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BY ERIK SHUTE
ANCHOR LAUREN GORES
This is Newsy Now and there are the headlines you need to know.
In Afghanistan, dozens are dead after a blast rocks a Shiite shrine. Reporters on the ground for Reuters call the incident a “grim new precedent.”
The Telegraph reports a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite Muslim shrine in Kabul killing at least 54 people. The attack comes as hundreds of worshippers came to the shrine during the Muslim holy day of Ashura. President Hamid Karzai spoke out saying the attack is, “the first time that on such an important religious day in Afghanistan terrorism of that horrible nature is taking place.”
Massive cuts to the United State Postal Service threaten next day delivery services for the first time in 40 years. MSNBC reports jobs and local offices are on the chopping block.
“The cash-strapped U.S. Postal service plans to stop next day delivery. 28,000 Jobs and half the nation's mail processing centers will be cut.”
New allegations resurface BP’s Gulf oil spill from 2010. The British energy giant now accuses the off-shore drilling company Halliburton of intentionally destroying evidence to cover-up its share of the blame in the disaster. HLN has the details.
“BP is taking Halliburton to court with very serious allegations, saying, alleging, Halliburton knew about problems it made for that well and intentionally destroyed evidence, even before the blowout... The company denies them. Halliburton says they are not true and they look forward to going to court.”
The eurozone crisis continues downward as Standard & Poor threatens to downgrade the credit rating for 15 countries. Fox News explains the effect on the U.S.
“American money could be involved in a bailout of Europe. Here's why. In June of 2009 when the president signed the stimulus plan into law, it contained a provision under which up to $100 billion of our taxpayer dollars could be made available to the IMF for use in this kind of bailout... President Obama and Tim Geithner moving heaven and earth to make sure there is a bailout.”
In sports -- the National Hockey League agrees to a radical change Monday -- switching its six divisions, two conference setup into four separate conferences. ESPN discussed which teams lost out on the deal.
“I don’t imagine some of these East Conference teams had a lot of motivation to want to change. The current system was pretty good for them... Overall I don’t think there’s a ton of losers but I think the increased travel may be difficult for some teams.”
Stay with Newsy for more analysis on news throughout the day. For Newsy Now, I’m Lauren Gores -- highlighting the top headlines making you smarter, faster.
