Is RG3 living up to the hype?
Robert Griffin III, the Redskins’ rookie quarterback, achieved a milestone reached by only two others in NFL history. After throwing for 323 yards in Sunday’s 24-22 squeaker over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Griffin topped the 1,000-yard passing mark in just four games. Carolina Panthers QB and 2011 Rookie of the Year Cam Newton and fellow rookie Ryan Tannehill, of the Miami Dolphins, are the only other first-year quarterbacks to pass for more than 1,000 yards in their first four games.
How many millionaires collect unemployment benefits?
There are nearly 2,400 people receiving unemployment benefits in households with annual incomes of $1 million or more, Bloomberg News reported. The jobless rich constitute just 0.02 percent of the 11 million people who collected unemployment, the Congressional Research Service said. Cutting such benefits for the nation’s top earners in one of the proposals that Congress is considering to reduce the nation’s national budget deficit.
Is Iran’s national currency collapsing?
The rial, the official currency of the Islamic republic, has been struggling to maintain its value as economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the U.S. and its allies take their toll. Nervous Iranians are rushing to change their rials into foreign currency, accelerating the rial’s downward spiral. The rial, trading at 37,500 to a U.S. dollar last week, was down this week to 24,600. The sanctions are a response to Iran’s drive to build a nuclear weapon.
