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Monday could be judgment day for a retail giant of yore. Sears Holdings, the parent company of Sears and Kmart, has to come up with $134 million by then. The most recent filing from Sears showed it had only $193 million in cash on hand as of August 4, the end of its last fiscal quarter. Having so little cash available would make it difficult for the once-booming brand to pay its debt by this week's deadline. All signs point to a bankruptcy filing soon.
November's midterm elections are fast approaching, and we'll get a taste of one of the biggest contests Tuesday when Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and his Democratic challenger, Beto O'Rourke, come together for a debate in San Antonio. O'Rourke's campaign had a record-smashing third quarter fundraising haul of $38.1 million -- the most ever raised in a quarter by a US Senate campaign -- but he's trailing Cruz in the polls. | | If you'd literally rather be on the other side of the world than deal with more political rancor, watch out for Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, as the British royals head out Tuesday for Sydney on a 16-day tour of the South Pacific. The tour will coincide with the Invictus Games (more on those later).
For our Canadian friends, Wednesday will bring high hopes: Adult-use marijuana is set to go on sale in approved dispensaries throughout the country. Uruguay, which became the first country to legalize recreational marijuana in 2013, is still going through growing pains in setting up its market.
Also Wednesday, President Donald Trump will award the Medal of Honor to retired Marine Sgt. Maj. John L. Canley for conspicuous gallantry. Canley fought off enemy attacks to lead a group of wounded Marines to safety during his time in Vietnam in 1968.
Jamie Lee Curtis returns in the role that made her famous in a reboot of the 1978 horror classic "Halloween," opening Friday. Original director John Carpenter was an executive producer and creative consultant on the flick. | | | The Student Gun Violence Summit will start Saturday in Washington. Representatives from around the country will review student plans to reduce gun violence, and along with input from teachers and other students, they're hoping to combine all of the proposals into a single "Students' Bill of Rights." | |  | This was the view in Mexico Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Michael. The Gulf Coast town took the brunt of the catastrophic Category 4 storm that devastated the Florida Panhandle last week. Take a look at other moving shots from the week, curated by the CNN Photos team.
| |  | | "I let people know what my goals and dreams were, and they helped me out toward putting me in the right position to posture me to get a pilot slot. I worked hard and now, here I am, living my dream."
Maj. Paul Lopez II, the first African-American pilot of the Air Force F-22 Demonstration Team. The F-22 is one of the the world's most technologically advanced fighter jets, and every year the demonstration team performs at dozens of shows in front of an estimated 10 million spectators. | |  |  Baseball's coming down to the wire It's almost time for the MLB World Series, but first -- the league championships. The Milwaukee Brewers continue to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS this week, and the Boston Red Sox have their hands full with the reigning World Series champs, the Houston Astros, in the ALCS. The two winners will meet in the World Series, starting October 23. Don't know which team to root for? Your friendly neighborhood newsletter writer humbly recommends the Brewers. Oh look, basketball! If you are done being sad about baseball or are getting sad about football, a brand new NBA season tips off Tuesday, heralding a fresh crop of opportunities to be sad about yet another sport! Why do you do this to yourself? Anyway, the Philadelphia 76ers play the Boston Celtics at 8 p.m. ET, and the West Conference gets the Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors at 10:30 p.m. ET. True grit The Invictus Games kick off Saturday in Sydney and run through October 27. Remember, this is the multisport competition that Prince Harry started, and it features wounded service members from around the world doing what they do best: being stone-cold warriors. | | | | |
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