Huffington Magazine Issue 66 | Page 8

Enter FROM TOP: AP PHOTO/KATHY WILLENS; JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES; AP PHOTO/ORLANDO SENTINEL, GARY GREEN, POOL 2 POINTERS THE RESULTS ARE IN In New York City’s elections on Tuesday night, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio took a commanding lead in the Democratic mayoral primary, earning slightly more than 40 percent of the vote. He will avoid a run-off with the second-place finisher, Bill Thompson, if that total holds after a recount. Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner received less than 5 percent of the vote. In the Republican mayoral primary, Joe Lhota defeated John Catsimatidis. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as governor over a prostitution scandal, lost to Scott Stringer in the race for city comptroller. 3 IT’S HERE! 4 HUFFINGTON 09.15.13 Apple fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that the tech giant has announced the newest iPhones. The iPhone 5S will ship with the newest operating system, iOS 7, and comes with a built-in fingerprint sensor called Touch ID, which can be used for unlocking the phone and for other functions like authorizing iTunes purchases. Apple’s senior VP of worldwide marketing said its central processing unit and graphics are twice as fast as those on its predecessor. Apple also introduced a cheaper version of the phone, called the iPhone 5C, which is made of plastic, comes in five bright colors and costs $99 for 16GB. ZIMMERMAN IN SPOTLIGHT AGAIN The wife of George Zimmerman, who was recently acquitted of second-degree murder in the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, called police Monday to report that Zimmerman had battered her father and was threatening the family with a gun. She later said Zimmerman broke apart an iPad she had used to record the confrontation. Zimmerman claims his wife’s father attacked him and that she hit him with the iPad. Police said it’s unknown whether they’ll be able to retrieve video from the destroyed device, and the investigation is on hold.