LITTLE ROCK — Sean Berte, 32, a former Boston firefighter, was sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting he grew more than 100 marijuana plants that were seized from his Maine home in a federal raid last year.
Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, has investments worth a minimum of $6.7 million and received 25 seats to Bruce Springsteen concerts directly from the singer, according to a financial disclosure report covering the year ending Dec. 31.
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutchman who remains the sole suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway, lost a defense motion in Peru to void his confession in the murder of 21-year-old Lima student Stephany Flores.
Naomi Mauller, a store clerk in New Lexington, Ohio, who made a mistake printing a customer’s Mega Millions lottery ticket and then bought the flubbed ticket herself for $2, landed a big prize after her ticket and the customer’s new ticket were winners, bringing in a quarter-million dollars for each ticketholder.
Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, met with Syrian President Bashar Assad and called on Latin America and the Arab world to fight what he called America’s imperialist and capitalist interests abroad.
Esteban Nunez, 21, the son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, and co-defendant Ryan Jett were sentenced in San Diego to 16 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of college student Luis Santos near San Diego State University on Oct. 4, 2008.
Patrick Fousek, 38, of Salinas, Calif., who is accused along with Samantha Tomasini, 20, of trying to sell their baby for $25 outside a Wal-Mart, is recovering after other inmates beat him and is being held away from the general population at the Monterey County jail.
David Weigel
resigned from his job blogging about conservatives for The Washington Post after leaked emails showed him disparaging some Republicans and commentators, including saying Matt Drudge should “handle his emotional problems more responsibly and set himself on fire” and mocking Rand Paul of Kentucky by referring to the “Paultard Tea Party.”
Prince Charles
and his wife, Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall, observed a parade commemorating Britain’s second annual Armed Forces Day as serving troops marched with veterans and cadets through the streets of Cardiff, Wales.
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