In the news

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Tyler Armstrong, a 9-year-old from Yorba Linda, Calif., climbed Argentina’s Aconcagua mountain with his father, Kevin, and a Tibetan sherpa to become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit, which at 22,841 feet is the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres.

Gerardo Gamboa, who was declared employee of the year by Yellow Checker Star Cab Co. in Las Vegas after he turned in a bag containing $300,000 that was left in the back seat of his taxi, received a $10,000 reward from the gambler who lost the cash.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, two members of a Russian punk group who were released after spending nearly two years in prison for a protest in Moscow’s main cathedral, announced plans to form an organization to help Russian inmates and said they still want to topple President Vladimir Putin.

Kr ysta James was charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature on accusations that the South Carolina woman stabbed her fiance after an argument over what colors the couple should use in their wedding.

Shelie Bravo Williams, a West Texas widow who anonymously donated her late husband’s ring at a Salvation Army red kettle, came forward so the ring could be returned to her after a man who was moved by her action offered a replacement donation.

Humberto Lopez-Perez, 32, who was convicted in October of illegally entering the United States, was turned over to officials from Mexico, where he is wanted on charges of murder and attempted murder.

Edward Bush, 47, a U.S. Department of Agriculture employee from New Orleans, faces 1,365 felony counts and bail set at more than $10 million after being booked on suspicion of filming himself molesting at least two girls numerous times.

Earl Hurshman, an 81-year-old northwest Missouri man, was chosen as one of People magazine’s “Heroes Among Us” for his work building elaborate dollhouses for underprivileged children, a hobby he took up after the death of his wife, Bernadette.

Tafadzwa Kachere, a Zimbabwe villager, fought a crocodile with his bare hands, beating on its head with his fists and poking at its eyes to free his 11-year-old son, Tapiwa, after the pair were attacked while trying to cross a river, state media reported.

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