John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, said at a judicial conference in West Virginia that he and his colleagues sometimes “overdo it a bit” in posing questions in court without giving attorneys the chance to respond.
Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist who admitted manipulating data and said he had “failed as a scientist,” agreed to do 120 hours of community service and forfeit welfare benefits equivalent to 18 months’ salary in exchange for not being prosecuted for fraud.
Lynn Rogers, 74, a bear researcher known to hand feed the animals and broadcast the birth of cubs online, lost his Minnesota permit to do close-up studies after the Department of Natural Resources expressed concerns about public safety because the bears were becoming too comfortable approaching humans.
Robert Williams, a Philadelphia rapper who goes by the name Meek Mill and is on probation for a 2008 gun and drug conviction, was ordered to attend etiquette classes after his statements on social media apparently led some of his fans to send threats to Williams’ probation officer.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, whose cooperation with President Barack Obama after superstorm Sandy drew criticism from some fellow Republicans, said at a town-hall meeting that he disagreed with Obama “probably 95 percent of the time” and hadn’t voted for him in 2008 or 2012.
Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid, a former governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in a New York drug case.
Tim O’Brien, 66, known for writing books such as The Things They Carried, has received the $100,000 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award.
Frances McComb, an 84-year-old Oregon woman residing in an assisted-living facility in Eugene, reported $17,000 in cash stolen from a locked drawer at the facility after she withdrew it from the bank so she and her husband could buy a mobile home and pay some bills.
William Lawrence of St. Louis County, Mo., was sentenced to six years in prison for placing a $1 million bounty on Craigslist for the death of a Maplewood police officer because he was angry that guns and marijuana were seized from the apartment Lawrence shared with his mother.
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