With the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics set to begin on Friday, the personal-finance website WalletHub has
With the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics set to begin on Friday, the personal-finance website WalletHub has released a “by the numbers” report to help fans understand the unique issues surrounding this Olympiad. Here are five highlights:
v $11.5B: Estimated cost of hosting the 2016 Rio Olympics.
v 85K: Security personnel will work the Rio Games – more than twice as many as the 2012 London Olympics.
v 26K: Cases of Zika were reported in Rio in the first three months of 2016.
v 32 tons: Of dead fish will be removed from the rowing and canoeing lagoon before the water-based activities take place.
v 16 Years: Age of the youngest members of Team USA, gymnast Laurie Hernandez and hurdler Sydney McLaughlin (both from New Jersey).
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Community yard sale in N. Jackson
LAKE MILTON
The annual Community Wide Yard Sale will take place Friday and Saturday in Jackson Township.
More than 200 yard sales will take place at homes throughout the township, beginning at 9 a.m. each day. The focal point of both days will be the field of sales, next to the Jackson-Milton High School football stadium, on Mahoning Avenue in North Jackson.
NBC to celebrate Bennett’s birthday
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.
NBC is celebrating Tony Bennett’s 90th birthday with a star-filled tribute titled “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come.” It will air Dec. 20.
Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder and k.d. lang are among those who will perform with the pop singer, the network said Tuesday. Other stars taking part are Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble, Billy Joel, Elton John, Diana Krall and Rufus Wainwright.
Actors also will be on hand to salute Bennett, including Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta and Bruce Willis, with more participants for the two-hour program to be announced, NBC said.
“I turn 90 tomorrow and feel like I’m just getting started and look forward to each day,” Bennett said in a statement Tuesday. An exhibit of paintings by Bennett, who also is an artist, is on display at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown.
Cowell will return to talent show
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.
Simon Cowell will be back in front of the cameras for “America’s Got Talent” next season. Cowell, who created the show’s format in Britain, is returning for his second round as a judge, NBC said Tuesday.
He’ll be reunited with Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel, who’s the longest-serving judge with seven seasons behind him. Nick Cannon will be back as host.levision as a judge on “American Idol.”
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