Top 5 morning stories - Tuesday, June 12
Tuesday - 6/12/2012, 9:52am ET
Watergate, the building, starts renovation
process
The crime that happened within its walls led to the first and only resignation of
a U.S. President: Richard Nixon. Forty years after the Watergate scandal, the
office building of the same name is headed for a renovation starting this week.
http://bit.ly/LrJySS
Father's Day Index: Mom worth more than dad at
home
Men may make more in the workplace compared to women, but at home it's the other
way around. At least that's according to insure.com. It's out with its annual
Father's Day Index, which attempts to calculate the value in wages, in terms of
the work a father typically does around the house.
http://bit.ly/LrK2Z6
Cost of air conditioner refrigerant
skyrockets
Hot and humid weather means it's time to turn on the air conditioner. But
homeowners could get sticker shock if their air conditioner needs to be repaired
and the coolant known as Freon needs to be added.
http://bit.ly/LrKcQ8
Swear in public? Pay $20 fine in Mass. town
Residents in Middleborough have voted to make the foul-mouthed among them pay
fines for swearing in public. At a town meeting Monday night, residents voted 183-
50 to approve a proposal from the police chief to impose a $20 fine on public
profanity.
http://bit.ly/LrKk23
GOP Senate nomination, 6 House races on Va.
ballot
Former Sen. George Allen, trying to recapture the Senate seat he lost six years
ago, enters Tuesday's Virginia primary as a strong favorite over three lesser-
known Republicans. Allen's opponents are tea party leader Jamie Radtke of
Chesterfield, socially conservative state legislator Bob Marshall and Chesapeake
minister E.W. Jackson, all of whom are running to Allen's right on social issues
and have portrayed Allen as a pliant member of a free-spending GOP-ruled Senate in
his earlier term.
http://bit.ly/LrKAy6
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