LITTLE ROCK — Lt. Jennifer Jessee
of the U.S. Coast Guard said that the Delta Mariner, a cargo ship that tore off a 322-foot section of a bridge over the Tennessee River, will be moved to Paducah, Ky., for repairs and must pass an inspection before resuming its voyage to Cape Canaveral, Fla., where it was hauling rocket parts for NASA and the U.S. Air Force.
Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old Saudi newspaper columnist who is accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter, was deported by Malaysian authorities despite concerns from rights groups that he may be persecuted at home.
Diane Aulger, whose husband, Mark, was diagnosed with colon cancer, had her labor induced about two weeks before her due date so Mark would be able to see his infant daughter, Savannah, before dying.
Vladimir Nesterets, an engineer at a Russian space facility primarily used for military rocket launches and ballistic missile research, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for supplying the CIA with classified military information.
Joshua Hahn, an off-duty New Jersey county sheriff’s deputy who was shot when he tried to intervene in a domestic dispute at a Hamilton Township pizzeria and suffered two punctured lungs and a shattered vertebra, was awarded $5.9 million in a civil judgment against Billy Heisler, the gunman.
Adolf Sauerland, mayor of Duisburg, Germany, was ousted in a recall election prompted by anger at his refusal to step down after mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival led to the deaths of 21 people.
Brian Biff Baker, a 52-year-old Utah man, faces multiple felony charges after police say he conducted surveillance on the Governor’s Mansion in Salt Lake City and said he intended to kill Gov. Gary Herbert in text messages he sent to a friend, who reported the messages to police.
Akihito, the 78-year old Japanese emperor who was recently hospitalized for nonemergency tests, will undergo heart bypass surgery at the University of Tokyo Hospital, as the tests indicated his heart condition had worsened compared with tests a year ago.
Alex Weintz, a spokesman for Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, who has opposed a proposed 6 percent pay raise for judges and statewide elected officials, said reducing the state income tax would benefit state workers, who have not received a pay raise since 2006.
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