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saying -- now grapevine follow-up. gay softball organization says it will pay undisclosed settlement to three bisexual players who claim they were disqualified from the 2008 world series because they were not gay enough. their team will also receive the second place trophy it was denied at the time. one official involved in to disqualify the players said at the time, this is not a bisexual world series. this is a gay world series. the league has since added language to the rules clarifying that bisexual and transgender players are welcome to compete. now to a story about just how far the government and students can push a religious school away from the core beliefs. correspondent shannon bream reports the heart of the matter is birth control. >> student says the school is providing conflicting information about whether or not the student health insurance plan covers contraceptives and turned away women trying to obtain prescriptions for them. >> she has arranged guerilla birth control clinic to operate seven hours one

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that is next in grapevine. are the people who say they represent the bottom 99% actually in the top >> bret: and now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. the virginia republican party was spooked by an e-mail sent out by the louden county g.o.p. that depicted president obama as a zombie with a hole in his head. the image is contained in a mailer obtained by the louden insider inviting republicans to a halloween party to "vanquish the zombies with clear-thinking conservative principles and truckload of republican candy." virginia democrats pounced immediately calling it disgusting violence. the state g.o.p. quickly condemned image and asked for an apology. occupy wall street protesters decry the wealthiest 1% and their battle cry has become we are the 99%. pointing to the income disparity in america. however, investing site motley fool points out if you look globally, one would only need to earn $34,000 a year to be among the top 1% of the world. since nearly half of the world's population earns less tha

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>> bret: now fresh picks from the political grapevine. at a time when international markets are watching europe extremely closely, the rating agency standard & poor's mistakenly announced that it had downgraded france's top triple-a credit rating. the embarrassing blooper has the french government and the european commission demanding a full investigation. joe biden has been vocal about cutting waste but not the $26,000 he stands to collect from the secret service over the next year in respect. we told you over the summer the vice president rents a cottage to the agency on his lake front property in delaware. they both say it helps them better protect the vice president. wim"washington report times" rea new agreement. we have found no other similar agreement between the agency and people it protects. while herman cain may not be losing significant ground in polls after recent allegation of inappropriate behavior toward women, politico reports he is losing endorsement of the american mustache institute. the group endorseded him in october

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we'll show you later in the grapevine.next, the president of yemen signs on the dotted >> shannon: the white house says bay rain's government must hold accountable the people responsible for human rights abuses against protesters. bay rain released a report revealing widespread use of torture, excessive force and fast track justice in an attempt to crush the largest arab spring uprisinrising in the gulf. activist missyria say 28 people were killed in security raids and violence against other antigovernment protesters. today they released amateur video purporting to show emergency vehicles on fire after being attacked in the city of homs. the pentagon says u.s. and yemen continue to work together against militants as they experience political instability. correspondent reena ninan reports the latest attempt to get yemen's long-time president to resign appears to have been successful. >> a deal many arab and western leaders called for months ago. after four failed attempts to convince him, president ali abdullah saleh agreed

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grapevine is next in just 40 seconds. >> shannon: fresh pickingsings from the political grapevine. they say remuel of large crop from army chapel created controversial there. one solge called it direct attack against christianity. soldiers upset over the removal specified the christian and jewish symbols but don't mention icon of other faith. >> they are decorating with christmas lights, and garlands. others say it's disrespectful. all but one member of the historic preservation commission resigned over the plan. wild turkey has job offer for gobblers that president obama pardoned. the disindustrialry says it asked white house for permission to make liberty and peace spokes bird for liquor. in a manner of direct speaking we invite the president to give us the bird. that is what got one award winning russian newscaster fired. tatiana was given the ax after appearing to give the middle finger to president obama after reading his name during a live broadcast. >>> republican presidential candidate michele bachmann got what he wanted from nbc. apology. jimmy fallon apologized over music

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next in the grapevine.s, a chilling twist on the occupy wall street movement.  >> shannon: now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. arizona republican senator john mccain may be feeling vindicated thanks to a government study on wildfires. in june, we told you mccain took flake for linking illegal immigrants to wildfires in their state. he said there was evidence some of the fires were started by people who illegally crossed the border. now an investigation by the government accountability office shows 30 wildfires near arizona border between 2006 and 2010 have been linked to illegal immigrants. no hard evidence of the link appears in the report. no mention of any prosecution. >>> the occupy wall street movement gained attention overseas but a group of protesters want to swap signature tent for igloos. activists plan to set up an occupy igloo camp outside the world economic forum when it meets in switzerland in january. the president of switzerland young socialist party wants to highlight the

that is next in grapevine. gege >> bret: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. despite tough economic times and stricter ethics rules, congressional travel paid for by outside groups has actually increased this year. "usa today" reports federal lawmakers took 415 private funded trips in the first nine months of the year. nearly 75% jump compared to the same time last year. the value of the trips is more than $3 million. making it most expensive travel year since congress enacted ethics rules in 2007. those restrictions were meant to curb lobbyist funded trips. a big travel destination this year is israel. more than 80 lawmakers have gone there. courtesy of charity affiliated with the lobbying group. we told you earlier president obama invokeed god talking about getting the jobs bill past. white house press secretary jay carney was asked about it this afternoon. >> table phrase from the bible is the lord helps those who help themselves. >> bret: not the question to his biblical prowess but it's not found in the old or new testament. late today it included an aste

journey on. >> bret: fresh pickings from the political grapevine. a u.s.says he thinks something nefarious or illegal occurred at brokerage firm mf global. the company declared bankruptcy last month. a democratic member of the u.s. commodity futures trading commission tells reuters regulators are closer to finding out what happened to roughly $600 million in missing customer money. at least two lawsuits have been filed already on behalf of shareholders against mf executives deluding ex-ceo jon corzine. the former democratic senator and governor of new jersey. there has been little coverage of the story on the big three networks despite this being the eighth largest bankruptcy in u.s. history. nbc aired just four stories on morning and evening newscast since the bankruptcy. cbs total of two. abc has had no coverage on the evening news but reported corzine's resignation in one line during the november 4 morning show. north carolina is trying to break in the tourism industry. however, if you are expecting internet access, cell phone use or pictures of everyda

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we have another example later in the grapevine. and the latest on the sexual harassment allegations against republican candidate herman cain. [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. this is what we can gather from an ordinary crash test dummy. two million data points. this is what we can gather from a lexus crash test genius. [ engine revving ] when you pursue industry-leading safety, you don't just engineer breakthroughs in simulation technology, you engineer amazing. ♪ >> the two frontrunners in the gop presidential race were at the same place today here in washington. mitt romney talked specifics about his economic plan while herman cain was eager to talk about anything other than sexual harassment allegations from long ago. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the story. >> businessman herman cain, who has spent much of the week addressing sexual harassment accusations from when he

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