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Sonia Sotomayor, the U.S. Supreme Court justice, will be honored by Bryn Mawr College, the women's liberal arts school near Philadelphia, with the 2015 Katharine Hepburn Medal, given to women who embody "the intelligence, drive and independence" of the late actress and Bryn Mawr graduate.

Jenny Sanford, the ex-wife of U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, a South Carolina Republican and former governor, asked a judge to order her former spouse to undergo mental evaluations and anger management as part of her effort to modify a custody arrangement.

Josh Earnest, the White House spokesman, said President Barack Obama "hasn't made a decision about the timing" of any announcement on immigration measures, despite a self-imposed end-of-summer deadline for taking executive action.

Tracey Lynn Garner of Jackson, Miss., was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing a Georgia woman, Karima Gordon, through illicit silicone buttocks injections.

Samuel Little, 74, a career criminal arrested in crimes in 24 states, was convicted in Los Angeles in the stranglings of three women in the 1980s and could face life in prison when sentenced this month.

Alberto Plasencia of Yonkers, N.Y., who in 2004 threw a 10-pound chunk of asphalt through the windshield of a passing car, killing the driver, Marie McSweeney, was sentenced to two to six years in prison.

Chase Culpepper, 16, who was born male but doesn't identify as male or female, sued South Carolina's Department of Motor Vehicles because the agency won't allow Culpepper to take a driver's license photo wearing makeup.

Belvin Perry, 64, the Florida judge who gained an international audience while presiding over Casey Anthony's murder trial, is headed back to private practice and joining the Morgan and Morgan Law Firm.

Paul Browning, 86, a World War II veteran, was recovering after being beaten during a robbery outside an Ohio hospital where Browning was visiting his ailing wife, authorities said.

Don DeZarn, 48, a Navy veteran and marijuana legalization activist, who said he was told to choose between his job at New Jersey's Princeton University and using medical marijuana for his inflammatory bowel disease and post-traumatic stress disorder, is on paid leave as the university works to figure out accommodations.

A Section on 09/03/2014

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