LITTLE ROCK — John McHugh, the Army secretary, has ordered a servicewide review of hiring practices and management at all 283 of its child day-care centers worldwide after the arrest of two Army employees accused of assaulting children at a Fort Myer, Va., day-care center.
Sheena Monnin, a Pennsylvania beauty queen who contended that the five finalists of this year’s Miss USA contest had been selected in advance of the pageant’s live telecast, has been ordered in an arbitrator’s decision to pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation.
Former President George W. Bush has offered up for auction a 2009 Ford F-150 King Ranch 4-by-4 SuperCrew pickup used on his Crawford, Texas, ranch, with the money going to the Fisher House Foundation, which assists U.S. military families.
Rep. Dave Camp, 59, a Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said doctors have declared him cancer-free after chemotherapy treatments to combat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, adding that he’s “extremely thankful for the excellent treatment.”
Jacob Zuma, the South African president who has weathered corruption and sex scandals, has won a second term at the helm of the country’s ruling African National Congress party, and businessman Cyril Ramaphosa was selected as the party’s deputy president.
Queen Elizabeth II, 86, attended a Cabinet meeting as part of celebrations to mark her 60 years on the throne, becoming the first British monarch to attend a Cabinet meeting since George III in 1781.
Cheryl Laing, a 45-yearold dental assistant, and 24-year-old receptionist Jessica Gullickson have been charged in Bryn Mawr, Pa., with theft and conspiracy over allegations the two ran an after-hours operation where they performed root canals, pulled teeth and installed braces without proper training.
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