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July 26, 2012 | | BOMBSHELL On the heels of Kristen Stewart’s apology for cheating on Robert Pattinson with Snow White director Rupert Sanders, her Twilight beau has reportedly moved out. Who is the woman who Stewart jilted? Meet Sanders’s model-wife, Liberty Ross, who started dating him as a teenager and married him at 24. The Daily Beast’s Isabel Wilkinson reports. Plus, see Ross in a scandalous music video. FINALLY The presidential candidates are finally talking about guns, nearly a week after a lone shooter killed 12 people and injured nearly 60 more in a movie theater in Colorado. While speaking in New Orleans on Wednesday, President Obama told an African-American group that there could be more restrictions regarding keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and even said he’d work with lawmakers to make weapons harder to possess. “I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals,” he said, adding that the steps shouldn’t be controversial, but “common sense.” Mitt Romney, on the other hand, said tragedies like the one in Aurora would not be prevented by changing national gun laws and made the mistake of alleging that suspect James Holmes obtained the weapons used in the movie theater massacre illegally—he didn’t. TURMOIL The general who heads the Free Syrian Army says al Qaeda is gaining a foothold in the conflict, and a major win that could topple the regime, like seizing Aleppo, is still out of reach. The Daily Beast’s Mike Giglio reports. UNEMPLOYMENT New claims for jobless benefits neared a four-year low last week, dropping by 35,000 claims—sharper than economists predicted—according to the U.S. Department of Labor. New orders for durable goods manufactured in the United States, however, also dropped in June. Automakers are shutting down fewer temporary plants than in the past, making labor-department statistics volatile, as many auto companies have layoffs around this time of year. Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he’d be willing to take further action to improve the economy if employment levels didn’t increase. YIKES New York City and much of the Northeast is bracing for a massive windstorm expected to blow through on Thursday. Officials are expecting hurricane-force winds in excess of 74 miles per hour to knock down power lines and trees. Weather officials say there could be similar conditions as the storm that hit Washington, D.C., last month. The tristate area around New York City is under a “moderate risk” of severe weather, which includes “widespread damaging wind event/derecho.” Forecasters are also predicting that tornadoes could strike the city. The storm, which will stretch from Cincinnati to Hartford, could affect 32 million people. | | 
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