What to know now:
1. Pence's plane: The plane carrying vice presidential nominee Mike Pence skidded off a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday night. There were no injuries reported as the 737 landed in the rain a little before 8 p.m. The airport was closed for an hour or so, then opened to limited air traffic. Pence tweeted that he will be back on the campaign trail on Friday and that he is "So thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many."
2. Bundys acquitted: Chaos erupted in an Oregon courtroom Thursday when a jury acquitted Ammon Bundy and several others for their roles in a 41-day standoff at a wildlife refuge in rural Oregon. After the verdicts were announced, Bundy's attorney began yelling at the judge, demanding that Bundy be released. When he continued, U.S. marshals tackled him then used a stun gun on him several times before he was arrested. Bundy was not immediately released because he faces charges in Nevada from an armed standoff there two years ago.
3. McQueary wins suit: Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary was awarded $7.3 million in damages Thursday in a defamation suit filed against the school. McQueary, who in 2001 reported to authorities that he witnessed then-defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in a campus facility, brought the suit against the school saying the school's unwillingness to act brought "irreparable harm to his ability to earn a living, especially in his chosen profession of coaching football." He claimed he was painted as a scapegoat by the school and that his firing was a direct result of his cooperation with investigators in the Sandusky abuse case.
4. Bill Clinton Inc.: A memo from longtime Bill Clinton aide Doug Band released by WikiLeaks Thursday describes how Band worked to provide the former president and his family with free travel and vacations as he melded business ventures with fundraising for the Clinton Foundation. Band said in the email hacked from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's email account that he managed "Bill Clinton Inc." as he secured speaking engagements and consulting fees that brought in tens of millions for Clinton at the same time he raised funds for the Clinton Foundation. The free travel and vacations for the Clintons came at a time when Hillary Clinton was in charge of the State Department.
5. Condit and Levy: Gary Condit, the former congressman who was suspected in the disappearance of Washington D.C. intern Chandra Levy, has written a book about the case. Condit was a guest on the "Dr. Phil" show Thursday. He said his political career ended after he was suspected of having something to do with Levy's disappearance and murder. The two had a relationship, Condit said, but he has never admitted to a sexual relationship with Levy. Her body was found in a D.C. area park and another man was convicted of her murder. Earlier this year, that conviction was dismissed.
And one more
Tonight the city of Chicago will see something they have seen in decades. They'll see their Cubs in a World Series game played in Chicago. The Cubs take on the Cleveland Indians in Game 3 of the 2016 series. Fans in Chicago are shelling out hundreds of dollars for tickets not to see the game in person, but to watch it in venues near the stadium. If you want to get tickets for the game at Wrigley Field, it'll cost about $3,000 a pop.
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