A.M. Links: Rob Ford Reportedly Caught Smoking Crack on Video Again, 2 Killed in Florida Jail Gas Explosion, Gerry Adams Arrested

  • The Globe and Mail is reporting that there is footage
    of Toronto
    Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack
    in his sister’s basement on
    Saturday morning. In the wake of the reporting Ford said that he
    would take a break from his re-election campaign to
    seek help for alcohol abuse
    . Gawker
    has stills
    of the footage. 
  • At least two people were killed and 100 injured after a

    gas explosion
    at the Escambia County jail in Florida.
  • A group of conservative lawmakers are on the lookout for any
    legislation that includes
    immigration reform measures
    . The news comes after House Speaker
    Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) mocked Republican congressmen for not
    taking on immigration reform.
  • Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, who Rep. Peter
    King (R-IRA)
    compared to George Washington, was
    arrested
    yesterday for questioning about the 1972 abduction and
    murder of a Belfast widow. Adams says that he will never
    disassociate himself from the Irish Republican Army but denies he
    had anything to do with Jean McConville’s murder.
  • Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has said that
    he still supports the death penalty
    despite the
    recent botched execution
    of Clayton Lockett.
  • The number of jobless
    claims
    rose to 344,000 last week.

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