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Mehdi Karrubi, an Iranian who has been incarcerated in a state-supervised apartment for three years after leading protests challenging former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2009 re-election, has been transferred to house arrest because of deteriorating health, said his son Mohammad Hossein Karrubi.

Gloria Lee, 35, of Las Vegas was charged with first-degree arson after police said she set fire to her business, the Prince and Princess Puppy Boutique, causing $100,000 in damage to the building and endangering 28 puppies that were rescued from the blaze.

Mohamed Badr, a cameraman for Al-Jazeera who was arrested amid clashes after the Egyptian military’s ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, was acquitted of charges of committing acts of violence.

Richard M. Daley, 71, the former mayor of Chicago, will remain hospitalized in an intensive-care unit for several days as doctors conduct tests to determine why he became ill and disoriented during a conference in Arizona last week, spokesman Jackie Heard said.

Francisco Toro, a prominent opposition blogger in Venezuela and frequent contributor to The New York Times, is leaving the Caracas Chronicles blog, saying the death of President Hugo Chavez last year has left the country stagnant and less interesting to write about.

Bret Sheldon, 45, of Shreveport was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and possession of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, accused of lobbing about 30 golf balls marked with racial slurs at a fire station.

Chuck Hagel, the U.S. defense secretary, made a phone call to Air Force nuclear officers in their underground launch bunkers at Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base, thanking them for taking on extra shifts while more than 90 colleagues are suspended in a cheating probe and updating them on efforts to correct the problems.

Jean-Christophe Sandoz, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ delegation in Sudan, said work in the country has been suspended amid government claims that the organization was not complying with national laws.

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