LITTLE ROCK — Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a Saudi prince who has aided the imam who is spearheading a proposed Islamic center near New York’s ground zero, urged the backers of the proposed Islamic center to choose another site not associated with the “wound” of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Ted Sorensen, 82, a former speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, has been hospitalized in New York after suffering a severe stroke last week, his second stroke in a decade, his assistant said.
Tom Tancredo, a former Republican congressman who is running for Colorado governor on the American Constitution Party ticket, told a Canon City crowd that President Barack Obama poses a threat to the Constitution, saying, “It’s not al-Qaida; it’s the guy sitting in the White House.”
Alejandro Garza, an Austin, Texas, firefighter who reportedly posted nude photos of himself online, has been placed on indefinite suspension without pay for conduct unbecoming a member of the department, said Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr.
Carly Fiorina, the Republican challenging California’s U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Democrat, said she is “completely cancer-free” and feels “fantastic,” after being hospitalized for two days to treat an infection related to reconstructive surgery for breast cancer.
Alexandra V. Tobias
pleaded guilty in Jacksonville, Fla., to second-degree murder for shaking her baby to death after the boy’s crying interrupted a game she was playing on Facebook.
Tom Dart, sheriff of Cook County, Ill., who was considered to be a leading contender to replace Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, said he won’t run for the post because the job would interfere with his family responsibilities, adding, “If I ever had to look myself in the mirror and said I put politics ahead of my children, I would never forgive myself.”
Sanford Rothman, 63, was treated at a Boulder, Colo., hospital after police say he woke up to a “bang” and a gunshot wound in his knee that was likely selfinflicted as Rothman was sleepwalking.
Steven Slater, the Jet-Blue flight attendant who activated the emergency chute on an airplane at New York City’s Kennedy Airport, told CBS’ The Early Show that he “needed to go” in a way he “knew was final” because if he went out the front door, he “was probably coming right back.”
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