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Hi ,there, I'm Virginia Cha at the cnn center In Atlanta, with a look at what's happening "Now In The News". (www.hXen.com)

Answering the call from residents who turned out for massive rallies, Iran's election authority will investigate allegations of ballot fraud, that is according to state-run media there. Challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi is expected to call off protest today, huge crowds of his supporters held massive protests this weekend, official results show incumbent President Muhamud Ahmadinejad won in a landslide victory.

A court hearing is scheduled today in the shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in D. C, a federal judge will hear how the suspect James von Brunn is recovering, the son of the reputed white supremacist says, he wishes his father would have died in Wednesday shooting instead. Von Brunn is charged with killing security guard Steven Johns. Johns' mom had this to say yesterday. "I don't wish any hatred , er, er, any ill feelings on the man that took my son's life. "

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he refuses to borrow money to keep his state running, he wants legislators to focus on the state's 24 billion dollar deficit or the state could be forced to cut thousands of jobs, eliminate health care for a million low income children. Meanwhile lawmakers are debating hundreds of other bills including creating a state blueberry commission. Banning toy cigarette lighters and mandating a larger font size for medical worker name tags.

Los Angeles is celebrating the Lakers' NBA championship win but things got a little out of hand, thousands of people gathered outside the Staple Center. The L.A.P.D. says fans set bonfires in the streets, they threw rocks at officers, damaged a police cruiser. About 25 people were arrested. The Lakers beat the Orlando Magic 99-86, they won their 15th NBA title.

Bike riders in Boulder, Colorado wanted to go Full Monty to make a point, but they didn't want to go to jail either, so they decided to cover up just enough to avoid getting indecent exposure tickets. Some wore thong you can see underwear, strategically-placed stickers, all taking part in this weekend's "World Naked Bike Ride". It was supposed to draw attention to dependence on cars and on gasoline. Probably draw attention to some other things too.

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

repute

according to what some people say, but not definitely

be reputed to be/do something

She is reputed to be extremely wealthy.

L．A．P．D．=Los Angeles Police Department

Full Monty: The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film. It tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act (a la Chippendale dancers) in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for main character Gaz to be able to see his son.