LITTLE ROCK — Steve Burke, 52, Comcast’s chief operating officer, will become CEO of NBC Universal later this year when Comcast takes control of the broadcaster, replacing outgoing chief Jeff Zucker.
Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, was quoted by the Times of London as saying he is not opposed to the appointment of homosexuals as bishops, if they pledge to remain celibate.
Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Democratic governor of Illinois who was recently convicted of lying to the FBI, will appear at a “Trust Forum” during week-long events in New York City called Advertising Week because, according to the organizers’ website, he has a “unique take on trust.”
Bethany Storro
of Vancouver, Wash., will face charges of second-degree theft, accused of accepting $28,000 in donations after claiming a woman had splashed her with acid and later admitting to police that she put drain cleaner on her own face.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., said she didn’t intend to offend anyone when she told a reporter with Univision that “the Vietnamese” and Republicans were trying to take her seat representing California’s Orange County and that her opponent, Republican Assemblyman Van Tran, was “very anti-immigrant and very anti-Hispanic.”
Woody Will Smith, 33, was convicted of murdering his wife after a jury rejected defense claims that excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left him so sleep-deprived and mentally unstable that he had falsely confessed to police.
Col. Robert Saum, the Army officer in charge of overseeing treatment for troops suffering from brain injuries and psychological trauma, has been reassigned pending inquiry into accusations of unwanted sexual advances and creating a hostile workplace.
Rachelle O’Handley, 23, of Milford, Mass., pleaded innocent to breaking and entering, larceny and assault after being accused of disguising herself as a man so she could rob her own 79-year-old grandmother of her jewelry.
Michelle Obama, 46, urged international development organizations to engage military veterans and spouses in their work, telling her audience at the Clinton Global Initiative that the skills of servicemen are “woefully underutilized.”
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