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Vicente Fox, Mexico's former president, told students and faculty members at the University of New Mexico that the United States should spend 2 percent of its gross domestic product to narrow the wage gap between Mexico and America and contended that such spending would reduce the need for expensive walls between the two countries.

Makaio Bachman-Majamay, 19, a Makawao, Hawaii, man who pleaded no contest to third-degree criminal property damage for starting a restaurant fire with a cigarette, has been ordered by a Maui judge not to use tobacco for a year.

Jose Pasqual, 26, was charged with burglary in Palm Beach County, Fla., after he was held at gunpoint until police arrived by 91-year-old Robert E. Thompson, who jumped out of bed naked when he heard his dog barking at an intruder.

Hannah Hendrick, 3, who wandered away from a family barbecue near Philo, Calif., and spent the night alone in Mendocino County woods, suffered only a few scratches and a case of poison oak during the 17 hours she was missing, said Lt. Rusty Noe.

Leonardo Darnell Zanders, 49, of Dolton, Ill., pleaded guilty in Alexandria, Va., to directing a nationwide fraud scheme to steal from people, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and financial institutions.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand's 81-yearold king and the world's longest-serving monarch, remained hospitalized for a third day with low fever and loss of appetite, the palace said, adding that the king was on a glucose drip and was being treated with antibiotics.

Dr. James Fish, 90, a retired physician who police say shot his terminally ill wife in the head before turning the gun on himself, has been charged in Laguna Woods, Calif., with voluntary manslaughter.

Farouk Hosni, an Egyptian culture minister who once threatened to burn Israeli books, and Irina Bokova, Bulgarian ambassador to France, tied in a fourth round of voting and will face off in a fifth round today in the race to lead UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Walter Breuning, a Montana resident who is considered to be the world's oldest man, celebrated his 113th birthday with a party at the Rainbow Retirement Community in Great Falls.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 09/22/2009

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