LITTLE ROCK — Dharun Ravi, 20, a former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself, issued an apology through his lawyer, saying he was sorry for his “thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices.”
Edna Yarmuth, 85, the mother of U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, is “doing fine” after being rescued from a Louisville, Ky., creek where her vehicle was partly submerged in the current after a crash, according to a statement by the Kentucky Democrat’s office.
Michelle Obama
told ABC’s The View that her daughters Sasha, 10, and Malia, 13, are learning that even children of politicians “have to have a thick skin.”
Brad Harriman, 58, the Democratic nominee for a southern Illinois congressional seat being vacated by fellow Democrat Jerry Costello, has dropped out of the race, citing an unspecified neurological ailment.
Sultan Ibrahim Ismail, the constitutional leader of Malaysia’s southern Johor state, paid $165,600 to buy the country’s most coveted license plate, “WWW1,” or World Wide Web, the Road Transport Department said.
Rep. Thaddeus Mc-Cotter, R-Mich., will be forced to mount a write-in campaign after the Michigan secretary of state’s office determined that he didn’t have the 1,000 valid signatures needed to get on the primary ballot.
Jamal Rogers
and Antonio Mathis have been charged in Detroit with attempted murder in an attack on Rogers’ pregnant ex-girlfriend Latonya Bowman, who prosecutors say was abducted at gunpoint, doused in lighter fluid, set on fire and shot to prevent her from having the baby.
Goodluck Jonathan, president of Nigeria, announced that the University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, would be renamed Moshood Abiola University in honor of a political prisoner who died in jail over a decade ago, a decision that was met with protests by students.
Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s mayor, and the city’s police commanders revealed a new plan for combating street violence that includes going after liquor and convenience stores used by gang members as hangouts, with the announcement coming after a four-day holiday weekend that saw more than 40 shootings and 10 homicides.
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