In the news

Sunday, December 2, 2012

George H.W. Bush, the 88-year-old former president, remains in stable condition at a Houston hospital, but a lingering cough related to bronchitis likely will keep him there through the weekend.

Eric Hartsburg, a northern Indiana man who had the red-and-blue “R” logo from the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign tattooed onto his face, said, “Now to me it represents not a losing campaign, but a sore losing campaign,” and that he plans to have it removed.

Clint Pierce, 50, was fired after 19 years with the Fire Department in Pompano Beach, Fla., after placing toilet paper imprinted with President Barack Obama’s face in a fire station, his third instance of posting political paraphernalia on city property and a violation of a direct order to cease and desist from such behavior.

Margaret Dayton, a Republican state senator in Utah, proposed legislation under which women would be prohibited from having abortions on the basis of the unborn baby’s sex.

Cindy Lee Garcia, an actress who appeared in the anti-Muslim film blamed for sparking violence in the Middle East, lost another legal bid to have the trailer taken down from YouTube after a federal judge in Los Angeles denied her motion for an injunction.

Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, will travel to Washington on Monday as he seeks to build support for billions of dollars in federal aid to help New York recover from Hurricane Sandy.

Wan Kuok-koi, the notorious Macau crime boss known as Broken Tooth Koi, was released from prison after serving nearly 15 years for convictions of loan sharking, money laundering and being a gang leader.

Pope Benedict XVI

greeted thousands of clowns, acrobats, puppeteers and even a pair of lion cubs as the circus came to town for an unusual papal performance that included a big top tent and carousel in St. Peter’s Square.

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