Leda Smith, 85, went for her. 22-caliber revolver when she heard someone break into her Springhill Township, Pa., home and ended up forcing the would-be robber to call police while she held him at gunpoint, said police, adding that the 17-year-old will be charged with attempted burglary and related offenses in juvenile court.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who was one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s top supporters, has broken her ankle and will miss next week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver after her doctor advised her not to travel.
Barbara Bachman, who was injured and her husband killed in a Beijing attack at a tourist attraction at the start of the Olympics, in which their son-in-law is coaching the U. S. men’s volleyball team, is starting to talk and walk short distances, her daughters said in a Web site posting, and doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have upgraded her condition to good. Allanah Benton-Wells, 42, of Flint, Mich., has been charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after authorities said the then-elementary school teacher, who has since been fired, twice had sex with a 12-year-old boy she was tutoring at her home.
Condoleezza Rice, U. S. secretary of state, has canceled plans to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics because of “ongoing events around the world,” and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao will lead the delegation instead, said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe.
Swapan Banerjee, a police officer in Seuri, India, said a 14-year-old boy, who was not named, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after police say he pushed a 10-year-old girl off a 30-foot bridge then climbed down and strangled her unconscious body after she refused to hand over her iPod.
Mark David Chapman, 53, who shot and killed former Beatle John Lennon in 1980, told parole officials earlier this month during his latest unsuccessful bid for release from prison that he has come to realize the gravity of what he did, according to a transcript of the hearing released this week. Al Gore, former vice president and Nobel Prize winner, and civil rights activist Diane Nash have been named as recipients of the National Civil Rights Museum’s annual Freedom Awards and will receive the awards in October at a banquet in Memphis. Bonita Brady, 63, has filed suit in federal court in Michigan against AARP, accusing the national advocacy group for older Americans of passing her over for a series of jobs because she was too old, despite excellent job reviews.
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