In brief: Wife says Cain ‘respects women’

WASHINGTON – Herman Cain’s wife says the claims of sexual harassment against the GOP presidential candidate don’t ring true because he “totally respects women.”

Gloria Cain told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren: “I’m thinking he would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said.”

In an interview to be aired today during the show “On the Record,” Gloria Cain said she can’t believe the claims he harassed women when he led the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

“To hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman, and I know that’s not the person he is,” she said. “He totally respects women.”

Excerpts of the interview were released Sunday.

Four women have now accused Herman Cain of sexually harassing them when he led the National Restaurant Association. He has denied wrongdoing.

Man missing after blast found dead

FAIRBORN, Ohio – The body of a 75-year-old man was found Sunday after he was killed in a house explosion in western Ohio that injured six others, including four children, and damaged neighbors’ homes, authorities said. The explosion sent debris and the victims into the yard.

Work was being done on the duplex’s water line when the gas line was struck, causing the explosion Saturday, Fairborn Fire Marshal Carl Day said.

A 13-year-old was transferred in critical condition to Shriner’s Hospital for Children, , said spokeswoman Louise Holker. Two men also were injured. Their conditions were not given.