- Good day to you.
I'm journalist Frank James with an FJ News Quickie,
all the news from this week that you can handle.
Today, we've got headlines including
a near collision with an airliner,
developments concerning the #FreeBritney movement,
and a major development
for the beloved TV game show, "Jeopardy!".
As always, timestamps are in the description
and chapters in the video timeline.
First up, a spotlight on crime in America.
22-year-old Nicholas Mark was applying for a job
at a Pennsylvania pizzeria last Wednesday
when he suddenly grabbed the tip jar off the table and ran,
a move generally advised against by job search experts.
Luckily for local police, Mark had already submitted
his name and phone number to the pizzeria,
and for good measure, left behind a backpack
containing drugs and items bearing his name.
After a short man hunt, the tip jar thief was apprehended
and booked on charges of robbery and drug possession.
It is unclear if he is still in consideration for the job.
Next, in California,
a pair of inventors have created a smart crib
to make life easier for new parents.
The Cradlewise smart crib detects when a baby is waking up
and automatically begins rocking the child
gently back to sleep.
Bharath Patil, co-inventor of the smart crib, says, however,
that sometimes parents will need to intervene.
Analysts agree that, with technological advancements,
in the near future smart cribs will become advanced enough
to require no intervention
until the child is ready to move out of the house at age 30.
And now to our politics segment, in a story demonstrating
the bitter partisan divide in the US.
A man went before the Lincoln, Nebraska City Council
on Wednesday, demanding that the city
ban the use of the term "boneless chicken wings".
Ander Christensen argued before the City Council
that the meat in boneless chicken wings
is not even from the wing,
rendering the term inaccurate at best,
and at worst an insidious campaign of disinformation
aimed at America's youth.
Alternative names Christensen suggested include
"buffalo style chicken tenders," "wet tenders," and "saucy nugs."
Which makes this journalist think
he might go get some saucy nugs
once this credible news program is concluded.
In the entertainment world, pop icon Britney Spears,
whose finances have been controlled
for the last 12 years by a conservatorship,
says she wants the details of the case
to be open to the public.
The conservatorship was started in 2008
after a long string of personal struggles for the singer.
Fans of the pop star have made the hashtag "FreeBritney"
a trend online, as rumors abound that Jamie Spears,
Britney's father and sole conservator,
is being over-controlling and stealing his daughter's money.
It should go without saying that fans
who do not know Spears personally,
and have no firsthand knowledge of the situation whatsoever,
probably know what's best for her.
Now, frightening moments above Los Angeles last Sunday
when two airline pilots reported to air traffic control
that a "guy in a jet pack" was passing them
at an altitude of 3,000 feet.
Fortunately, no collisions occurred.
The FBI is now investigating.
Experts agree that the unidentified jet pack flyer
is most likely an eccentric genius billionaire playboy
with a little too much time on his hands.
And now our headline story.
Major developments for the iconic
TV trivia game show "Jeopardy!"
as the show has hired Ken Jennings as a consulting producer,
sparking rumors that the former record-breaking contestant
may be next in line to host the show.
Jennings holds the world record
for highest-earning game show contestant of all time,
and owns the longest winning streak on "Jeopardy!".
80-year-old Alex Trebek has hosted the show since 1984,
and in recent years has been fighting cancer.
Trebek shows no signs of slowing down, however,
continuing to host
as the show has begun shooting a new season,
which has undergone changes to the set
to allow for social distancing between contestants.
If Ken Jennings does take over as "Jeopardy!" host one day,
this journalist imagines it will be hard for him
to stop himself from saying,
"We can't all be the greatest of all time,"
whenever a returning champion loses.
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