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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 the Obama camp has risen their war efforts in Yemen, while Elizabeth Edwards set up her husband John Edwards.
GlobalGrind’s Global Mind
Where: Yemen
What Happened: The Obama administration has intensified the American covert war in Yemen, exploiting a growing power vacuum in the country to strike at militant suspects with armed drones and fighter jets, according to American officials.
The acceleration of the American campaign in recent weeks comes amid a violent conflict in Yemen that has left the government in Sana, a United States ally, struggling to cling to power. Yemeni troops that had been battling militants linked to al-Qaeda in the south have been pulled back to the capital, and American officials see the strikes as one of the few options to keep the militants from consolidating power.
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Better Than Fiction
Character: Elizabeth Edwards
Plot Line: Elizabeth Edwards, the deceased wife of former Sen. John Edwards, secretly recorded a testimony in her dying days that helped prosecutors indict husband John last week. John Edwards is due to stand trial on charges that could lead to a 30-year jail sentence after he pleaded not guilty on Friday to using $925,000 in campaign funds to cover up an affair and love child. Elizabeth is alleged to have filmed a damning testimony that was central to the prosecution’s case for charges. Friends said the cancer victim, who died in December, wanted to ‘haunt’ her estranged husband and his mistress Rielle Hunter, with whom he fathered a child and made a sex tape.
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Take It in the Ring
Contenders: Elisabeth Hasselbeck vs. Sarah Palin
Match: Frenemies! Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who once dutifully campaigned alongside Sarah Palin during her run for higher office in 2008, is no longer feeling the love for the likely presidential candidate. A a close friend of the “View” star reveals the two haven’t spoken in months.
“I think Elisabeth is a good friend. She remembers birthdays and even with a busy schedule always takes time to stay in touch with her girlfriends,” a pal tells me. “But Sarah has let her down. Elisabeth has reached out to her several times but she never responds.”
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Shame On You
Who: Jennifer Smith
Where: Pennsylvania
What Happened: The horny teacher chronicles continue. Jennifer Smith, 29, a married teacher at Steel Valley High School, in Munhall, Pennsylvania, is accused of ‘sexting’ a 15 and 16-year-old and three 18-year-olds at the school. She is also thought to have sent nude photos of herself to several of the students.
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Numbers Game
Number: 65
Where: Netherlands
What Happened: A murder mystery has been solved — 65 years later — with the confession of 96-year-old Atie Ridder-Visser. The 1946 killing of Felix Gulje, the head of a construction company who at the time was being considered for a high political post, roiled the Netherlands, and the failure to find the assassin became a point of contention among political parties.
On Wednesday, the mayor of Leiden, Henri Lenferink, said Visser has confessed to the killing, saying it happened in the mistaken belief that Gulje had collaborated with the Nazis.
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Money On My Mind
Whose Wallet: Trouble
Weight: $12 Million
How They Hustled: Leona Helmsley’s, the billionaire New York City hotel operator and real estate investor, died in 2007 and left her dog, Trouble, $12 million. The pampered pooch who inherited the millions has died at the age of 12.
That’s 84 in dog years.Trouble was cremated, and her remains are being privately retained.
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This Day In History
Year: 1972
What: A flash flood in Rapid City, South Dakota, kills more than 200 people on this day in 1972. This flood demonstrated the danger of building homes and businesses in a floodplain region.
