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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Exclusive: Sandusky Trial's Untold Drama

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Today: Chicago Homicides Up 38 Percent, Invisible Woman, More Want Health Law Gone
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

June 26, 2012
PENN STATE

In court a witness for the defense called the coach a “father figure.” But behind the scenes he was confronted about a Facebook message that alluded to abuse. Diane Dimond reports.

WRONG DIRECTION

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel listed safer streets as one of his three top priorities when he became mayor, but the rate of homicides has risen 38 percent from last year. As of June 17, 240 people have been killed in the city. That’s 66 more deaths than occurred during the same period in 2011. The trend is particularly disturbing given that homicide rates are down this year in other cities like New York and Los Angeles. Critics blame Emanuel’s budget choices, which included reducing police spending by $67 million. A Fraternal Order of Police spokesman said: “Every district in the city is running short on manpower. It’s pennywise and dollar-foolish.”

GENDER GAP

Of the 100 wonky wonders who made Newsweek and The Daily Beast’s Digital Power Index, only seven honorees were female. With women going strong everywhere on the web, Rachel Sklar asks why so few of them made the list.

OBUMMER

With the Supreme Court set to rule on the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll spells bad news for the administration: 37 percent of Americans say they would be "pleased" with the law ruled unconstitutional as compared to 22 percent who would mourn its loss. As for the individual mandate, 55 percent say "it wouldn't make a difference" to their lives if the provision is dumped. For all the recent politicking over the health care law and its legal challenge, views among American voters on the reform package have barely changed. The poll shows that 35 percent of respondents support the Affordable Care Act, while 41 percent oppose it—around the same proportions as when Obama signed the bill in March 2010.

REVELATIONS

Jerry Sandusky took his abuse home with him, according to his adopted son. In a secret police interview uncovered by NBC, Matt, 33, claimed that his father molested him for years, rubbing him inappropriately and showering with him. “With, like the showering, with the hugging, with the rubbing, with the just talking to me," Matt said, when asked by a police detective how he was treated. "The way he spoke. And just, the whole interaction with him alone. Anything, anytime we were alone just those interactions…” In the taped conversation, Matt revealed that he once ran away from home to escape the touching. He could not recall an incident of penetration or oral sex. 


No Thanks
Condi Rice Doesn’t Want to Be VP
Seriously, though.
SECOND STRING
Greek Minister Quits Cabinet
Second to leave post this week.
THAW
Egyptian Court Stops Army Arrests
Postelection, a possible end to martial law.
HEARTBREAK
Hunter, Edwards Part Ways
Former senator’s mistress says.
RECOVERING
50 Cent in Car Accident
On Long Island Expressway.
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