:WSJ,CNBC

Lyft's Subscriptions: It's official now. The Lyft All-Access monthly subscription plan is now available to everyone in the U.S. It's $299/month and offers up to thirty $15 rides a month. Be warned: unused rides do not roll over. 
Read more: The Verge

Facebook's TV Set Top: Facebook is apparently working on its next in-home device. Reports say project "Ripley" will sit on top of your TV and work for both video chat and media viewing. Details expected next year. 
Read more: Cheddar,TechCrunch

Social Media Errors: Two social media errors you may have run into yesterday: 1) Twitter accidentally sent out notifications with a bunch of numbers and letters that made no sense. Turns out: it was a bug in the code butnota security issue. 2) YouTube was down for about 90 minutes but says the issue is now fixed. No word yet what caused the failure. 
Read more: TwitterTechCrunch/ YouTubeCBS News,Twitter

Harry Potter Parody: The popularPuffs Off-Broadway play is about to make history by becoming the first major play to be widely available online while still selling tickets to the in-person show. It's Broadway in the digital era...
Read more: The Verge,CNET

 

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