LITTLE ROCK — Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was briefly detained for chanting anti-government slogans in Tehran, the IRNA news agency said, but police denied there were any opposition rallies to mark the deaths of two protesters in clashes with security forces a week before.
Adam Goldberg, a Northwest Fire District spokesman, said a gust of wind in Marana, Ariz., picked up a bounce house with two girls playing inside, dumping one in the yard but carrying her friend more than 100 feet, then dropping her onto a house, seriously injuring the girl and shattering about 200 roof tiles.
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Budget Committee, said the GOP isn’t trying to force a shutdown of the U.S. government, but he won’t support a continuing resolution to keep it going “unless it has some spending cuts.”
Kristen Levitin, principal at Dale Junior High in west Anaheim, Calif., said her district is using GPS technology to keep track of students who habitually skip school, adding, “Anything that can help these kids get to class is a good thing.”
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., is urging the U.S. to direct $150 million in economic aid to Egypt instead of only giving advice on how to build a democratic system, because the “Egyptian economy is in the tank.”
Bret Rapozo, 51, said his son Bryan, 32, “was very upset” when his 2-year-old terrier, Bear, vanished from the family business near Sacramento, Calif., and was “overwhelmed” when a Tacoma, Wash., shelter called to say the dog had turned up in the city 740 miles away.
Ricardo Boone Salmon, a congressman for Chihuahua state, said lawmakers approved a request asking the Mexican government to ban the video game Call of Juarez: The Cartel, which is based on shootouts in Ciudad Juarez where 6,000 people died in drug-related violence in the past two years.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, said his country views with “gravity” Iran’s plan to send two warships through the Suez Canal on their way to Syria, a move he said highlights the need to increase Israel’s defense budget.
Roland Fleck, a 78-yearold retired doctor from Jackson, Wyo., was handcuffed and hauled away on a toboggan after ignoring ski patrollers’ orders to stop skiing uphill because of avalanche danger, but Jackson Hole Resort officials said they won’t press charges.
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