a young woman working at a nature center in north carolina was killed this weekend by a lion that escaped from its cage. according to the conservatorwere doing a routine cleaning of the lions' enclosure when the cat somehow got out of a locked area, went into the space where the woman was cleaning and guild a young woman. the lion was shot and killed to allow personnel to retrieve the worker. the animal center is not sure how the animal escaped. that facility is closed until further notice. well, it is an annual new year's eve tradition at mar-a-lago, guests clad in ball gowns and tuxedoes and they wait to commemorate the passing year. only this time the man of the hour, president trump, won't be there. he'll be in washington working on a government shutdown. still, host or not, ticket prices for the black tie dinner rose again this year to $1,000 per guest. up from $750 last year. club members also shelling out $650 to go. that's $50 more than they paid last year. now one person involved in the event told cnn, quote, if you're paying that much for a party with the president and there's no president, i can see people getting upset.