Verizon, MrBeast, Fruit Loops & More - 10/1/2024

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Today's Rundown:
Monday Brings The Loss Of NBA's Dikembe Mutombo (58), MLB's Pete Rose (83), Broadway's Gavin Creel (48)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/dikembe-mutombo-dies-58-rcna173258
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/pete-rose-dead-baseball-hits-leader-gambling-scandal-rcna173378
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/09/30/gavin-creel-dies-tony-winning-actor/75453476007/
   
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
https://apnews.com/article/port-strike-ila-dockworkers-begins-e5468e760f46a64e4322d1702beb1f72
  
DirecTV to Acquire Dish and Sling TV, Creating Largest U.S. TV Provider
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/directv-echostar-deal-acquisition-dish-sling-tv-1236017675/
  
Verizon customers report widespread outages, with mobile phones limited to SOS mode
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/verizon-outage-network-down-sos-mode-downdetector-map/
  
Texas Man Pays $4,000 For Autographed Taylor Swift Guitar, Immediately Smashes It Into Pieces
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/09/30/texas-man-pays-4000-for-autographed-taylor-swift-guitar-immediately-smashes-it-into-pieces/
  
Youtube’s MrBeast looks for ‘obsessed’ employees to help run his $700 million company, per leaked handbook
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/youtube-mrbeast-looks-obsessed-employees-090200921.html
  
Rebel Wilson and Ramona Agruma marry in Italy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/09/30/rebel-wilson-ramona-agruma-married-wedding/75441872007/
  
California becomes 1st state to ban Froot Loops from school cafeterias
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-first-state-banish-froot-232343374.html
   
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