The news to know for Wednesday, October 17th, 2018!

Today, we're talking about the largest country yet to legalize marijuana and the record number of job openings in the U.S.

Plus: Uber's valuation, Lyft's subscription service and Facebook's next in-home device.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about all of the stories mentioned (click 'Episodes') or see below.

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Sources:

Canada's Legal Weed: CBC, NYT, CNBC, NBC News

Texas Flooding The Weather Channel / Michael Aftermath The Weather Channel

Student Debt Relief: CNN, NYT

Cost of College: WSJ

Job Openings Record: MarketWatch, U.S. Dept. of Labor

Uber's Valuation: WSJ, CNBC

Lyft Subscriptions: The Verge

Facebook's Next Device: Cheddar, TechCrunch

Twitter Error TechCrunch / YouTube Down: CBS News, Twitter

Harry Potter Parody Play: The Verge, CNET

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