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Frank Poli, 92, received from U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., long-overdue medals Poli earned for serving in the Navy during World War II, including the Navy Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the American Campaign Medal.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a potential 2016 presidential candidate, called for expanded school choice for poor and minority-group children while visiting an all-girls Catholic high school in President Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago.

Maj. Greg Fowler of the Murray County sheriff’s office in Georgia said one of the agency’s drug dogs bit a deputy on his face while the deputy was trying to take a self-photo and that the dog interpreted the deputy’s arm around its neck as an act of aggression, leading to the bite.

Christopher Inserra, 32, a former police officer accused of rocking out on stage as the lead singer of a metal band called Cousin Sleaze while he claimed he couldn’t work because of an arm injury, pleaded guilty to fraud in Brooklyn, N.Y., and faces up to 14 months in prison at sentencing.

Karen St. Germain, a Democratic Louisiana state representative, said she would not push a gay rights anti-discrimination bill because she didn’t have the votes for passage amid opposition from business organizations and conservative groups.

Alexei Navalny, a main critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was fined about $8,400 in Moscow after a court ruled he had libeled a ruling-party politician, a development that could lead to the reinstatement of a suspended sentence from a previous conviction, landing Navalny in prison as he awaits trial in a third case.

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, issued a renewed warning that if the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace talks fail, he may dissolve the authority and hand sole responsibility for the West Bank back to Israel.

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York said that “it’s not acceptable” that ambulances took more than 10 minutes to respond to a fire in Queens that killed two small children during the weekend.

Thomas Carmody, a Republican Louisiana state representative, is scrapping his proposal to name the Bible as the official state book, saying lawmakers had told him they were worried the bill was distracting from more important debates.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 04/23/2014

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