LITTLE ROCK — Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI’s butler who was jailed on suspicion of stealing and leaking Vatican documents, has been released from custody and placed under house arrest pending a decision on whether he will stand trial.
Jordan Biggs, a 20-year old Oregon State University student, was booked into a Corvallis, Ore., jail on a theft charge after she refused to return to its original owner a dog she found in Portland last year and had trained to assist her when she has an asthma attack.
Sabas Chahuan, Chile’s attorney general, is investigating 61 schools in Santiago for possible child-sex abuse after reports of sexual abuse of children under age 14 jumped by 22 percent in the first half of the year as compared with the same period in 2011.
King Juan Carlos of Spain has been ousted as president of the World Wildlife Fund’s Spanish branch, a title he has held since 1968, after the group decided his recent elephant safari was incompatible with its goal of conserving endangered species “although such hunting is legal and regulated.”
Thomas Donilon, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, is traveling to Beijing to discuss Middle East and Asian security matters with senior Chinese officials.
Ali Wanees, an ultraconservative former Egyptian lawmaker and cleric who police said they found fondling a woman in a car, has been sentenced to a year in prison for public indecency and to six months for contempt of police for purportedly calling the officers “sons of dogs” when they knocked on his window.
David Driver, a turtle farmer in northwest Georgia, suspects vandals are to blame for tearing down fences around his turtle ponds and allowing about 1,600 of the 2,200 animals to slowly escape.
Morgan Freeman, the Oscar-winning actor, has donated $1 million to Priorities USA Action, a super political action committee supporting President Barack Obama.
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