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Hello to you on this Tuesday, I'm Virginia Cha at the cnn center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening Now In The News.

The oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il says he is not interested in succeeding his father, speaking to a Japanese TV network in Macao, Kim Jong Nan also said he doesn't care about politics. Now, it's not clear who will succeed Kim Jong Il in North Korea though there is growing speculation that another son Kim Jong Woon is being groomed to do it.

A Guantanamo Bay detainee is in the United States to face criminal charges. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is in New York where he is set to stand trial for the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.

You probably already noticed the price of gas continues to go up according to AAA, the national average is now almost 2.62 dollars, economist Robert Shawler told the New York Times, higher pump prices could effectively strip away all the benefits of the President's payroll tax cut. People in Michigan and the Mid Western are really taking it hard, there have been a lot of refinery problems there, it's $2. 93 in Michigan where unemployment is 13 percent. (www.hxen.net)

The federal government could soon be policing the tobacco giants, a bipartisan senate bill would allow the FDA to regulate what's in cigarette and tobacco products, it could ban claims such as mild or low tar as well as restrict tobacco advertising. The Senate could vote as early as today on that measure. The House has already passed a similar bill. President Obama supports it.

Police in North Carolina are looking for a man who dragged a 76-year old woman on the ground when she refused to give up her purse. Take a look at the surveillance video, the man is there pulling that poor woman to the doors of a Walmart , he lets go of the purse, run through the parking lot when she starts screaming for help.

Those are the headlines for you this hour, stay with cnn for more on those stories and all your other news of the day.

groom:[transitive] to prepare someone for an important job or position in society by training them over a long period

groom somebody for something

Tim was being groomed for a managerial position.

groom somebody to do something

Clare's been groomed to take her father's place when he retires.

stand trial: to be brought to a court of law to have your case examined and judged

stand trial for/on

Gresham will stand trial for murder.

The accused was ordered to stand trial on a number of charges.

strip away: to remove something, especially something that hides or protects someone or something

His book aims to strip away the lies and show the world as it really is.

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