LITTLE ROCK — Bristol Palin, daughter of former GOP Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, told Us Weekly that her mother “doesn’t really approve” of her re-engagement to Levi Johnston, the 20-year-old father of the teen’s toddler son, Tripp, saying that both of her parents are worried that she’ll get hurt again.
Officer Louis Ramos
of the New York City Police Department has pleaded innocent to charges of assault, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident over allegations he hit a bicyclist with his police car and then drove off.
Sen. Richard Lugar, RInd., has announced he will vote to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, becoming the second Republican to support her nomination.
Ronald Charles Dallas, 32, a Utah man who was ordered not to contact his estranged wife because of a pending domestic-violence case, is accused of violating a protective order after prosecutors say he mailed letters to his wife’s cat asking the woman not to testify against him.
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican who was considered her party’s top prospect for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s seat, has announced that she won’t enter the race.
Paloma Werner, a yachter in South Africa, saw her trip off the country’s southwestern coast take an unexpected turn when a whale breached near her boat and smacked the yacht, snapping the mast in two.
President Barack Obama
said he is looking forward to signing the Tribal Law and Order Act, which gives American Indian tribes more authority to address what he calls “unique public-safety challenges” on their reservations, after Congress approved the measure.
Darlene Holland, 52, has been charged in Fresno, Calif., with forgery, perjury and filing false documents after authorities said she turned in 100 forged voter signatures on behalf of two candidates who were running for local offices.
Steven Alston, 25, has been sentenced in Washington, D.C., to nine years in prison after he pleaded guilty to carjacking Julia Corker, the 22-year-old daughter of Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
John D. Bennett, 58, who was the CIA’s most senior station chief until he retired in May, has been brought out of retirement to run the National Clandestine Service, replacing Michael J. Sulick.
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