Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denison Form, and this is the Daily Article for Thursday, August 2, 2018.

Fortnite is an astounding cultural phenomenon. More than 125 million people play the online video game worldwide.

Are parents worried about the violence of the game or its addictive nature? For many,

the answers no. They're worried that their

kids are losing. So according to the Wall Street Journal, they're hiring Fortnite coaches for their

children. One contracting site has hired out more than 1,400 Fortnite coaches since last March.

One mother explains, there's pressure not just to play it, but to be really good at it.

You can imagine what that was like for him at school. A 1998 Mercedes-Benz will be auctioned by

Sotheby's on August 25th. It comes with its original tool chest, owner's manuals, spare keys,

and first aid kit. The starting bid is a mere $4,250,000.

Why so high? The AMG-C-L-K-G-T-R is a street-level version of a race car that was so successful in

1998, Sotheby says competitions were canceled the next year due to lack of interest for Mercedes

competitors. The car being auctioned to lack of interest for Mercedes competitors.

The car being auctioned is one of only 25 ever built. In a similar vein, a home in Georgetown

is coming on the market for $22 million. The current owner bought the property in 2008 for $11.8 million.

Its claim to fame is this, Ted Kennedy once lived there. According to the

Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Kennedy and his first wife, Joan, rented the property

sometime after his election to the Senate in the 1960s. Even though the senator moved to another home

many years ago and died in 2009, the Georgetown property is still

identified with him. Speaking of prominent families, thieves stole two crowns and an orb

from the Swedish royal family's collection yesterday. The priceless artifacts were snatched at lunchtime

from a cathedral an hour west of Stockholm. The criminals made their escape in a motorboat.

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