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LITTLE ROCK — Marty Czarnecki

and Denise Irvine tied the knot at the Copps grocery store in Wautoma, Wis., where the couple met last year while he was working in the store’s liquor aisle and she arrived to buy wine.

Jan Fedarcyk, a 23-year veteran of the FBI, has been named the new head of the FBI’s New York Division, the bureau’s largest with 2,000 agents and other employees, making her the first woman to be named an assistant director for one of the FBI’s operational field offices.

Pedro Segarra, the Hartford, Conn., City Council president, has been sworn in as mayor after Eddie Perez stepped down from the post over his conviction on charges including extortion and accepting a bribe.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has issued an executive order barring California’s welfare recipients from using state-issued debit cards in automated teller machines at casinos after the Los Angeles Times reported that CalWORKS cards were used to withdraw more than $1.8 million in taxpayer cash at casinos since October.

Patricia Edwards

was distracted by the 15 cats running free in her car, said the South Dakota Supreme Court, which ruled 3-2 that Edwards and her cats presented a significant risk to the public and a police officer acted correctly when he seized the felines.

Constance McMillen, 18, who filed suit against Fulton, Miss., school officials after they refused to let her escort her girlfriend to the prom, has been named one of three grand marshals for New York City’s annual Pride March.

Samantha Brewer, a Cincinnati-area woman who authorities say burglarized homes while her children waited in her car and at times used her 5-year-old son to help with break-ins, has pleaded guilty to burglary, attempted burglary and child endangerment.

Andrew “Butch” Borasky, a Nye County, Nev., commissioner, and Carl Moore Sr. are each hoping Lady Luck will be on his side because the two will settle a tie in their GOP primary race with a game of chance, determining who moves on to the general election to face Libertarian candidate Sandra Darby.

Francois Cousteix, 24, who was accused of infiltrating Twitter and peeping at the account of President Barack Obama, Britney Spears and other celebrities, has been convicted by a French court and given a five-month suspended prison sentence.