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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 former CEO of Death Row Records will be joing the fight with PETA, while Alabama institutes the harshest immigration law ever.
Hero of the Day
Who: Marion “Suge” Knight
What Happened: Will Suge Knight be the new face of PETA? According to XXL magazine, the former Death Row Records CEO will join Waka Flocka Flame as one of the new faces of ethical treatment of animals organization.
Confirmed by Kali Bowyer, Suge’s publicist, the former face of West Coast hip-hop will be working alongside PETA for their anti-dog Chaining campaign. “Dogs deserve our love and attention not a life of ‘solitary confinement’ at the end of a chain,” Knight said via a statement.
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Inside the Capitol
Where: Alabama
Who: Robert Bentley
What Happened: Republican Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday signed into law a crackdown on illegal immigration in Alabama that will require public schools to determine the citizenship status of students. Under the Alabama law, police must detain someone they suspect of being in the country illegally if the person cannot produce proper documentation when stopped for any reason.
It also will be a crime to knowingly transport or harbor someone who is in the country illegally. The law imposes penalties on businesses that knowingly employ someone without legal resident status.
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Better Than Fiction
Character: Robert Adams
Plot Line: Robert Adams stood at a Chase ATM in Rolling Meadows, Chicago, looked down and discovered on the sidewalk near a newspaper box a clear plastic bag containing receipts, checks and $17,021 in cash – mostly $20 and $100 bills bound by a rubber band. And he gave it all back to a nearby Chase bank that had it’s logo on the bag.
“It’s not my money. I shouldn’t take it. I don’t care if you put another zero on there, I wasn’t raised to take money that isn’t mine,” said Adams, a 54-year-old single man who lives in Arlington Heights and credits his deceased parents for teaching him right from wrong. “If I saw you drop it, I’d say, `Excuse me, sir. I think you dropped something.'”
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Numbers Game
Number: 7000
Where: Edinburgh
What Happened: Mozal Tov! Elaine Davidson, who has almost 7000 piercings covering her body, married Douglas Watson, at a low-key wedding reception in Edinburgh. Brazilian-born Miss Davidson, 46, made a bizarre sight in a flowing white wedding gown and floral tiara with only her face visible, which was painted green and covered in 192 piercings.
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Shame On You
Who: Sarah Burge
Where: England
What Happened: Really, a mom gave her daughter a $10,000 boob voucher? Sarah Burge gave her daughter Poppy a $10,000 voucher for breast augmentation surgery for her seventh birthday, UK tabloid Closer reports.
Sarah explained, “Poppy begged me for a boob job, so I gave her the voucher so she can have it after she’s 16, when it’s legal. If she develops naturally big boobs, she can have something else done with it.”
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GlobalGrind’s Global Mind
Where: Mexico
What Happened: A teenager with agunshot wound and signs of torture was found hanging over a motorway with a dead body strung up next to him. The body of a third man was found below the bridge on the busy road in what appears to have been a hit by a drug cartel.
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This Day In History
Year: 1990
What: Though the First Amendment to the Constitution clearly states that the U.S. Congress “shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech,” free speech is widely understood to have its limits. It is dangerous and potentially criminal, for instance, to yell, “Fire!” in a crowded theater. But what about yelling “$&%#@!!” in a crowded nightclub?
