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Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe show that he has asked Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint him to serve as the state’s interim senator, assuming Sen. John Kerry is confirmed as secretary of state, until a special election can be held to fill the seat, adding: “Coach, put me in.”

Kolbjorn Jarle Kristiansen, 48, a pilot for AMR Corp.’s American Eagle regional unit, was arrested at the Minneapolis airport after failing an alcohol breath test before a flight to New York’s LaGuardia airport, according to a spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission.

Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex Sullivan was killed in the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., wrote in a column published in Friday’s Denver Post that he will attend the theater-reopening ceremony even though his daughter-in-law and relatives of some other victims are refusing to go.

Caitlin Murray and Sean Whitney, both privates first class, tied the knot with the help of staff members at New York’s Albany International Airport while awaiting separate flights.

President Barack Obama used the White House auto pen to sign tax legislation this week while he vacationed in Hawaii, the third time he has signed legislation using a technology that previous presidents reserved for mass mailings.

Angela Cornett, 41, a board member of Bartow County’s schools in Georgia, resigned this week after she was arrested and charged with reckless conduct over allegations she rammed a teenager with her vehicle after Emily Gulledge, 17, who was standing in a parking space to reserve it, refused to move.

Capt. Gary Lee of the Cincinnati police force praised Chad McClain, 38, a homeless veteran, and David Hale, 46, a recently homeless veteran, after the pair rescued Gary Wagner, 54, as he was being robbed at a downtown ATM.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 01/05/2013

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