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January 09, 2013 | | Out Who will be the gay Jackie Robinson of professional sports? Wade Davis, a former NFL quarterback who earlier this year came out of the closet, talks to Touré about being gay on the football field—and how other current players live 'semi-open' gay lives with the acceptance of their teammates. PICK Geithner out, Lew in. President Obama is expected to nominate his chief of staff, Jack Lew, to be the next Treasury secretary, Bloomberg News reports. Lew was previously the director of the Office of Management and Budget. He would replace Timothy Geithner, who told the White House he plans on leaving at the end of the month. One of his first orders of business: navigating the next congressional debate on the debt ceiling. Also, Lew has been universally mocked for his odd signature, which may soon have a spot on all U.S. paper currency. Overkill? Arizona’s Joe Arpaio is back in the news—this time, he’s sending armed ‘posses’ to protect Phoenix school kids. The Daily Beast’s Terry Greene Sterling on why the sheriff’s plan is truly terrifying.’s 84. YIKES At least 57 people were injured early Wednesday when a fast-moving ferry slammed into a pier near Wall Street. The Seastreak Ferry crashed just after 8:45 a.m., and reportedly had 326 passengers on board. The severity of the injuries is not yet known, with rescuers coming from the Coast Guard, NYPD, and FDNY. COMMANDER IN CHIEF If Congress won’t crack down on gun control, President Obama is prepared to take the matter into his own executive hands. “The president is going to act,” Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday before meeting with a task force that formed in the wake of Sandy Hook. “Executive orders, executive action can be taken,” Biden told reporters, adding that the task force—a group of cabinet members and government officials—is aiming to establish “concrete proposals” by the end of January to reduce gun violence. The group is also looking at new ways to deal with mental-health care and what the president has called a culture that “glorifies guns and violence,” Biden said. | | 
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