10 Things You Need To Know For Monday

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is joining politicians calling for new gun-control measures in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. A ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois was overturned by an appeals court just last week. “There is no parent and no grandparent in America that is not a resident to Sandy Hook, Conn.,” the former White House chief of staff said. “There is nobody that had their child last night, that didn’t hold them a little closer, pull them in a little tighter, didn't hug them a little more.”

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