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William O'Neill, 70, an Ohio Supreme Court justice who is running for governor, is being criticized for posting on social media that he has been "sexually intimate with approximately 50 very attractive females" in what he said was a swipe at the "media frenzy" over misconduct allegations against public officials.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the 76-year-old civil-rights leader, disclosed that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015 and now plans to "dedicate" himself to physical therapy for the neurological disorder.

Daniel Hatley, a British army corporal, said he was proud that a Belgian Malinois named Mali that he trained is the 69th recipient of the Dickin medal, billed as the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross, Britain's top award for valor, for saving the lives of troops during combat in Afghanistan in 2012.

Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, said it's "personally hurtful" that about 75,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the name of his late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, to be taken off a new $4 billion bridge over the Hudson River.

Larry Crowson, a Houston police lieutenant, said a man who led police on a 20-mile chase through the city and stopped to avoid a spike strip, got out of his car and danced until he was subdued by a police dog.

Madeline Phillips of Huntersville, N.C., said a roadside orange traffic cone that has a plant growing out of it and that her son mowed around over the summer, has been dubbed the "Cone Weed" by area residents and is now decorated with tinsel and ornaments and has its own Facebook fan page.

Edward Cramer, 69, and his wife, Audrey, 66, filed a lawsuit after police in Buffalo Township, Pa., kept them handcuffed for hours in a patrol car before setting them free after an insurance adjuster confused the couple's flowering hibiscus plants for marijuana.

Madeleine Entine can keep her therapy dog at an Ohio State University sorority house, a federal judge ruled, until the courts can sort out whether the dog must go because it inflames another student's allergies.

Katharina Andresen, 22, a student considered Norway's richest woman, with a fortune of $1.23 billion, was banned from driving for 13 months on a drunken-driving charge and fined $30,400, an amount that in Norway is based on a defendant's income.

A Section on 11/18/2017

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