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Don MacKenzie

purchased a 17-pound lobster at a Waterford, Conn., restaurant, then released the crustacean back into Long Island Sound, telling The Day of New London that the lobster, nicknamed “Lucky Larry” by area children, would have to be about 80 years old to reach his current size and, after all that time, didn’t “deserve a bib and butter.”

Felix Baumgartner, 43, a sky diver, jumped from an enclosed capsule that had been lifted by a giant helium balloon to an altitude of more than 18 miles and landed safely near Roswell, N.M.

Gov. Chris Christie, RN.J., said he hopes fellow Republican Mitt Romney beats President Barack Obama in November and seeks reelection in 2016, but if the presidency is open then, he’ll “certainly think about” running.

Anthony Hayne, 35, one of five men accused of plotting to bomb an Ohio highway bridge, pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against his co-defendants.

Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who is charged in the killing of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, and who has been held in contempt of court for growing a beard that violates Army regulations, will be forcibly shaved if he doesn’t remove the beard before his court-martial, said judge Col. Gregory Gross.

Russell Craig, a spokesman for England’s Manchester Airport, said authorities are investigating how an 11-year-old boy who didn’t have a passport, ticket or boarding pass managed to get through security, board a plane and fly to Italy.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, secretary of state, is urging the International Olympic Committee to remember the massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian gunmen at the Munich games in 1972 with a moment of silence at the opening ceremony of this year’s games in London.

Kathryn Cohen Allen, 45, has been charged in Jacksonville, Fla., with mailing hoax anthrax letters to the offices of Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 07/26/2012

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