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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Pope to Church: Stop Obsessing Over Gays

Today: Alexis Visited ER Twice for Insomnia , Toddlers Denied Tiaras: Behind the French Push to Ban Pageants , GOP Turns on Ted Cruz
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

September 19, 2013
CONFESSION

In a lengthy interview with a Catholic magazine, Pope Francis referred to himself as a sinner and called on the church to drop its focus on divisive social issues. Barbie Latza Nadeau reports on the pontiff's surprising takes on abortion and marriage—and the surprising things he didn't say, too.

NO SLEEP

The suspected gunman in the Navy Yard shooting that left 12 dead went to the emergency room twice to get treatment for insomnia, according to the Department of Veteran Affairs. During the August ER visits, which came just weeks after he reported "hearing voices," he assured doctors that he was neither depressed nor suicidal. "Mr. Alexis was alert and oriented, and was asked by VA doctors if he had thoughts about harming himself or others, which he denied," reads a memo from VA Affairs. Once discharged, Alexis was prescribed Trazodone, an anti-depressant used to treat sleeplessness.

HYPER-SEXY

France, a country famous for young sex symbols, is moving to ban beauty pageants for young girls. Christopher Dickey says anti-American sentiment is behind the bill.

TOUGH CROWD

How soon allegiances change. One-time darling of the Republican Party, Sen. Ted Cruz is facing some pointed pushback from his colleagues in the House over recent remarks he made concerning a possible government shutdown over a plan to defund Obamacare. The rumored 2016 hopeful conceded the plan was unlikely to pass in the Senate and tossed the hot potato—calling on House Repubs to "stand firm, hold their ground." Several responded to his call, and not by putting on their rally caps. Rep. Sean Duffy tweeted "…refuse to fight. Wave white flag and surrender." An unnamed GOP aide told CNN's Dana Bash: "Wendy Davis has more balls than Ted Cruz." 

DROP IN THE BUCKET

No big whoop for a company with about $100 billion in annual revenue. JPMorgan Chase will be forking over $920 million in fines to settle potential liabilities over $6.2 billion in derivatives trading losses by the "London Whale" last year. Regulators cited the bank with improper risk oversight and keeping board members and financial regulators in the dark about the trades. "We have accepted responsibility and acknowledged our mistakes from the start, and we have learned from them and worked to fix them," chief executive Jamie Dimon said in a statement. The payout doesn't mean the biggest U.S. bank is totally out of the woods; it's also under fire for alleged bribery in China and possibly fraudulent sales of mortgage-backed securities.


FILLET O' FISH
Europe Gobbling Up Sea Bass Population
Dropped 32 percent in the past four years.
PROCEED WITH CAUTION
Sweden: It's 'OK' to Masturbate in Public
So long as the act isn't "directed at one or more people."
Amazing
Author of Slave Novel Identified
Escaped from slavery in North Carolina.
SOLD
Powerball Winner in South Carolina
Will get $400 million jackpot.
Game Over
Nintendo's Hiroshi Yamauchi Dies
Transformed company into gaming giant.

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