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it's Monday October 15 2012 i'm ross miller and today i'll be auditioning for the role of injured librarian number three for the movie die hard six old habits die hard also this is 90 seconds on the verge it's official softbank is acquiring sprint it's a deal worth 20 point 1 billion dollars and gives the Japanese carrier a seventy percent stake overall with the third place US carrier barring any surprises the deal is expected to close mid-2013 xbox music is official and will debut tomorrow with the new xbox 360 dashboard microsoft is promising over 30 million tracks worldwide in three different ways to enjoy a monthly subscription service a free ad-supported version for windows 8 only and a paper song model xbox music will come pre-installed with windows 8 and windows phone 8 apps for iOS and Android are due out within the coming year windows 7 and windows phone 7 users alas will be stuck with zune finally to boldly fall farther than anyone has fallen before after many delays skydiver felix baumgartner successfully completed a freefall from a balloon at the edge of space and broke the sound barrier he also broke a number of World Records over the course of this 24 mile journey including highest parachute jump in highest man balloon flight baumgartner's team estimates a top speed of Mach 1.2 4 which is more than eight hundred and thirty-three miles per hour meanwhile yesterday I ate a triple-decker peanut butter sandwich some records are more relative than others and that's it for today's top stories tune in tomorrow for God