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Apryl Rogers, 71, said she has no hard feelings toward the black bear that mauled her after it entered her New Hampshire home through a door that was not fully latched, leaving her with cuts in her cheek and scalp, a fractured neck and the loss of her left eye.

Prabhu Ramamoorthy, 35, an Indian national in the U.S. on a work visa, was con- victed of sexually assaulting a Spirit Airlines passenger after the woman told au- thorities she was startled awake to find her shirt un- buttoned and Ramamoorthy, who was seated next to her, with his hand down her un- buttoned pants.

Lieven Litaer of Ger- many has translated the classic children’s book The Little Prince into Klingon, the language of a race of people in the science fiction franchise Star Trek, saying the book will be published in October.

Ezra James, 88, was charged with animal cruelty after he said he threw gaso- line on a raccoon in a metal cage and lit a match, setting the animal on fire, because it had eaten his mangoes, adding that Florida police later shot the animal to end its suffering.

Maria del Carmen Ven- egas said she drove herself to the hospital to give birth after immigration agents detained her husband while the couple were stopped at a California gas station on their way to the hospital, and an immigration spokes- man later said her husband was wanted in Mexico on homicide charges.

Andrew Wright, a sher- iff’s lieutenant in Summit County, Utah, said a hunter who suffered minor chest and leg injuries when he was attacked by a mountain lion declined medical atten- tion because he wanted to continue hunting.

Daniel Williams, 51, and his 17-year-old daugh- ter were arrested in Georgia, authorities say, after agents got a tip that the two were dealing drugs, leading to a raid of the family’s home and storage unit where in- vestigators found 2 pounds of marijuana, 87 Ecstasy pills and $22,000.

Timothy Dean Petti- way was arrested on theft charges after $192,800 dis- appeared from a Montgom- ery, Ala., casino, and an FBI agent said surveillance video showed Pettiway kneeling in front of a customer kiosk holding a money cassette.

Joseph Lasala, 32, who was driving under the in- fluence of cocaine, mari- juana and opiates when his car hit and killed a Kansas City, Mo., bicyclist, was sen- tenced to at least 120 days in prison.

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