Chris Baker, 43, CEO and president of the American Conservation Experience, underwent surgery to repair a punctured lung after being gored as he took photos of one of the 300 bison that live on California’s Santa Catalina Island.
Phil Ivey, a professional gambler accused of cheating an Atlantic City casino out of $9.6 million, responded to a lawsuit by saying the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has its own way of gaining an advantage, plying gamblers with free booze served by flirty, curvaceous and scantily clad waitresses.
Joe Brown, an attorney and former TV judge, surrendered to Shelby County, Tenn., deputies to serve five days in jail for contempt of court after his outburst in a juvenile-court case.
Matthew Sanchez of Albuquerque, N.M., who hung up on a teenager seeking help for a 17-year-old shooting victim who later died, had his 911 dispatcher license revoked by the state Health Department, preventing him from legally working as an emergency medical dispatcher.
Rodney Vawter, a police officer in Greenfield, Ind., is waiting on the state’s highest court to decide whether the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles violated his free-speech rights when it revoked his 3-year-old vanity license plate “0INK,” saying it was offensive.
Arnold Anderson, a teacher for the past 15 years at Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick, N.J., will keep his job despite being late for work 111 times over a two-year period, after an arbitrator said the district failed to give him formal notice of his inefficient behavior and 90 days to correct it.
Douglas Hughes, 61, charged with illegally landing his gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol, has used online crowdfunding to raise $9,900 toward his defense as his attorneys discuss a plea deal with prosecutors.
Bradley Mason and his wife, Penny, of Myersdale, Pa., were at the county courthouse signing the paperwork on the vacant house they had just bought next door to their own out of concern that it was a fire hazard when they learned a neighbor had called 911 to report the house was ablaze.
Charles Troutman, 22, was driving a pickup on Interstate 30 when he was caught flashing law enforcement-style red and blue lights behind a vehicle being driven by an off-duty Dallas police officer who called 911, resulting in Troutman’s arrest on counts of impersonating a public servant and possessing marijuana.