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[h=4]5 things you need to know Wednesday[/h]The biggest news to start your morning, including a hunter in court over Cecil the lion,
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Cecil the lion.(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
1. Dentist's hunting guide appears in court for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Cecil's killing
After pleading not guilty to the charge of failing to prevent an unlawful hunt, hunter Theo Bronkhorst<span style="color: Red;">*</span>appears again in a Zimbabwean court<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wednesday regarding the death of Cecil the lion. Bronkhorst acted as a guide for Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer in the July 1 killing of Cecil — the lion followed by Oxford University researchers.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. wildlife officials are investigating<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Palmer and his admitted killing of Cecil.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bronkhorst, Palmer and the second guide, Honest Trymore Ndlovu, allegedly<span style="color: Red;">*</span>drew Cecil away from a wildlife preserve and shot him with a crossbow. Palmer has said he believed the hunt was legal.
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Officers are monitoring the home and neighborhood of the Minnesota dentist who allegedly killed a famous lion in Zimbabwe. Federal wildlife officials are investigating to determine whether the dentist legally shot the lion. VPC
2. Obama to make case for Iran nuclear deal
President Obama seeks to bolster support on the Iran nuclear deal Wednesday in a speech at American University in Washington. Obama faces a fight in Congress on the agreement, which would restrict Iran's nuclear program in exchange for ending economic sanctions. On Tuesday, Senate Democrats Barbara Boxer,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tim Kaine and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bill Nelson<span style="color: Red;">*</span>announced their support, but<span style="color: Red;">*</span>House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said they will move forward with a resolution of disapproval. Israel remains<span style="color: Red;">*</span>adamantly opposed, and a Quinnipiac University<span style="color: Red;">*</span>poll released Monday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>found that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>American voters oppose the agreement by a two-to-one margin.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Obama has said he will veto any legislation aimed at blocking the deal,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>setting up a potential showdown with Congress.
President Obama speaks at the White House on Tuesday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Michael Reynolds, epa)
3. CEO pay vs. worker pay
<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scheduled to vote on a long-delayed and closely watched rule that would require publicly traded companies to disclose the ratio between CEO total compensation and the median of annual total compensation of all other employees.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>CEO pay is an annual source of angst for investors who, on one hand, are willing to pay leaders what it takes for good results, but at the same time can't help but puzzle over the seemingly ever-upward<span style="color: Red;">*</span>march of CEO pay. The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>pay gap<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has received extra attention this year due to protests around<span style="color: Red;">*</span>minimum wage, particularly in the fast-food industry.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>CEOs<span style="color: Red;">*</span>made 303 times as much as the average worker<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in 2014, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute released in June.
CEO Pay<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Jerry Mosemak, USA TODAY)
4. 50 Cent back in bankruptcy court
Rapper 50 Cent returns to bankruptcy court Wednesday after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>revealing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>he spends $108,000 a month on expenses. The “Get Rich or Die Tryin” artist<span style="color: Red;">*</span>filed for bankruptcy in July after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>New York City jurors ordered him<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to pay $7 million to a woman who said he posted online a sex tape she made with a boyfriend. His lawyer listed his worth as $4.4 million, with a monthly income of $185,000. 50 Cent — real name Curtis Jackson III — was ranked by Forbes as one of hip-hop’s five richest artists with a net-worth of $155 million.
50 Cent attends the 'Southpaw' premiere on July 20.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Jim Spellman, WireImage)
5. Pollution risks overshadow the 2016 Rio Olympics one-year countdown
On Wednesday, we're exactly one year away from letting the games begin — the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>2016 Olympic<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Games in Rio de Janeiro, that is. Yet<span style="color: Red;">*</span>health officials are questioning the health risks of swimming in Rio’s waters. This week the head of World Rowing said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>he will commission another viral test<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the water and expects other sports to follow suit. Much of the area’s waste and sewage goes untreated and runs down hillside ditches to stream into Olympic water venues, according to an Associated Press investigation released last week. The AP found one beach where athletes enter the water<span style="color: Red;">*</span>contained over 2 million human adenovirus per liter<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— that's 2,000 times the reading that water experts in the U.S. said would be considered highly alarming. Regardless,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>athletes are hitting crunch time in preparations<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for the games, which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>start on Aug. 5, 2016.
People wade into the water during a clinic held by U.S. triathletes for local swimmers along Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 3, 2015. Triathletes swam in waters off Copacabana Beach despite published warnings that water in the area was "unfit" for swimming.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: The Associated Press)
And, the essentials:
Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Severe storms are forecast in the central Plains Wednesday, while much of the northeastern U.S. enjoys a mild, pleasant day.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. stock futures were higher Wednesday, as investors waited for U.S. jobs data to assess when the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates.
TV Tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wondering<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what to watch tonight? TV critic Robert Bianco looks at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>America's Next Top Model, Mr. Robinson and Mr. Robot.
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