LITTLE ROCK — Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor who was once considered a potential Republican presidential contender before admitting to an affair in 2009, will join Fox News as a paid political commentator through the 2012 presidential elections.
Tiffany Morales, a 38-year-old Alabama woman who says her fiance is an illegal alien, was arrested on allegations that she threatened Republican Gov. Robert Bentley’s life over the state’s tough law cracking down on illegal immigration by saying “he has a bullet with his name on it.”
Rupert Boneham, 47, who’s known for wearing tie-dyed shirts and won $1 million when he was voted TV viewers’ fan favorite in 2004’s Survivor: All-Stars, announced that he’s seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for Indianagovernor.
Francois Hollande, 57, was formally installed as the French Socialist Party candidate against conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the two-round presidential elections in April and May.
King Abdullah
of Jordan urged Israel and the Palestinians to look to the Arab Spring uprisings for inspiration and to restart their stalled peace talks as he addressed a special meeting of the Davos, Switzerlandbased World Economic Forum, held on the shores of the Dead Sea.
Hugo Chavez, 57, the Venezuelan president, is in optimal health after undergoing cancer treatment, doctors on his medical team said as they disputed a surgeon’s remarks in a Mexican magazine that the prognosis “is not good.”
Jacob Kiss, 19, was charged with misdemeanor burglary on allegations that he tried to rob a San Diego 7-Eleven while wearing a Gumby costume.
Andrew Keith Johnston, a 19-year-old Tennessee man, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing his 1-month-old son, William, in October 2010 because the baby bothered him during his video game.
Justin Lew Harris, 35, of Gardnerville, Nev., faces disorderly conduct and coercion charges after authorities say he carried his 56-year-old mother out of the church because she objected during his wedding, which was then called off.
Drew “Bo” Brownstein, 35, the Denver owner of a hedge fund, pleaded guilty to securities fraud, admitting making up to $2.5 million by trading on inside information that he got from a friend about a pending acquisition.
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