October 29, 2015 Follow Us: Presented by Important Presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Sen. Ted Cruz engaged in a heated debate last night on CNBC. Source: Getty Fired Up Republicans Target One Another, Media Experience trumped outsiders last night. After pointed barbs between the candidates, Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio scored big cheers by taking aim at CNBC's debate moderators, with Cruz declaring "this is not a cage match." Nearly every candidate squeezed in a zinger at the expense of their visibly shaken moderators. But pundits clapped loudest for Florida Senator Rubio, calling it the strongest night of his campaign, compared to Ben "Quiet Man" Carson, a somewhat understated Donald Trump and a lackluster Jeb Bush - all signs that political fortunes may be turning as volatility flares. Sources: NYT, FT (sub), Washington Post Share: Kerry: World Leaders Must Navigate Syria Out of 'Hell' It'll be a devil of a time. The U.S. secretary of state is heading to Vienna for talks about Syria, where he says foreign leaders must "chart a course out of hell." Today's talks see Russia, the U.S., France, Germany, Britain, Saudi Arabia and notably Iran, among others, come together to discuss Assad's fate and how to best end the Syrian civil war. With Russian and U.S.-led planes circling over Syria, risking a bigger blowup, the talks signal a determination to hear all sides of the argument and restore the peace. Sources: BBC, NYT Share: Fed Holds Rates Steady, Hints at December Move Ho ho ho. While the Federal Reserve meeting yesterday resulted in no change to short-term interest rates, investors have been put on alert just in time for the holidays. Central bankers kept their benchmark near zero but explicitly warned that they'll consider a lift at their final 2015 meeting in December. Many analysts, citing global economic concerns and low inflation, had predicted that a hike would have to wait until next year. But the Fed eased its warning about international woes hurting the U.S. economy, meaning Santa may deliver higher rates. Sources: FT (sub), The Guardian Share: Nepal Elects First Female President Ladies are standing a bit taller there today. Long-time women's rights campaigner Bidhya Devi Bhandari has been elected the Himalayan nation's first female president. The Communist Party's deputy leader, 54, lobbied hard for the new constitution, adopted last month, which requires that either the president or vice president be a woman. The new framework also demands that a third of Nepal's lawmakers be female. Heralding the 327-214 parliamentary vote in her favor, Bhandari says her ascension is the first step toward ensuring Nepal's new guarantee of equality. Sources: The Guardian, SMH Share: Briefly Royal pain: Mets lose Game Two to Kansas City, 7-1. (USA Today) Rep. Paul Ryan expected to be installed as House Speaker today. (Washington Post) Rwanda debates constitutional change for third presidential term. (Reuters) U.S. House approves budget deal. (The Hill) UN: North Koreans being sent abroad into forced labor. (BBC) INTRIGUING Hackers Plan to Reveal Identities of KKK Members Modern-day vigilantes are after their hoods. The Anonymous collective of hackers says it will release the identities and contact information of 1,000 alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan. They purportedly shut down the Klansmen's websites after the shooting death of Michael Brown last year, when the KKK threatened "lethal force" against protesters. Anonymous also falsely accused a police officer who had never been to Ferguson, Missouri, of shooting Brown. But now they're threatening to release the names of hundreds they claim are white supremacists next month. Sources: CSM, News.Mic Share: Comet's Molecular Oxygen Makes Big Impact It's cooking with gas. The European Rosetta spacecraft has found oxygen molecules in the cloud surrounding a comet. Since most of Earth's oxygen arises from biological processes, it was assumed it couldn't hitch rides on debris from the birth of our solar system. But this finding suggests a gentler process that enabled the comets to retain their oxygen, and forces physicists to consider that it may be time to rethink their standard wisdom about the system's formation. Others, meanwhile, wonder whether comets can produce biosignatures of life all by themselves. Sources: Mashable , Discovery Share: SXSW Considers Day-Long Anti-Harassment Event They don't want a fight. Earlier this week, the celebrated tech and cultural festival caused an uproar when it decided to cancel two discussion panels on harassment and abuse in gaming. SXSW was widely seen as kowtowing to powerful tech geeks in the Gamergate controversy who resent claims that games demean women. That resulting backlash, combined with threats by Buzzfeed and Vox to pull out, seems to have kicked the festival into damage control mode. Now organizers are talking about reinstating a panel and possibly holding a day-long discussion on harassment. Sources: Fortune, Fast Company Share: Elusive Harry Potter Play Tickets Frustrate Fans They lost that magic feeling. The kid wizard is returning in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at London's Palace Theatre, and devotees had to pre-register online and wait in a "pre-queue" for hours yesterday for a chance to buy priority booking seats. But this caused a virtual pileup of more than 18,000, many of whom experienced technical hiccups. Those preview seats quickly sold out - resellers are flogging them for 10 times the original price - so fans should probably grab their wands to conjure up seats as general ticket sales begin tomorrow. Sources: EW, Time, Crave Share: Christian McCaffrey Is Dashing for the Heisman Trophy If he loses, he can't blame his genes. Stanford's star running back, the son of three-time Super Bowl champ Ed McCaffrey, is climbing the ranks of college football. His famous dad's shadow is omnipresent, adding pressure on him and his three brothers to excel. But the 19-year-old with the blond haired, blue-eyed "All-American" look has been supplementing this genetic advantage with old-fashioned hard work - a strategy that just saw Sports Illustrated rank him as No. 5 on their "Heisman Watch" list. Sources: OZY Share: Your 8 must reads to get you ahead of the curve PERFORMANCE Movie Mashup! Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid. Read In Full RISING STARS Christian McCaffrey: Dashing for the Heisman Trophy Read In Full WILDCARD Down and Dirty, With Plenty of Shouting Read In Full 20M people love reading OZY every month. Be part of the revolution. Add us to your Address Book | Having trouble viewing this email? 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