Carissa Yi
b, a 9-yearold girl from Chelmsford, Mass., became the youngest person to reach the expert level since the U.S. Chess Federation began keeping electronic records in 1991, having started playing the game with her father, Percy, only three years ago.
Debbie Rios-Vanskike, a spokesman for the San Antonio Zoo, said that the two-headed turtle Thelma and Louise, born there last month, has become so popular she now has her own Facebook page, which features photos and imaginary conversations between the two heads.
Andrew Marr, a presenter on BBC with a popular self-titled Sunday morning politics show, will return to work in September after having suffered a stroke in January.
Ralph Nader, the 79-year-old consumer advocate and onetime presidential candidate, is making plans to build the American Museum of Tort Law in his hometown of Hartford, Conn., with exhibits and artifacts from significant cases in U.S. history.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., joined a growing list of Democrats calling on San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign after allegations that he had sexually harassed women, saying on CNN’s State of the Union that she suspected there would be recalls if he didn’t.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, plans to establish a university in the capital, Tehran, after he leaves office, having received permission from the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council to open the institution for postgraduate studies, which he plans on calling Iranian University.
Amanda Berry, one of three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade, made her first public appearance after her rescue - at a concert featuring the rapper Nelly, walking onstage with her family and waving at the cheering crowd.
Joan Mitchell, a woman from Beaumont, Texas, reunited a charm bracelet she found on a beach in the mid-1990s with its owner, Jen Buchanan of Americus, Ga., after posting a photo on Facebook showing its charms, some of which read “Americus High School, Merle and Beth.”
Caroline Criado-Perez, a women’s-rights advocate in Britain, said she has been facing a deluge of abuse on Twitter after her campaign to get a woman on a U.K. bank note led to the Bank of England’s announcement it would feature author Jane Austen on new 10-pound bills.
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