Let’s start our story where all good tales start, at the beginning. She was just a small town girl, minding her own business, feeling as is if the world was meaningless. No matter how hard she tried, no matter how she spent her time, she felt as if she resided in a lonely world. In a desperate attempt to change the course of her life, she headed to the train station, bought a ticket for the train leaving at midnight headed anywhere. He was in a similar situation, just a city boy, born and raised in Michigan. South Detroit, to be exact. He could not stand the life he had cultivated in the city. Something drove him to take that same midnight train headed anywhere.
Whatever you do, don’t stop believing? In the meantime, here’s what you missed in the news yesterday.
Oh, So That’s Why Our Parents Checked Our Candy…
When I would go trick-or-treating on Halloween night, I always took a pillowcase and spent hours going around the streets of my neighborhood, filling that case to the brim with candies and sweets of all shapes, colors, and sizes. When my brother and I got home, like clockwork, our parents would ask that we dump our candy on the dining room table and let them check our treats for dangerous substances like razor blades, drugs, etc.
Luckily our parents were never harmed by our candy, but two parents in Oregon didn’t have the same luck this year. The ill-fated couple ended up in the hospital after eating from a bag of gummy candy their children grabbed during their trick-or-treating. The gummy candies, which the parents claimed were from a “fully sealed” bag, contained traces of meth, according to the Oregonian.
Earlier this week, a 5-year-old boy in Ohio ingested Halloween candy laced with methamphetamine as well.
What has the world come to?
Did Alec Bald-Win? Nope, He Lost
Actor Alec Baldwin, famous for numerous film/tv roles including his most recent portrayal of President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” was arrested and charged with assault and harassment on Friday. According to his arresting officers, Baldwin made “physical contact” with the victim after the man took a parking spot that Baldwin was waiting for.
We’ve all been there. You’re waiting to get groceries at Trader Joe’s, and it feels like you’ve been waiting for hours. A spot finally opens up and a tiny sports car races into the spot. The real question is, would you punch the driver?
Alright, Facebook. You’re Grounded, Mr.
No matter how hard Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook (FB), tries to protect his site’s user data, he just can’t seem to get it right. On Friday, the BBC reported that the private Facebook (FB) messages of at least 81,000 people were reportedly stolen because of a third-party browser extension. The BBC also reported that a suspicious group of characters reached out to them to sell Facebook (FB) data sourced from 120 million user accounts.
This data breach follows the most recent hack of Facebook (FB) data in September which saw 50 million login tokens compromised.
“Based on our investigation so far, we believe this information was obtained through malicious browser extensions installed off Facebook. We have contacted browser makers to ensure that known malicious extensions are no longer available to download in their stores and to share information that could help identify additional extensions that may be related.
–Guy Rosen, VP of Product Management, Facebook
Based on the frequency of data breaches from Facebook’s (FB) platform, I won’t be shocked if users and investors consider parting ways with the social media giant.
