Man Who Avoided Prison for 13 Years Overwhelmed by Support
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-avoided-prison-overwhelmed-support-23382209
A Missouri man who avoided prison because of a clerical error and led a law-abiding life for 13 years said he is overwhelmed by the support he's received since the story of his incarceration became public. Meanwhile, the Missouri attorney general ...
Santa Monica teacher who scuffled with student to be reinstated
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-monica-teacher-reinstated-20140418,0,1208387.story
Santa Monica school district officials will reinstate a teacher who was placed on paid administrative leave after video clips showed him locked in a tussle with a student in a classroom. Mark Black, who was put on leave April 4, will return to his ...
California's Governor Wants Water Tunnels. Antitax Group Wants to Know Who ...
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-18/californias-governor-wants-water-tunnels-dot-antitax-group-want-to-know-who-pays
California has a $25 billion plan to transport snowmelt from the northern Sierras through a pair of 37-mile tunnels to farms and cities in the south. But there's no indication of how much water users will owe for the huge project or who's on the hook ...
'The Man Who Cried' Saw Johnny Depp Adrift in a Career Low
http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/04/the-man-who-cried-saw-johnny-depp-adrift-in-a-career-low/360870/
The Man Who Cried amounted to a commercial effort for British director Sally Potter, a feminist performance artist who had worked as a composer and choreographer before moving into film in the '80s. Her most famous work remains the Tilda Swinton ...
Assemblyman who resigned over theft starts consulting firm
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/04/assemblyman_who_resigned_after_guilty_plea_starts_consulting_firm.html
TRENTON ? Former Assemblyman Al Coutinho, who resigned from office last fall after pleading guilty to theft from his family's charity, is back in business. Shortly after he was sentenced to three years probation in September, Coutinho began working as ...
Look Who's Back: Where Mitt Romney Is Lending Campaign Help in 2014
http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotline-on-call/look-who-s-back-where-mitt-romney-is-lending-campaign-help-in-2014-20140418
For the candidates who ultimately get his help, the results are in the public record: In the past month, Romney has twice lent his name to candidates running in those two all-important primary states where he spent so much time in 2011, Iowa and New ...
James Mitchell: 'I'm just a guy who got asked to do something for his country'
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/18/james-mitchell-cia-torture-interview
"I'm sure there are people out there who believe that if the United States acknowledged that coercion worked, there is an increased probability that people would use coercion against our people," Mitchell said. "Never mind that they do anyway. In the ...
Danza shows who's boss on Derby Trail
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/apr/18/horseracing-danza-kentucky-derby-horse/
Del Mar ? Who's the horse, or who's the boss? The horse, Danza, or as handicapper Bob Ike tweeted, ?(Don't call me Tony) Danza,? became the boss of the Arkansas Derby by winning the Grade I, $1 million Derby Prep as a 41-1 long shot and qualifying for ...