ATTYS FOR MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO SAY THEY'LL APPEAL A JUDGE'S RULING THAT HIS OFFICE RACIALLY PROFILED LATINOS *

ACTION COMES AFTER A JUDGE SAID ON FRI ARPAIO'S OFFICE PROFILED LATINOS DURING IMMIGRATION PATROLS AND DETAINED THEM FOR UNREASONABLY LONG PERIODS *

ATTYS ARGUE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS "NEVER USED RACE" IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS *

HUNDREDS OF RUNNERS JOINING VICTIMS OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS TO FINISH THE LAST MILE OF THE RACE *

MORE THAN 3,000 RUNNERS AND VICTIMS TOOK PART IN THE EVENT THIS MORNING THAT STARTED AT KENMORE SQ AND CONCLUDED AT THE OFFICIAL FINISH LINE *

THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 260 WERE WOUNDED IN THE MARATHON BOMBINGS LAST MONTH *

DEFENSE SECY CHUCK HAGEL CALLING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY TO BE STAMPED OUT *

SPEAKING TO GRADUATES AT THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, HAGEL SAYS THE ASSAULTS ARE A "PROFOUND BETRAYAL OF SACRED TRUST" AND THE LATEST GENERATION OF WEST POINT CADETS MUST HELP STAMP OUT THE PROBLEM *

COMMENTS COME A DAY AFTER PRES OBAMA MADE SIMILAR REMARKS TO U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES *

NE GOV DAVE HEINEMAN (R) ANNOUNCES HE WON'T RUN FOR THE SENATE *

HEINEMAN SAYS HE WANTS TO KEEP "BEING THE BEST GOVERNOR" FOR THE CITIZENS OF NEBRASKA *

ANNOUNCEMENT COMES MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER SEN MIKE JOHANNS (R-NE) SAID HE WOULD NOT SEEK A SECOND TERM IN 2014 *

LEADER OF LEBANON'S HEZBOLLAH SAYS HIS SHIITE MILITANT GROUP WON'T STAND IDLY BY WHILE ITS CHIEF ALLY SYRIA IS UNDER ATTACK *

SHEIKH HASSAN NASRALLAH SAYS HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS ARE FIGHTING IN SYRIA AGAINST ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO POSE A DANGER TO LEBANON *

IT'S THE FIRST PUBLIC CONFIRMATION THAT HIS MEN ARE FIGHTING AMID SYRIA'S DEADLY TWO-YEAR CIVIL WAR *

FRENCH SOLDIER STABBED IN THE THROAT OUTSIDE OF PARIS *

MILITARY SPOX SAYS THE STABBING OCCURRED ON SAT IN THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF LA DEFENSE *

THE SOLDIER'S INJURIES ARE CONSIDERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING *

STABBING COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A BRITISH SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN A LONDON STREET DURING A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK *

ONE PERSON KILLED IN HEAVY FLOODING THAT HAS PROMPTED HIGH-WATER RESCUES IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA *

SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPT SPOX SAYS A 29-YR-OLD WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN HER CAR, AND WAS SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS AFTER CLIMBING ONTO THE ROOF *

AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR AT LEAST TWO OTHER PEOPLE *

THE FIRE DEPT HAS CONDUCTED MORE THAN 235 RESCUES *

WATER IS UP TO FOUR FEET HIGH IN SOME HOMES *

SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT RECORDED ALMOST 10 INCHES OF RAIN BY SAT AFTERNOON SINCE MIDNIGHT *

THREE MORE SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN THE KILLING OF AN OFF-DUTY SOLDIER IN LONDON *

SCOTLAND YARD SAYS COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICERS ARRESTED TWO MEN, 24 AND 28, AT A RESIDENCE IN LONDON *

A THIRD 21-YR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED SEPARATELY ON A STREET IN THE CITY *

FOUR OTHERS ALREADY DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 25-YR-OLD SOLDIER LEE RIGBY, WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH WHILE WALKING OUTSIDE THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS IN THE SOUTH LONDON WED *

17 KILLED, 24 OTHERS WOUNDED IN EASTERN INDIA AFTER SUSPECTED MAOIST REBELS LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON A CONVOY OF CARS CARRYING LOCAL LDRS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE COUNTRY'S RULING CONGRESS *

ASSAILANTS SET OFF A LANDMINE, AND THEN OPENED FIRE ON THE LINE OF CARS *

TWO STATE PARTY LEADERS AND FIVE POLICE OFFICERS WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED *

POLICE IDENTIFIED ONE OF THOSE KILLED AS MAHENDRA KARMA, A CONGRESS LEADER WHO FOUNDED A LOCAL MILITIA IN HIS STATE TO COMBAT THE MAOIST REBELS *

GAS PRICES ONLY ABOUT A PENNY HIGHER THAN A YR AGO, PETROLEUM ANALYSTS AT GASBUDDY.COM SAY *

THE WEBSITE PLACES ESTIMATES FOR THE NATL AVG AT $3.66 PER GALLON, 17 CENTS HIGHER THAN A MONTH AGO *

BUT ANALYST GREGG LASKOSKI SAYS A HOLIDAY WKND DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN HIGHER GAS PRICES *

LASKOSKI SAYS PRICES TEND TO RISE IN SPRING, STAGNATE IN SUMMER, AND THEN BEGIN TO FALL IN OCT *

FRENCH AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THERE IS A LINK TO THAT ATTACK *

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Rough notes from Senator John Edwards trial

(notes below are from a colleague)

For a second day, the wife of a former campaign aide testified how efforts to conceal candidate John Edwards’ affair affected her family’s lives.

 

“There was no returning to normal life at this point,” said Cheri Young. “Our name was not cleared.”

 

Young described how her husband Andrew, who initially claimed paternity of Edwards’ love child, had trouble finding work because of intense coverage in the tabloid media.

 

During cross-examination, defense lawyer Alan Duncan asked Mrs. Young, “Did Andrew Young’s work and devotion to John Edwards, in your view, cause turmoil in your marriage from your standpoint?”

 

“It did, sir, but that was our agreement,” Young replied, explaining that supporting her husband’s job was part of her commitment to the marriage. “I made it okay.”

 

Duncan asked Young whether the tension in her family caused her anger towards Edwards.

 

“Mr. Edwards wasn’t a source of anger to me, sir,” she said. “There were things that I absolutely had a problem with… There were specific things he did that bothered me, but it was more the time away from family.”

 

Tensions flared when Duncan asked, “If you can get John Edwards, that’s what you want to do, isn’t it?”

 

Young replied, “Excuse me?”

 

Duncan repeated the question.

 

“Sir, that is a completely false statement,” Young replied. “I’m here to tell the truth about my experiences, about my life.”

 

During cross-examination, Duncan tried to establish that much of Mrs. Young’s testimony, especially regarding Edwards’ alleged statements, was based on secondhand stories from her husband. Mrs. Young acknowledged she had been on two phone calls, in which she heard Edwards speaking directly, and a third phone call where she heard the candidate crying.

 

The defense reviewed Mrs. Young’s testimony from Monday, in which she described Edwards’ mistress as high maintenance and demanding, especially after her child was born.

 

During Monday’s testimony, Mrs. Young had said, “We were not allowed to touch the baby. My kids were not allowed anywhere they might breathe on the baby.”

 

But during today’s cross examination, Mrs. Young appeared to backtrack slightly on her statement about her children, saying, “I believe they held the baby once.”

 

Mrs. Young’s testimony was cut short yesterday after she complained of a migraine. Today, Duncan questioned her about her history with the condition and asked if migraines affected her memory. Young explained that her memory was affected only while the migraine episodes are occurring.

 

Duncan asked Mrs. Young, “Have you had problems with your memory over the last five years?”

 

“Not that I know of,” Mrs. Young responded, which drew a few snickers from the gallery.

 

When asked if her husband had memory problems, Mrs. Young replied forcefully, “Sir, I’m not going to testify for my husband.”

 

Duncan also questioned Mrs. Young’s previous statements that she had not co-authored her husband’s tell-all book, “The Politician.”

 

“Well, isn’t your name on the royalty checks for the book?” Duncan asked.

 

Mrs. Young replied, “I can assure you I did not write one line of the book. I can assure you I can’t write.”