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Mo Cowan, the former chief of staff for Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, has been appointed by the Democratic governor to the Senate, replacing Sen. John Kerry, who has been confirmed as the next secretary of state, and said he has no plans to run for the seat in a June 25 special election.

George Ryan, a former Illinois governor who served more than five years behind bars for multiple corruption convictions, was released from prison and spent only a few hours at a Chicago halfway house before the 78-year-old Republican was allowed to go to his Kankakee home to serve the rest of his sentence.

Prince Charles

and his wife, Camilla, took a ride on London’s subway, traveling one stop, from Farringdon to King’s Cross on the Metropolitan Line, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Underground, the world’s first subway system.

Marinko Umicevic, president of the Bosnian wheelchair basketball club Vrbas, said members of the club are starting a campaign to legalize prostitution in the country to help disabled people “achieve their right to love,” adding that Bosnia had to catch up with 21stcentury Europe, where, he said, some people with disabilities “even get state subsidies to pay for sex.”

Christopher Harris, 37, has been sentenced in Fort Worth to 15 years in prison for biting off the nose of another homeless man after the two quarreled whilewashing a car.

Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said the president and first lady’s “thoughts and prayers are with” the family of Hadiya Pendleton, 15, a Chicago majorette who had performed in President Barack Obama’s inauguration festivities and who was shot and killed in a South Side park about a mile from the Obamas’ home.

Ambo Ella, a spokesman for Sidendeng Rappang District in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, said a 16-year-old boy was in critical condition after being severely bitten when a mob of wild monkeys attacked his village.

President Barack Obama

has signed into law a $50.5 billion emergency measure for victims of superstorm Sandy.

Karen “ Gary” Kazaryan, 27, of Glendale, Calif., has been indicted on 15 counts of computer intrusion and 15 counts of aggravated identity theft over allegations that he hacked into hundreds of social media and e-mail accounts to coerce more than 350 women into getting naked for him.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 01/31/2013

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