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Know This:

• Unemployment claims fall for second straight week, at lowest level in seven months.

• In unusual move, Herman Cain’s request for Secret Service protection approved by Homeland Security.

• Herman Cain Quote of the Day: “We need a leader, not a reader.”

Read This:

• David Weigel: No, President Obama Didn’t “Call Americans Lazy.”

• California Supreme Court says same-sex marriage opponents can challenge federal judge’s ruling on ban in court.

• Canada ditching paper money, switching to plastic bills.

• Expendables 2 crew fined for disturbing a Bulgarian batcave.

Look At This:

• Chinese man loses fingertip in an accident, doctors cultivate a new one on his stomach (NSFL).

The Other:

• NewsFeed: Lululemon Combines Yoga Poses With Ayn Rand Philosophy.

• Tea x Time List: 5 Scientific Advances That Should Have Changed Everything.

• Above: “Hideaway“ by Inga Nielsen. (via.)