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THURSDAY

A Tennessee judge ruled two Memphis women who were denied votes by trying to use library cards that include photographs to meet the state’s new voter identification law were not harmed and could seek an injunction against the law.

A Buddhist statue stolen by Nazis is from outer space. The 24-centimeter tall statue was stolen from Tibet by the fascist German government during World War II. Researchers at the University of Stuttgart determined it was cut from a meteorite that fell between Russia and Mongolia between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.

Police outside of Riverton, Ore., are investigating the death of 70-year-old Terry Garner, who disappeared after he went to go feed his hogs. Family members found his dentures and some other body parts amidst the 700-pound hogs in the pen. Police believe the hogs, some of which had a history of agressive behavior, either knocked Garner into the pen and ate him or he had a heart attack and fell into the pen.

In unrelated news, the bacon shortage warned by UK officials last week is erroneous. Brits refer to ham as bacon. America’s bacon supply should be fine.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new law forbidding employers and educators from demanding usernames or passwords to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.

FRIDAY

Thousands stood in line at Staples Center in LA to get affordable medical attention at a free clinic put on by area doctors and dentists.

President Barack Obama blocked a privately owned Chinese company from building wind turbines close to a Navy military site in Oregon due to national security concerns.

The Los Angeles City Council approved a $1.2 billion plan to build a downtown pro football stadium. The St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders are among teams expected to be contacted.

Phoenix high school sophomore Conner Floyd-Elsesser faces a felony charge of aggravated assault for allegedly tackling a teacher after a senior prank food fight got out of hand.

WEEKEND

Fire from the Syrian civil war destroyed hundreds of shops in the middle age-era markets in the city of Aleppo, a World Heritage site.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill banning a controversial therapy that aims to reverse homosexuality in minors because it “bans non-scientific ‘therapies’ that have driven young people to depression and suicide.”

Montana, looking to cut down on state healthcare costs, opened the nation’s first government-run clinic.

Fox News apologized for a “severe human error” that resulted in viewers seeing a suspected carjacker fatally shoot himself after a police chase.

MONDAY

A female poodle survived an 11-mile ride from Taunton, Mass., to East Providence, RI, after jumping into the street and being hit by an unaware driver. Providence police officers extracted the poodle from the Toyota’s grill and it was treated, but is said to be recovering well. The driver told police he slammed on the brakes when the dog jumped into the street, but did not see it and drove off, believing he had not hit the dog.

At least 36 people died when two ferries carrying passengers to watch the National Day fireworks in Victoria Harbour crashed into each other in Hong Kong.

A bluegrass musician and a pediatric surgeon were among 23 awarded no-strings-attached $500,000 MacArthur Foundation “genius” grants this year.

Emergency responders in rural Nevada were stung several times after a flatbed truck carrying honeybees rolled over. Trooper Wes Hubred says he was stung seven times.

TUESDAY

Judge Robert Simpson blocked Pennsylvania from requiring voters to show photo identification in November’s election, a measure state GOP officials said they instituted specifically to help deliver Pennsylvania for their party’s presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.

Federal officials have halted Mississippi’s new photo ID law while the justice department reviews whether the measure violates the Voting Rights Act.

Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, 30, was shot dead and another agent was wounded when they came under fire early while responding to a tripped ground sensor in a drug smuggling corridor in Arizona, near the border with Mexico.

Police in suburban Detroit determined soil samples taken from beneath a toolshed did not contain the remains of missing Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa.

WEDNESDAY

Pope Benedict’s former butler Paolo Gabriele, on trial for stealing and leaking papal documents, possessed papers the pope had marked “to be destroyed,” police testified at his Vatican trial.

Compiled by Gazette staff from a variety

of sources.