A healthy fear

Monday, October 31, 2016 View this email in your browser Happy Halloween. Don't forget to send us pix of your creative news-inspired costumes. We'd love to share them. Here's what you need to know today to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. By Doug Criss. 1. Campaign 2016 If you aren't caught up on the bombshell reigniting of the Clinton email scandal, here's a primer. It's a tad too convoluted to sum up in a few lines. Just know, it's now the Democrats who're playing defense, going after the man who lit the fuse: FBI Director James Comey. The GOP says this is more evidence Hillary Clinton is too corrupt to be president. 2. Italy earthquakes Yet, another quake rocked central Italy over the weekend, injuring 20. That's the fourth major earthquake there in three months, and the strongest in 30 years. Yes, all of them are connected because central Italy has a number of fault lines directly underneath it. Meaning: We'll probably see more quakes. 3. Michael Vance The weeklong manhunt for Michael Dale Vance Jr. is over, after not one but two shootouts with police. Vance's death ends a violent spree in which the man charged with child sex abuse killed two relatives, injured two cops, shot another woman AND boasted about his crimes on Facebook. 4. Inmate protests Inmates across the country are on strike. As many as 50,000 of them. Prison doesn't have to be luxurious but it's not supposed to be dangerous or dehumanizing. And the inmates want an end to, what they say, is a form of legalized slavery. 5. Turkey unrest The attempted coup in Turkey was almost four months ago, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn't done going after anyone he thinks is connected to Fethullah Gulen. (He's the US-based cleric Erdogan says masterminded the coup.) This morning, Turkey arrested 13 journalists. Over the weekend, it fired more than TEN THOUSAND public servants.  Share Tweet Forward Breakfast Browse (Halloween edition) People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Costume conundrum Before you head out in that costume of yours tonight, you might want to consider this handy guide. Put the knife down Think you're pretty good at carving? Look at these NASA engineers' pumpkins and just give up already. Super babies Seriously, is there anything cuter than newborn babies, in the intensive care unit, sporting superhero Halloween costumes? Nope. A healthy fear Go ahead, head to the haunted house or watch that scary movie tonight. Getting the crap scared out of you is actually good for you. Tips or treats? Here's how to avoid an unhealthy Halloween. First tip: Make sure you eat before you trick or treat. And finally ... Pumpkin splat Can a pumpkin protect an iPhone dropped from 100 feet above? It's Halloween, so no better day to find out. (Click to view)   Thanks for reading Five Things! We'd love to share our other newsletters with you. Follow this link for daily coverage of the dramatic election season, savvy market insights, an insider's look into the media, and more. Read more stories on CNN.com » Paid Content CNN Five Things shows up in your inbox every weekday at 6 a.m. ET. Like what you see? Don't like what you see? Let us know. We're all about self improvement. Did a friend forward you this newsletter? Sign yourself up! Copyright © 2016 Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to CNN newsletters. Our mailing address is: Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences