1. OBAMA SYRIA POLICY
Changes possible: The Obama administration appears to be rethinking its Syria policy and how it’s targeting ISIS, senior U.S. officials and diplomats are telling CNN. The review is a tacit admission that the initial strategy of trying to confront ISIS first in Iraq and then take on the group’s fighters in Syria, without also focusing on the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was a miscalculation. In just the past week, the White House has convened four meetings of the President’s national security team. “The President has asked us to look again at how this fits together,” one senior official said. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes denies any formal review is underway.
2. COMET LANDING
Heavenly results: Did you see what scientists did yesterday? They landed a space probe on a comet about 310 million miles from Earth. Pretty impressive stuff. It’s never been done before. At least not by earthlings. The mission took off from Earth 10 years ago and traveled 6.4 billion miles before arriving in early August at the comet. The space probe will conduct nine different types of experiments on the comet’s surface and send back data to the European Space Agency.
3. SEAWORLD STOCK
Floundering: Another wave of bad news for SeaWorld. Attendance is down and so are stock prices. The company said profits could fall as much as 16% for the year. “Clearly 2014 has failed to meet our expectations,” said CEO Jim Atchison. SeaWorld said in its earnings release that “negative media coverage” was still weighing on business. Blackfish, a documentary promoted by and aired on CNN last year raised criticisms of SeaWorld’s allegedly cruel animal treatment.
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source: CNN.com
