LITTLE ROCK — Tim Shier
has been reunited with a 300-year-old family Bible that was stolen from his Ohio home in December 2011 after a cousin saw it advertised on a genealogy website and helped track it down.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement that he hopes the Obama administration will reconsider Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Defense Department, adding: “What kind of signal are we sending to the Iranians when our nominee for secretary of defense seems clueless about what our policy is?”
Penelope Soto, 18, a Florida woman facing a drug-possession charge, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for contempt of court after she flipped off the Miami-Dade judge who was setting her bail.
Darrel Trembly, superintendent at Sinks Canyon State Park, said Bam Bam, a bighorn sheep that was fond of butting vehicles at the Wyoming park, has died, adding that the animal will be mounted by a taxidermist and put on display in the park’s visitor center.
Nancy Gonzalez, 29, was arrested on charges that she had an unlawful sexual relationship with inmate Ronell Wilson, who was convicted of killing two police officers, while she was a federal prison guard in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to court documents that also said Gonzalez is pregnant with Wilson’s child.
Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, reported for jury duty but was dismissed, along with others on his juror panel, because more than enough people had shown up for the civic duty, his spokesman said.
Lincoln Chafee, the independent governor of Rhode Island, offered economic competitiveness as a reason for same-sex marriage in his state, telling Bloomberg News that Rhode Island’s refusal to allow the ceremonies sends a message of intolerance to technology and life-science companies and puts the state at odds with the younger generation of innovators.
Jon Favreau, who has been lead speechwriter for President Barack Obama for seven years, is leaving the White House on March 1.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former secretary of state, underwent five hours of medical tests Sunday but is “doing much better,” former President Bill Clinton told New York’s Rep. Peter King in a discussion that took place in front of a journalist outside the funeral of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch.
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