Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor who is thought to be weighing a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, told religious conservatives during the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s annual conference in Washington that the future of the nation’s economy depends upon immigrants in part because they “are more fertile” and create more businesses than native-born Americans.
President Barack Obama, dad to two daughters, 14-year-old Malia and 12-year-old Sasha, said at a Father’s Day luncheon in the State Dining Room at the White House that being a father is the best job he’s got.
Lisa Blumenthal paid $560,000 for two off-street parking spaces near her home in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood during an auction held by the Internal Revenue Service, which had seized the spots from a man who owed back taxes.
Charla Nash, 59, a Connecticut woman disfigured by a friend’s pet chimpanzee in 2009, was denied permission to sue the state for $150 million on her claim that officials knew the animal was dangerous but didn’t do anything about it.
Rick Perry, the Republican governor of Texas, signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges and told attendees at the signing ceremony that “religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion.”
Albert Martin, 73, and his grandson, Troy Martin, 20, were arrested in a Pittsburgh drug raid, with police saying they found heroin bricks, drug-packaging material and guns in a search of their home.
Anthony Thompson, 48, was arrested in Dallas on accusations he took off with a Little Debbie truck and sold some of the goods inside at a steep discount.
Randy Zipperer, 49, faces an aggravated-battery charge in Volusia County, Fla., after a tussle over missing macaroni and cheese with his 47-year-old brother Edward Zipperer that authorities say ended with the elder brother stabbing the younger one in the stomach.
Tim Haries, 41, was charged over allegations he sprayed paint on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II hanging in Westminster Abbey, police in London said.
Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, has rejoined Fox News Channel as an analyst less than half a year after they decided to part ways.
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