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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 50 Cent had some choice words for Fox News, while Harry Potter breaks box office records.
Take It in the Ring
Contenders: 50 Cent vs. Fox News
Match: 50 Cent had some choice words for the people at Fox News and he expressed in a tweet. 50 is upset at how Fox News was treating Chris Brown and he decided to let them know how he felt.
“I just saw a clip on FOX news Hating on NBC for having chris brown on unbelievable. I’m never watching that again. He paid for his mistake #!@%*# holes,” 50 tweeted.
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Money On My Mind
Whose Wallet: Harry Potter
Weight: $168
How They Hustled: The boy wizard has vanquished the dark knight with a record-setting magic act at the weekend box office.
Warner Bros. estimates that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 took in $168.6 million domestically from Friday to Sunday. That beats the previous best opening weekend of $158.4 million, also held by Warner Bros. for 2008’s Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight.
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Better Than Fiction
Character: A Crazy Dog
Plot Line: Sharks are the undisputed kings of the shallows, voracious predators who, with one flash of a fin, can send crowds of paddlers fleeing for the safety of the shore.
But one plucky pooch showed a group of these fierce fish just how handy man’s best friend can be when he rounds them up like a flock of timid lambs. These incredible video shows the moment the dog rounds on a group of sharks, and even dives under the water and gives one a nip.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
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Shame On You
Who: Melissa Harvick
Where: Kentucky
What Happened: Melissa Harvick appeared at a family court hearing as the defendant in a dispute with her husband, who had filed a domestic violence order against her. While her husband tried to explain his side of the story to the presiding judge, Harvick allegedly interrupted him and wouldn’t stop talking, leading to Harvick attacking the judge. Watch the video below.
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Numbers Game
Number: 60
Where: Mexico
What Happened: Nearly 60 inmates escaped a prison in the northern Mexican town of Nuevo Laredo in a breach believed to be orchestrated by the Zetas drug organization.
The mass breakout occurred after a riot in which seven prisoners were killed. A number of guards suspected of involvement have reportedly fled.
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Inside the Capitol
Where: Gary, Indiana
Who: Aaron Pace, visiting Bio-Blood Components Inc.
What Happened: Aaron Pace, 22, tried donating blood at a Gary, Indiana blood center and was reportedly turned away, because employees of the center thought he was gay.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Pace is “admittedly and noticeably effeminate,” but still a heterosexual man. In any case, when he visited Bio-Blood Components Inc. in Gary, which pays for blood and plasma donations, he was told he could not be a donor because he “appears to be a homosexual.”
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This Day In History
Year: 1941
What: On this day in 1941, New York Yankees center fielder Joe DiMaggio fails to get a hit against the Cleveland Indians, which brings his historic 56-game hitting streak to an end. The record run had captivated the country for two months.
