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August 22, 2015

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Aug. 20

A loan payment of $3.5 billion from Greece to the European Central Bank will be due today. Greek lawmakers and European central bankers have been busy trying to negotiate a new bailout before the loan payment is due, while many Greek citizens have taken to the streets to protest restrictions on government spending.

Aug. 22

Officials with the San Francisco 49ers have agreed to lease out luxury suites at Levi’s Stadium so fantasy football fans can conduct drafts. August marks the most exciting time of the fantasy football season: draft time. For $950, a league of up to 12 players can rent a luxury suite at the 49ers’ stadium on Aug. 22 and conduct a fantasy draft overlooking San Francisco’s gridiron.

Aug. 23

As part of its merger with American Airlines, US Airways will abandon its state-of-the-art flight operations control center at Pittsburgh International Airport and transfer operations to an American Airlines facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The two airlines officially merged in April. The last plane with a US Airways brand is scheduled to touch down on Oct. 16, signaling the completion of the merger.

Aug. 28

After spending most of the last two years in the news for the wrong reasons, former teen icon Justin Bieber says he’ll release a new single today. Bieber, who hasn’t released a new song since November 2014, hasn’t cracked the American Billboard charts since 2013. The new song will be titled “What Do You Mean.”

Aug. 29

Sky watchers observing the night sky will see a supermoon this evening: a full moon at its closest position to the Earth during its elliptical orbit. According to NASA, supermoons can appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than the moon at its furthest distance from the Earth.