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10-Year-Old Gets High School Diploma in California

odd-newsSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 10-year-old Northern California boy is celebrating a milestone most people don’t reach until they are in their late teens.

Tanishq Abraham has become one of the youngest people to graduate from high school.

The Sacramento boy received his diploma at a private ceremony in front of family and friends on Sunday.

Tanishq was home-schooled and graduated with a 4.0 GPA. He tells KXTV in Sacramento the work wasn’t easy, but not that hard either.

His mom, Taji, says she suspected her son was gifted, but didn’t know until the results of an IQ test.

Tanishq is taking college courses and says he wants to be a scientist, but also president.

Woman Pleads Guilty in Death of Teen Babysitter

Dea Millerberg
Dea Millerberg

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A woman accused of helping her husband dump their teenage babysitter in the woods is pleading guilty to desecration of a human body and other charges as part of a plea deal.

41-year-old Dea Millerberg agreed to the deal Wednesday in an Ogden court. She also pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and obtaining a prescription illegally.

Prosecutors say Dea Millerberg and her husband, Eric Millerberg, had a drug-fueled, salacious sexual relationship with 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen that led to her death from an overdose in 2011.

Eric Millerberg was found guilty by a jury in February of child-abuse homicide and sentenced to up to life in prison — the maximum amount allowed under the state’s guidelines.

Dea Millerberg will be sentenced Aug. 21.

Fight Rages Over Definition of Tennessee Whiskey

jack-danielsNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A battle between two worldwide liquor companies — owners of rival brands Jack Daniel’s and smaller rival George Dickel — is being waged over who has the right to label their whiskey as following authentic Tennessee style.

It’s among the epicurean battles being waged around the world over what food and drink should carry special status as local and unique.

British-based liquor conglomerate Diageo PLC on Tuesday prevailed in getting state regulators to drop an investigation into allegations that Dickel violated state law by aging its whiskey in neighboring Kentucky.

The calm is likely to be short-lived. State lawmakers this summer are expected to once again considerer changes to the legal definition of Tennessee whiskey, which is as entwined in the state’s identity as Maine lobsters and Maryland crab cakes.

Police: Man in Domestic Dispute Kills Toddler Son

crime-scene-police-shootCLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland police say a man fatally shot his 2-year-old son in the head when he fired into the window of a home during a dispute with the child’s mother.

Police say the boy was standing on a landing when he was struck early Tuesday and was taken to a hospital, where he died. The Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County medical examiner’s office identified the child as Derrice Alexander Jr., of Cleveland.

Police say his father fled the scene and was later arrested but wasn’t immediately charged.

Police Chief Calvin Williams says the man is a convicted felon and should not have had a weapon. He declined to give details about that criminal record.

Williams says the man seemed to be cooperating with investigators. They’re trying to determine where he got the gun.

Officials: Man Killed Woman; Dismembered, Ate Body

police-lights-redMANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Tennessee man is accused of killing a woman, dismembering her body and eating part of her corpse.

Coffee County District Attorney Mickey Layne tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that 37-year-old Gregory S. Hale was arrested at his home late Sunday and is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse.

Layne says a neighbor told police he’d had a conversation with Hale and had reason to believe a homicide had been committed.

When officers arrived at the home, Layne says they found remains on the grounds. They then questioned Hale and took him into custody.

Layne says Hale has an attorney and is being held in jail on $1.5 million bond.

Woman, 34, Jailed for Enrolling in School as Teen

odd-newsLONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — A 34-year-old woman who posed as a teenager to enroll as a sophomore at an East Texas high school has pleaded guilty to failure to identify.

A judge in Longview on Tuesday sentenced Charity Johnson to 85 days in jail in a plea agreement.

Johnson was arrested May 13 after a woman who allowed Johnson to stay at her apartment called the police when she discovered Johnson was not a teenager. New Life Christian School officials said Johnson enrolled last October with a guardian and indicated she was 15 years old.

Johnson told police she was born in 1997 and officers issued her a trespass warning. Authorities later determined she was much older.

Johnson has served nearly a month in jail.

Longview is about 130 miles east of Dallas.

Report: Diabetes Numbers in US Continue to Rise

Medical-ChartNEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans with diabetes has increased again — now more than 29 million people have the illness.

That’s an increase of about 3 million from three years ago.

In new report released Tuesday, federal scientists calculated that more than 9 percent of Americans have diabetes — or 1 in 11 people. The report estimates that about a quarter of them haven’t been diagnosed yet and don’t know they have diabetes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used a 2012 national survey and other data to come up with the new numbers.

Diabetes is a disease in which sugar builds up in the blood. The most common form is tied to obesity, and the number of diabetics has ballooned with the rise in obesity.

Police: Ala. Father Killed Daughter’s Abuser

Raymond Earl Brooks
Raymond Earl Brooks

CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — Police say an Alabama man is charged with killing the man who molested his daughter more than a decade ago.

Sheriff’s officials say the father is charged with murder in the shooting of 59-year-old Raymond Earl Brooks. The Associated Press isn’t naming the suspect to protect his daughter’s identity.

Brooks was a registered sex offender who was shot to death at his home in rural Cullman County on Sunday.

Records show the suspect was a witness against Brooks in a case involving an 8-year-old girl. Brooks pleaded guilty to sexual abuse in 2002.

Chief Deputy Max Bartlett says the father also is charged with shooting at a stepdaughter’s boyfriend. That shooting happened at a store moments before Brooks was killed.

Barlett says the motive in both shootings is unclear.

World’s Oldest Man Dies in NYC at 111

Alexander-ImichNEW YORK (AP) — The world’s oldest man, a retired chemist and parapsychologist, has died in New York City. Alexander Imich was 111.

His niece, Karen Bogen of Providence, Rhode Island, says Imich died Sunday at his home in Manhattan.

Bogen says she had visited Imich a day earlier. She says his health declined about two weeks ago and he didn’t recognize her.

Imich was born in 1903 in a town in Poland that was then part of Russia. He and his wife fled after the Nazis invaded in 1939. They eventually moved to the United States in 1951. His wife died in 1986.

In news reports, Imich said his good genes and a general healthy lifestyle contributed to his longevity.

Guinness is investigating the claim that 111-year-old Sakari Momoi of Japan is now the world’s oldest man.

The world’s oldest person is a woman, 116-year-old Misao Okawa of Japan.

Arizona Couple Accused of Abusing 2 Daughters

child-abusePHOENIX (AP) — Police in a Phoenix suburb have arrested a married couple on suspicion of child abuse, accusing them of severely malnourishing two adopted daughters and forcing them to sleep in a backyard tent either nude or only in a diaper.

According to Peoria police, the 13-year-old and 11-year-old girls also were subjected to strict punishment routines that included hourlong running sessions and memorization of Bible verses.

Johan Glenn Jorg and Kimery Lynn Jorg appeared Thursday night before a judge who set bond at $100,000 apiece.

Court records do not list attorneys for the couple, and jail officials did not immediately respond when asked whether the Jorgs remain in custody Friday. A woman who answered a phone listed in Johan Jorg’s name hung up.

 

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