In Other News, Nov. 8

Published 5:38 pm Friday, November 8, 2013

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Editor’s note: “In Other News” is a list of state, national and global headlines compiled by The Daily Citizen news staff. To suggest a story, email the appropriate link to inothernews@daltoncitizen.com. The deadline is 3 p.m.

Dawn in Philippines expected to reveal damage from powerful typhoon

As dawn approached the Philippines on Saturday, the devastation of Super Typhoon Haiyan is expected to become better known a day after the storm — perhaps the strongest ever — rampaged across the central isles of the archipelago. — CNN

Google’s floating tech center has ambitious design

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Google explained why it is building a floating structure in San Francisco Bay earlier this week, but the San Francisco Chronicle revealed the ambitious architectural plans for the project Friday. — USA Today

Customer gets into argument and shoots up Cobb County Waffle House

A suspect was in custody Friday morning after he allegedly shot up a Cobb County Waffle House, police said. — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Obama gets behind Democrats’ $10.10 minimum wage proposal

President Barack Obama is throwing his support behind congressional Democrats’ proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 and peg it to inflation, more than a dollar higher than the $9 proposal he made in his State of the Union address in February. — Huffington Post

The cars we’ll be driving in the world of 2050

What will the cars of 2050 look like? What will power them? Will they even have a steering wheel? Sven Beiker peers under the bonnet of tomorrow’s autos. — BBC

Cut in food stamps forces hard choices on poor

For many, a $10 or $20 cut in the monthly food budget would be absorbed with little notice. But for millions of poor Americans who rely on food stamps, reductions that began this month present awful choices. — The New York Times

Promise breakers: Congressional lawmakers shirk shutdown pledge, keep paychecks

Nearly half of Congress promised to share federal workers’ pain during the partial government shutdown by forsaking pay — but now that the shutdown is over and employees got paid, many lawmakers say they deserve their own checks. — The Washington Times

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