POTUS News: President Barack Obama is bestowing the nation’s second-highest civilian honor on 13 people for their exemplary service, including helping the needy, fighting illiteracy and supporting veterans, service members and their families. One woman was chosen to receive the Presidential Citizens Medal posthumously for speaking out against domestic abuse. Read more here.
Lions And Tigers And Bears, Oh My! News: Amid expressions of horror and revulsion at the killing of dozens of wild animals in Ohio — and photographs of their bloody carcasses — animal rights advocates agreed there was little local authorities could have done to save the dangerous creatures once they began roaming the countryside after their owner released them before taking his own life. Read more here.
Jesus, Please Take The Wheel News: A Connecticut mother has pleaded guilty to charges that she forced her 4-year-old son to drink beer and gave her 10-month-old daughter beer and cocaine. The Connecticut Post reports Juliette Dunn, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty Wednesday to risk of injury to a child under the Alford Doctrine, where the defendant doesn’t agree to the facts but agrees the state has enough evidence to win a conviction. A companion, 33-year-old Lisa Jefferson, pleaded guilty to the same charges. Police say officers were waved down in June by a neighbor who complained that a woman was feeding children beer at a playground. Read more here.
I Guess This Is For People Who Still Have Money In Their 401(k) Accounts News: You’ll be able to contribute more tax-free money to your 401(k) next year, the IRS announced Thursday. The contribution limit for employees participating in pension plans — including 401(k)s, 403(b)s, most 457 plans and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan will be $17,000 for tax year 2012. Read more here.
Gaddafi’s Reign Comes To A Gruesome End News: Libyans exploded in excitement on Thursday afternoon at reports that Muammar Gaddafi had been captured and killed in his hometown of Sirt, where rebels have fought a grueling battle for weeks to crush his remaining armed loyalists. As television broke the news that Sirt had finally fallen to the rebel forces, gunfire began resounding around the capital. About 20 minutes later came the news, from a rebel commander in Sirt, that Gaddafi had been captured hiding in a hole in the coastal city, about 230 miles (370 km) east along the Mediterranean. Soon after came word that he was dead. Read more here.
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