John Koskinen, the Internal Revenue Service commissioner, said an agency employee took home personal information regarding about 20,000 IRS workers, former workers and contractors, putting the data at risk for public release.
Kevin Trudeau was sentenced in Chicago to 10 years in prison for bilking consumers through ubiquitous infomercials for his book The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.
Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, encountered protesters who disrupted a town hall meeting in South River and criticized him over the distribution of superstorm Sandy aid and a political-payback scandal overshadowing his administration.
Bill Haslam, the Republican governor of Tennessee, asked a federal judge to put the ruling requiring the state to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples on hold while a higher court weighs in on the case.
Ed Koledo, a Michigan school superintendent, said a teacher in Linden made a poor choice by allowing fifth-graders in a history class to taste nonalcoholic beer intended to represent 1700s ale, which the teacher told them was commonly consumed because the water then was unhealthy, but Koledo said the teacher didn’t intend to expose students to harm.
Bill Yosses, 60, an executive pastry chef, has given notice that he’s leaving the White House in June after more than seven years.
Mark Adams was arraigned in Michigan on a felony charge of resisting and obstructing a police officer and a misdemeanor count of disturbing the peace, accused of refusing to stop talking past a three-minute time limit for public comment at a Bridgeport Township board meeting.
Jim Flaherty, 64, Canada’s finance minister since 2006 and a fixture on the world financial stage, announced his resignation and said he plans to return to the private sector.
Darko Saric, 44, the most-wanted suspected drug lord in the Balkans, accused of smuggling 5.7 tons of cocaine from South America to Europe, was arrested after surrendering to Serbian authorities.
Moshe Yaalon, Israel’s defense minister, said in remarks published in the daily Haaretz that his country cannot depend on the United States to lead any action against Iran’s nuclear program.