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Listen Up: A Closer Look at the Top Stories for Friday, Dec. 14

What to Know

  • An armored truck rained money onto a highway, causing two crashes as drivers attempted to collect the cash scattered across several lanes
  • Commuters distressed by the placement of a holiday wreath on the Holland Tunnel sign have gained an unlikely ally
  • Taylor Swift is using some pretty high tech tools to make sure she and her stalkers never ever get back together

Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 

Happy Friday! Today will be mostly cloudy, but at least the temps are on the rise. Highs will be near 50 degrees. As always, get the latest forecast at nbcnewyork.com/weather.

1. Money Rains Onto New Jersey Highway From Armored Truck

An armored truck rained money onto a New Jersey highway, causing two crashes as drivers attempted to collect the cash scattered across several lanes.

Videos posted on social media show a Brink’s truck parked on the side of Route 3 in East Rutherford as one armored truck driver desperately tried to collect the cash on the road.

Police said one of the truck's doors may have malfunctioned and become unsecured.

Read more here.

2. Budweiser Backs Commuters Angry Over Holland Tunnel Wreaths

Commuters distressed by the placement of a holiday wreath on the Holland Tunnel sign have gained an unlikely ally in their quest to have the decoration moved to another spot.

Budweiser tweeted its support for Cory Windelspecht, a frequent Manhattan-to-New Jersey commuter who started a Change.org petition to move a Christmas tree wreath that’s shaped like an “A” from the “N” on the Holland Tunnel sign to the “A.”

The wreath’s placement on a dissimilar letter “triggers anyone with the slightest hint of OCD every time they enter the city,” Windelspecht’s petition maintains, adding that it’s “unsightly and ruins the holiday festivities for people to enjoy on such a great piece of architecture.”

Read more here.

3. Taylor Swift Uses High Tech Software to Stop Her Stalkers

Taylor Swift is using some pretty high tech tools to make sure she and her stalkers never ever get back together. 

Rolling Stone says the singer's team used facial recognition software to make sure her many stalkers weren't coming to one of her concerts in May. 

Apparently they hid it in a kiosk that was so cool you couldn't help but stop and stare. 

Read more here.

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