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By Rachel Weiner, Published: February 15, 2013 at 5:30 pmE-mail the writer

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* Steve Cohen was tweeting at his daughter.

* Tom Vilsack won’t run for Senate.

* Herman Cain will soon be on Fox News.

* Jesse Jackson was charged.

* And Obama talked fatherhood.

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