Hillary Clinton enters the race...Rubio expected to announce tomorrow...Toddler OK after fall into cheetah pit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is jumping back into presidential politics. She announced her much-anticipated second campaign for the White House today in a video posted online. In it, the former first lady, senator and secretary of state says that "everyday Americans need a champion" and she wants "to be that champion."

WASHINGTON (AP) — First-term Republican senator Marco Rubio is expected to launch his run for the White House tomorrow. Plans call for the 43-year-old son of Cuban immigrants to make the announcement in his hometown of Miami.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Officials at the Cleveland zoo say they plan to seek child endangerment charges tomorrow against a woman whose 2-year-old son fell into a cheetah exhibit. Officials say several witnesses saw the woman dangling the toddler over the railing yesterday before he fell about 10 feet into the pit. The cheetahs didn't go after the boy and his parents were able to jump in and pull him to safety. He was treated at a hospital for bumps and bruises.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An attorney for Nelly says the rapper and reality TV star will be exonerated of felony drug charges once the facts are out. Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes, was arrested yesterday after a bus he was traveling in was pulled over by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. According to their statement, troopers found five rocks that tested positive for meth, as well as a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Troopers also say they found numerous handguns.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The next space station grocery run will carry caffeine to a whole new level. An experimental espresso machine is part of the cargo aboard the SpaceX rocket scheduled to be launched tomorrow afternoon. It's to give Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti a break from the space station's instant coffee. Some 4,000 pounds of food and other equipment is also aboard the unmanned rocket.

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