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The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, will observe his 80th birthday today during a visit to Anaheim, Calif., for the Global Compassion Summit.

Horace Appleby, 101, a former Army private who earned the Silver Star during World War II for saving the life of a fellow soldier but never received a medal, was formally presented with that award and a Bronze Star at a ceremony in Toledo, Ohio.

Charles Gilchrist, mayor of Glencoe, Ala., confirmed that city officials have removed what was described as a Christian flag, which has a white field and a blue canton with red cross and had flown above the Police Department since the 1990s, because he and the City Council feared a potential lawsuit over the display.

Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate who ran a 2012 ad criticizing the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” a policy that had prohibited gays from serving openly in the military, told ABC’s This Week, when asked if he would favor restoring the rule, that it’s too late to change course as “the horse is out of the barn.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate, said at an Iowa event that he would not support removing tax-exempt status from groups that refuse to recognize gay marriages because “we have religious freedom and I respect people who have different points of view.”

Michael Warning, 47, a military veteran, faces several charges including attempted murder after authorities say he stole a Humvee from Georgia’s Fort Gordon military base before crossing the state line and leading South Carolina police on a 20-mile chase.

Keith Cerven, 49, was arrested on charges of boating while intoxicated after the pontoon boat he was reportedly driving ran over and killed a 17-year-old girl on a kneeboard in Lake Norman in North Carolina.

Carson Camp, a former mayor of Dunlap, Tenn., is seeking to create what would be the largest image of the Confederate battle flag in the South by painting an area as large as two football fields on the side of Fredonia Mountain.

Marilyn Hartman, 63, who said she would stay out of airports unless she had a plane ticket upon her release from jail on misdemeanor charges of repeatedly trying to board planes without a ticket, was arrested at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago while trying to get through security without a ticket, police said.

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