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sports lead
TMZ's Harvey Levin: Why the heck didn't Godell try to get the Ray Rice video?
(CNN) – Security footage showing Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice knocking his wife unconscious in an elevator existed, and the NFL knew it was out there, says TMZ executive producer and founder Harvey Levin.
"The real issue is why the heck didn't the NFL commissioner seek to get it," Levin said in an interview with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper. TMZ is owned by CNN's parent company.
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world lead
Fmr. NFL player: The league fumbled on Ray Rice
(CNN) – After TMZ published surveillance video showing Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice dragging his unconscious wife out of a hotel elevator, the NFL punished Rice with a two-game suspension.
But then the footage showing Rice knocking his wife unconscious inside that elevator went public. And now the league finds itself facing more criticism for failing to properly punish a player for domestic violence until its hand was forced. There is also growing skepticism regarding the NFL's claim that they had not previously seen the video from inside the elevator.
"It's easy to see that the NFL fumbled this issue," said ESPN "Sports Nation" host and former NFL player Marcellus Wiley.
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money lead
A history of the cell phone, and how the iPhone changed the tech industry
(CNN) – With expectations high, anything less than a mini marvel may have disappointed Apple fans who've been lining up for the company's mobile innovations since 2007.
The first iPhone changed the industry, and since then the device has gotten faster, thinner, cheaper and more versatile than ever before.
The regular phone upgrades like voice commands, mobile apps, and better cameras have made it easy to forget an age when customers were much easier to impress.
CNN's Jake Tapper reports.
world lead
Fmr. DHS secretary to Obama: Don't ask for military authorization unless you know you'll get it
(CNN) – On Wednesday, President Obama will reveal his strategy to "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS, the Islamist terrorist organization that has taken control of large parts of Iraq and Syria.
But it is unclear whether Obama's strategy will require approval from Congress, or will be included in the President's authorization for use of military force.
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world lead
Two years after Benghazi, questions remain
(CNN) – This Thursday marks 13 years since the 9/11 attacks. But it will also mark two years since the terrorist attack on U.S. government posts – one diplomatic, one CIA - in Benghazi, Libya.
The fog of war of that horrible night has been further blackened by political finger-pointing here in Washington. But there are facts that remain irrefutable: four Americans died in Benghazi.
Now, the surviving CIA contractors that fought to save those in harms' way are talking, and they say more could have been done.
CNN's Jake Tapper reports.
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