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Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the 18th annual TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp in Arlington, Va., about losing his first wife and his daughter to a car accident in 1972, saying that there will come a day when the thought of a lost loved one “brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye.”

Stacey Smalls, 41, has been charged in Philadelphia with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her 18-month-old twins, named Adam and Eve.

Tamae Watanabe, 73, who was the oldest woman to climb Mount Everest when she did it 10 years ago, beat her own record during a successful climb last weekend, saying: “It was much more difficult for me this time. I felt I was weaker and had less power. This time it was certainly different, I felt that I had gotten old.”

Shannon Colonna, who texted her boyfriend, Kyle Best, while he was driving, cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a New Jersey judge has ruled.

Akile Simon, a crime reporter for Trinidad & Tobago’s Trinidad Express, and TV6 cameraman Brendon Alexander have pleaded innocent to robbery charges over allegations they robbed a liquor store of $28,000 and nine bottles of whiskey and then got in a shootout with police.

Michelle Obama told People magazine that if she could be anyone, it would be Beyonce because “it looks like musicians just have the most fun,” but admitted she lacks musical ability.

Nikkolaus McCarthy, 25, of Charlton, N.Y., pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for driving his motorcycle at 170 mph as he tried to get away from police who caught him speeding and has been sentenced to the 20 days he’s already spent in jail and loss of his license for 90 days.

Peter Burrows, the bishop of Doncaster, England, said Canon Paul Shackerley, a Doncaster vicar, has apologized for such comments on his Facebook page as “I think I will put my feet up. I’ve done f* all today other than jazz lesson and visit a friend. I hear the fizz of tonic in my gin beckoning” and “Alas, I have religion tomorrow. At least I’m not preaching this week.”

Felix Roque, mayor of West New York, N.J., and his 22-year-old son, Joseph, have been arrested over accusations they hacked into the websites of political foes who were seeking the elder Roque’s recall.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 05/26/2012

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