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October 31, 2015

Looking Ahead

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Oct. 26

Microsoft will make its first entry into the market for laptop computers today when it releases its new Surface Book. The Microsoft product is a direct assault on Apple’s share of the consumer laptop market: The Surface book both looks similar to and carries a similar price tag to Apple’s MacBook Pro.

Oct. 27

The 2015 Major League Baseball season culminates with the World Series beginning today. In the fictional future imagined in Back to the Future II, the Chicago Cubs won the 2015 World Series against an imaginary Miami franchise. Half of the prediction was possible when Chicago made the playoffs.

Nov. 1

All 550 seats in Turkey’s Grand National Assembly will be up for grabs today. Turkish voters elected a parliament in June, but the AKP, which won nearly 41 percent of the vote, was unable to form a coalition with any of the other parties. Turkish President Recep Erdogan, an AKP leader, in August called for a new election in hopes of gaining a majority.

Nov. 3

State Issue 3, a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana in Ohio, will be among the issues voters will decide today during this fall’s off-year elections. A Kent State University poll showed 56 percent support for marijuana legalization in Ohio.

Nov. 5

Congress and the president may have agreed to a continuing resolution to fund the government until Dec. 11, but according to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Congress will have to raise the debt limit on or around Nov. 5 in order to prevent a debt crisis. According to present law, the Treasury cannot issue more debt to pay governmental obligations above the debt limit.