LITTLE ROCK — Rep. Ralph Hall, a Texas Republican who turns 90 in May, is now the oldest person ever to serve in the U.S.
House, surpassing the record of North Carolina Rep.
Charles Manly Stedman, who died in office in 1930 at age 89 years, 7 months and 25 days.
Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s vice president, told state television Venezolana de Television that he had spoken to President Hugo Chavez and the 58-year-old leader “was in a good mood” and up walking two weeks after cancer surgery in Cuba.
Aston Barth, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder after police discovered the body of an unidentified man in a closet in Barth’s Central Islip, N.Y., home.
Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, chief of Iran’s navy, told the country’s official IRNA news agency that on Friday Iran will begin naval maneuvers in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where onefifth of the world’s oil supply passes.
Ronald Richardson and his identical twin brother, Reginald, both 36, are sharing the job of principal at an Oakland, Calif., middle school, an arrangement that parents and staff members say has been good for the school and its 410 students.
Dent Brantley, a volunteer firefighter in Toombs County, Ga., and his wife lost their home to a weekend fire that broke out while the couple was out delivering toys to needy families.
Thomas Garrott, former president of National Bank of Commerce, and his family have pledged $500,000 to the Memphis Zoo’s Zambezi River Hippo Camp exhibit.
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