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From what’s going on in the Capitol to what’s happening oversees, we have it all.
Today we that Michele Bachmann from Minnesota has thrown her hat in the ring for President. Meanwhile, Obama tells Weiner he should probably fall back.
Better Than Fiction
Character: Michele Bachmann
Plot Line: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced Monday that she is running for President of the United States.
The first female contender to enter the 2012 race, Bachmann announced her bid during a Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire. Right before the debate, Bachmann sent a letter explaining why she’s running. Here’s her statement: “We cannot risk giving President Obama four more years to dismantle our nation. We must act now. That’s why I’ve made the decision to get in this race.”
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Hero of the Day
Who: Barack Obama
What Happened: President Barack Obama tells NBC’s Ann Curry in an exclusive interview scheduled to air Tuesday that if he were Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), he’d resign from Congress. Ann Curry asked the Prez, “Should Congressman Anthony Weiner resign?”
Obama answered, “Well, obviously what he did was highly inappropriate. I think he’s embarrassed himself, he’s acknowledged that, he’s embarrassed his wife and his family. Ultimately there’s going to be a decision for him and his constituents. I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign. Because public service is exactly that, it’s a service to the public. And when you get to the point where, because of various personal distractions, you can’t serve as effectively as you need to at the time when people are worrying about jobs and their mortgages and paying the bills, then you should probably step back.”
Listen to Obama speak about Weiner below.
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Take It in the Ring
Contenders: Herman Cain vs. Barack Obama
Match: Herman “The Pizza Guy” Cain didn’t hold back when asked about President Obama’s nationality on Bloomberg.
“Barack Obama is more of an international,” Cain said. “I think he’s out of the mainstream and always has been. Look, he was raised in Kenya, his mother was white from Kansas and her family had an influence on him, it’s true, but his dad was Kenyan, and when he was going to school he got a lot of fellowships, scholarships, he stayed in the academic environment for a long time. He spent most of his career as an intellectual.” … The reporter suggested to Cain that while Obama had, in fact, spent four years of his youth abroad, it was in Indonesia, not Kenya. To which Cain, who is known as a “birtherism,” responded, “Yeah, Indonesia.”
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Shame On You
Who: Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez
Where: Texas
What Happened: A Refugio County man dropped dead while in the middle of raping an elderly woman. Deputies at the Refugio County Sheriff’s Department say it’s the most bizarre case they’ve heard of.
53-year-old Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez was raping a 77-year-old women back on June 2 when he suddenly dropped dead.
“Pretty shocking, yes. Very unusual case,” said Sgt. Gary Wright.
Law enforcement says the victim didn’t personally know the rapist, but she did report running into him at the local post office.
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Inside the Capitol
Where: Washington D.C.
Who: The F.B.I.
What Happened: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents, allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention.
The F.B.I. soon plans to issue a new edition of its manual, called the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, according to an official who has worked on the draft document and several others who have been briefed on its contents. The new rules add to several measures taken over the past decade to give agents more latitude as they search for signs of criminal or terrorist activity.
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Numbers Game
Number: 100,000
Where: London, England
What Happened: Is it a wrap for Facebook? In a widespread bout of ‘Facebook fatigue’ 100,000 Britishusers deactivated their accounts last month, tiring of the social network and fearing for their privacy. Six million people also logged off for good in America as the site seemed to reach saturation point.
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This Day In History
Year: 1985
What: TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome is hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah terrorists who immediately demand to know the identity of ”those with Jewish-sounding names.” Two of the Lebanese terrorists, armed with grenades and a 9-mm. pistol, then forced the plane to land in Beirut, Lebanon.
