India marks a year since last polio case (AP)

A young Indian girl is given her first polio vaccination at a health camp organized by the Rotary Club in conjunction with UNICEF and the WHO, in Moradabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. India will celebrate a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago. If no previously undisclosed cases of the crippling disease are discovered across the country, India will no longer be considered to be polio endemic, leaving only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on that list. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP – The top U.S. health official administered polio vaccination drops to children in New Delhi on Friday as India marked one year since its last case of the crippling disease.



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photoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A German citizen was charged on Wednesday with setting dozens of fires across Los Angeles over the New Year’s weekend in a spree an arson investigator said was motivated by a “rage against Americans.” Harry Burkhart, 24, who is also wanted in Germany on suspicion of burning down his home, was charged with 37 counts of arson stemming from the three-day wave of fires that caused an estimated million in damage and left residents of Los Angeles and surrounding communities shaken. …



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If Mel Gibson got a grade for his probation, he’d score an A+.

Mel was in Judge Stephanie Sautner’s court today for a progress report in his battery case — remember Oksana Grigorieva?

Judge Sautner said she was more than impressed that Mel has completed twice the counseling requiring of him, and he was right on track on his 12-step program.

Mel pled no contest in March to misdemeanor battery.  He’s currently on informal probation.

 

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Mel Gibson Gets Glowing Review from Judge in Battery Case

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Filed under: Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva, Celebrity Justice

1201_mel_g_ex
If Mel Gibson got a grade for his probation, he’d score an A+.

Mel was in Judge Stephanie Sautner’s court today for a progress report in his battery case — remember Oksana Grigorieva?

Judge Sautner said she was more than impressed that Mel has completed twice the counseling requiring of him, and he was right on track on his 12-step program.

Mel pled no contest in March to misdemeanor battery.  He’s currently on informal probation.

 

TMZ
Mel Gibson Gets Glowing Review from Judge in Battery Case

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APNewsBreak: Stalking claim in celeb hacking case

A U.S. man charged with hacking into the email accounts of Christina Aguilera and Scarlett Johansson may have stalked a woman online for the past 12 years, according to an unsealed search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.
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