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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 19, 2011 12:00AM

  • Recently Mayor Rahm Emanuel threatened to fire government employees with unpaid water bills and parking tickets. They were listening and coughed $1.1 million. [Sun-Times]
  • Emanuel is traveling to Iowa to support President Barack Obama. [WLS]
  • One female and two male teen students face charges for sexting a nude photo. The female charged is depicted in the photo. [TribLocal]
  • First Lady Michelle Obama dropped in on Obama 2012 staffers in Chicago to give a pep talk. [NY Times]
  • The guy who shot a gun at the White House tried to get on Oprah by making a video and calling himself a modern Jesus. [CNN]