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From what’s going on in the Capitol to what’s happening oversees, we have it all.
Today we see that an 8 year old brought a gun to school and sold it for $3 to another student meanwhile Donald Trump bashes America.
Money On My Mind
Whose Wallet: 8-year-old boy
Weight: $3
How They Hustled: An 8-year-old boy brought a loaded 9mm handgun to a Queens elementary school and then sold it to another third-grader for $3. The boy brought the weapon home and showed his mother, who angrily went back to P.S. 107 Thomas A. Dooley in Flushing and showed it to a school official. The boy’s father was taken into custody.
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Better Than Fiction
Character: Donald Trump
Plot Line: The Donald was back at it again, only this time taking aim at America and not Presient Obama. At an event in Las Vegas Trump told a the crowd that, “Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people.” Trump reportedly called the United States “not a great country” and cursed multiple times during his speech.
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Numbers Game
Number: 1
Where: Carolina Panthers
What: Auburn University’s quarterback Cam Newton was selected as the 2011 NFL’s number one draft by the Carolina Panthers. Click here to see the first round picks of the 2011 NFL Draft.
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Inside the Capitol
Where: Arizona
Who: Gov. Jan Brewer
What: Arizona governor, Jan Brewer, has signed a bill designating the Colt Single-Action Army revolver as the state’s first official firearm. Legislative supporters argued that the designation was appropriate because the revolver was widely used during Arizona’s territorial days.
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Take It In The Ring
Contenders: Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern vs Black People
Match: Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern made some really racist comments at a state house debate to eliminate affirmative action from state government. Speaking about black people Kern said, “Is this just because they are black that they are in prison, or could it be because they didn’t want to work hard in school. I taught school for 20 years and I saw a lot of people of colour that didn’t want to work as hard. They wanted it given to them.”
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Shame On You
Who: Bijendra Kumar
Where: India
What: Police say that a man armed with a large knife beheaded an 18-year-old woman at her school in front of her horrified classmates in eastern India. The attacker later told police he was in love with the victim but her parents wouldn’t allow them to marry.
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This Day In History
Year: 1992
What: A jury of 10 whites, one Hispanic and one Filipina in the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley acquits four police officers who had been charged with using excessive force in arresting black motorist Rodney King a year earlier.
