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Pressure builds on Weiner to quit NYC mayor's race - USA TODAY

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:16 AM PDT

The pressure is increasing on former congressman Anthony Weiner to drop out of the New York City mayor's race after his acknowledgment of another round of lewd online exchanges with women.

Weiner held a news conference Tuesday admitting that he continued to engage in inappropriate online chats even after he was forced to resign from Congress in 2011 because he had sent graphic messages — including lewd photos of himself — to women via Twitter.

But, with his wife by his side, Weiner said the bad behavior was behind him and he intends to stay in the mayor's race. Ten days ago, polls showed him narrowly leading the race for the Democratic nomination over City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

After his press conference, major New York newspapers called for Weiner to quit the race.

The New York Times wrote in an editorial, "The serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye, away from cameras, off the Web and out of the race for mayor of New York City."

The Wall Street Journalsaid Weiner "ought to drop out of the New York City mayor's race simply because of what he's forced his wife to endure. Watching the elegant Huma Abedin stand next to her man Tuesday as he explained his latest sexually charged online exchanges was painful for a normal human being to watch. Mr. Weiner is not a normal human being."

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The New York Daily News added in its own editorial, "He is not fit to lead America's premier city. Lacking the dignity and discipline that New York deserves in a mayor, Weiner must recognize that his demons have no place in City Hall."

"Weiner must also see that, having built his campaign on deception, he has badly damaged the process of selecting the city's next chief executive," the Daily News said.

Weiner has certainly changed the subject. A Tuesday mayoral forum after Weiner's press conference received scant media coverage.

Public advocate Bill DeBlasio, a Democratic mayoral candidate who trails in the race, started a petition drive on his website Wednesday morning to get Weiner to drop out. The online petition proclaims "the sideshows of this election have gotten in the way of the debate we should be having." DeBlasio trailed Quinn and Weiner by double digits in recent polling.

Weiner's revelations also created a social media frenzy. The pseudonym "Carlos Danger" -- which Weiner allegedly used to communicate with one of the women -- became a top trending topic on Twitter, with more than 52,000 mentions from more than 37,000 Twitter users by Wednesday morning.

Contributing: Martha T. Moore

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Prince William, Kate and baby depart Kensington Palace for the Middletons' home - CBS News

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:02 AM PDT

After leaving the hospital, spending his first night at home with mom and dad and getting a few notable visitors, the Prince of Cambridge is on the road again.

Prince William and Kate departed Kensington Palace on Wednesday with their newborn son in tow, taking him to spend time with his maternal grandparents.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the baby left the palace in a Range Rover, bound for the home of Kate's parents Michael and Carole Middleton in the English village of Bucklebury, west of London.

William is taking two weeks' paternity leave from his job as a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, and palace officials said he and Kate would now spend "private and quiet time for them to get to know their son."

Earlier Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time. The 87-year-old monarch made a short trip from Buckingham Palace by chauffeur-driven Bentley and spent about half an hour visiting the two-day-old Prince of Cambridge. The baby is her third great-grandchild and the third in line to the British throne.

Prince Philip, who is recovering at Windsor Castle after exploratory abdominal surgery last month, did not accompany the queen.

Palace officials said Prince Harry has also been to see his new nephew, and the BBC reports that Kate's sister, Pippa Middleton, has met the baby as well.

William's father, Prince Charles, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have also visited the baby, whose name hasn't been revealed yet. "We're still working on a name," William told reporters Tuesday as he and Kate took the baby home from St. Mary's Hospital, promising to let the world know "as soon as we can."

That could be anything from a few hours to several weeks -- the queen did not announce Charles' name until a month after his birth in 1948.

Bookmaker William Hill has George -- the name of six previous British kings -- as the favorite at 2-1 odds, with James at 4-1.

Images of the prince, his little hand peeking above a white crocheted wrap, blanketed the front pages of British newspapers Wednesday. The Daily Mail offered a photo album image with the headline "Baby's first royal wave."

The prince slept through his debut public appearance -- though William assured the media he had "a good pair of lungs on him."

As well as selecting a name -- or more likely four names -- William and Kate will soon choose a photographer for the baby's first official portrait.

Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, said the couple would probably choose someone "eminent and hopefully British." William's baby portrait was taken by society photographer Lord Snowdon, the former husband of the queen's sister Princess Margaret.

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