LITTLE ROCK — Katherine Schell, a 4-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., took about 200 stuffed animals to New York City to give to children who “lost their animals” during superstorm Sandy, with another 1,600 toys that her family and neighbors raised money to purchase not far behind after a trucking company offered to ship them for free.
Rep. Paul Ryan
of Wisconsin, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, told ABC News that “it was a bit of a shock” when he and presidential candidate Mitt Romney lost the election, adding that President Barack Obama deserves to be congratulated for having “a fantastic ground game.”
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr ., D-Ill., has left the Mayo Clinic after the 47-year-old’s second treatment for bipolar disorder, said a spokesman for the Minnesotahospital, who did not know where Jackson was going.
Kassim Alhimidi
has pleaded innocent in El Cajon, Calif., to murdering his Iraqi-American wife, Shaima Alawadi, 32, whose death was initially believed to be a hate crime after the couple’s teenage daughter said she found a note by her mother’s bludgeoned body that read: “Go back to your country, you terrorist.”
Aishat Maksudova, a 56-year-old Russian farmer who was attacked by a wolf in the North Caucasus Mountains, is recuperating at a hospital after she managed to free herself by hitting the animal in the head with an ax until its teeth unclenched.
Susan Cole, who pretended to suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder to get out of jury duty in Denver, has pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant and perjury and has been sentenced to a two-year deferred judgment, probation and 40 hours of community service.
Mikhail Gorbachev, 81, former leader of the Soviet Union, said during a presentation in Moscow of his latest book, Alone With Myself, that he is feeling the effects of old age but is determined to “continue to work as long as I have the strength.”
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