TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, find the main entity about whom the author is writing. Write the full name if mentioned in the text. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Among darts tossed at Sen. Ted Cruz after his Twitter account "liked" a sexual video clip was an allegation that Cruz has backed a ban on sex toys . 
It ultimately was Cruz 's duty to defend the law , each lawyer said . 
Krupkin said : "Cruz in his official capacity as solicitor general supported a ban . 
It gets too close to the line when you say Ted Cruz" personally "did this . 
Ted Cruz did that in his official position . 
We 're unaware of Cruz , elected in 2012 and seeking re-election in 2018 , calling for a ban on sex toys . 
The Post 's tweet linked to the newspaper 's news story , which said , without added detail : "Cruz , a Republican from Texas , is known for his strong religious convictions and family values stance -- and once even supported a ban on sex toys ." 
Earlier , the state framed its arguments for upholding the law in a January 2007 brief listing the names of the then-attorney general , Greg Abbott , and five state attorneys working for the agency helmed by Abbott -- including Cruz , Todd and Davis , whose signature alone appears on the brief and , again alone , on the state 's unsuccessful post-ruling motion for rehearing . 
The New York Post 's tweet called Cruz "the same senator who once supported a ban on sex toys ." 
Cruz did not respond to our inquiry for this fact-check . 
This statement incorrectly suggests that Cruz called for a ban on sex toys while serving in the Senate or otherwise personally held that belief . 
There 's no doubt in my mind that Cruz would have reviewed it in some way ." 
"No ," Cruz said . 
To our inquiries , Todd and Gary Krupkin , a Dallas First Amendment lawyer who represents businesses selling such products , each commented that Cruz supported restricting sex toys but that defending state laws also was his duty . 
Cruz was Texas ' solicitor general at the time , making him the attorney general 's office 's top appellate lawyer . 
In his position as a state lawyer , Cruz helped in the unsuccessful defense of a Texas law barring commercial promotion of sex toys -- an action giving this claim an element of truth . 
New York Post Statement : Says Ted Cruz is the "same senator who once supported a ban on sex toys ." 
So , Todd said , Cruz "defended it . 
It 's a stupid law ," Cruz said , adding that he believes consenting adults should do what they please in the privacy of their bedrooms .

SOLUTION: Ted Cruz

PROBLEM: Kim Jong Nam is the exiled half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Here he is pictured at Beijing airport in China in 2007.
As of 2003  he lived in exile in Macau and other neighbouring regions  after falling out of favour with  his father who accused him of turning "into a capitalist " according to an email sent to the editor of the Tokyo Shimbun by Kim Jong Nam . He said: "After I went back to North Korea following my education in Switzerland  I grew further apart from  my father  because I insisted on reform and market-opening and was eventually viewed with suspicion."
In 2012   Kim Jong Nam  heavily criticised  his  family's North Korean leadership.  He  said: "The Kim Jong-un regime will not last long. Without reforms  North Korea will collapse  and when such changes take place  the regime will collapse " according to excerpts from Japanese journalist Yoji Gomi in Tokyo Shimbun newspaper.
On February 13  2017   Kim Jong Nam  was about to leave on a flight to Macau where  he  lived with  his  wife and two children.
But  he  died on  his  journey. South Korea was quick to accuse North Korea of dispatching a hit squad to murder  him  at the airport in Kuala Lumpur  saying two female assassins poisoned  him  and then fled in a taxi.

SOLUTION: Kim Jong Nam

PROBLEM: "Today" show host  Matt Lauer  was fired for what NBC on Wednesday called "inappropriate sexual behavior" with a colleague and was promptly confronted with a published report accusing him of crude and habitual misconduct with other women around the office.
With his easygoing charm   Lauer  has long been a lucrative and highly visible part of NBC News and one of the highest-paid figures in the industry  and  his  downfall shook the network and stunned many of the roughly 4 million viewers who start their day with  him .
 He  is easily one of the biggest names brought down in recent weeks by the wave of sexual misconduct allegations that have swept through Hollywood  the media and politics.
Network news chief Andrew Lack said in a memo to the staff that NBC received a complaint about  Lauer 's behavior on Monday and determined he violated company standards. NBC said the misconduct started when  Lauer  and a network employee were at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and continued beyond that assignment.
Lack said it was the first complaint lodged against  Lauer  in  his  20 years at NBC  but "we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident."
It was left to  Lauer 's shaken "Today" colleagues  Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb  to break the news to viewers at the top of Wednesday morning's show.
Among other things  Variety reported allegations that  Lauer  once gave a colleague a sex toy with an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her; that he exposed himself to another female co-worker; that he would question female producers about their sex lives; and that he would talk about which co-hosts he would like to sleep with.
Messages to  Lauer  and  his  agent were not immediately returned  and NBC would not say whether  he  denied or admitted to any wrongdoing.  He  is married with three children.
 Lauer  becomes the second morning host in a week to lose  his  job over sexual misconduct allegations. CBS fired Charlie Rose after several women who worked for  him  complained about  his  behavior.
Lauer's "Where in the world is Matt Lauer?" segments were popular for years  and he regularly played a lead role at the Olympics and other major news events. He had been scheduled to host the network's coverage of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony Wednesday evening.
On Twitter  President Donald Trump said  "Wow   Matt Lauer  was just fired from NBC for 'inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.' But when will the top executives at NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News."
Natalie Morales  a former "Today" show colleague who left the show for "Access Hollywood" last year  said she was in shock about the story. She referred to stories that said she and  Lauer  had an affair  which they both denied.

SOLUTION:
Matt Lauer