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Edmond Aviv , 62, of Ohio, who was convicted of disorderly conduct for harassing a neighbor and her disabled children, was ordered by a judge to stand on a street corner for five hours with a sign that says, “I am a bully! I pick on children that are disabled, and I am intolerant of those that are different from myself.”

Michael Carey , the two-star Air Force general removed last fall from his post as commander of the nuclear missile corps because of alcohol-fueled misbehavior, will retire in June at a lower rank, the Air Force said.

Todd Weiss , 32, and Justin Evans, 38, were arrested in Maplewood, Minn., and charged with third-degree burglary after one of them accidentally called 911 on his cellphone and left the line open as the pair discussed the crime they were committing at a car-repair shop, police said.

Bode Bierdneau , 9, was credited with saving his father’s life after the California boy rode a snowmobile alone across miles of snow until he found someone with a radio to call for help after J.T. Bierdneau was severely injured in a snowmobile crash near Lake Tahoe.

Dan Clodfelter was sworn in as the fourth mayor of Charlotte, N.C., since last spring, replacing Patrick Cannon, who was arrested on federal bribery charges and resigned after less than six months in office.

Dave Warren , a city employee, said Stillwater, Okla., is using a squad of 23 goats to rid the college town of unwanted leaves, weeds and grass because the animals can get into areas that workers can’t reach with a regular lawnmower and “suck up every dead leaf that’s there.”

Robert Thomas , 37, pleaded guilty to enticement and receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, charges stemming from allegations that the northeast Ohio man tried to buy a 10-year-old girl to engage in illegal sexual activity.

Patrick Luk , 22, of Weare, N. H., fell several hundred feet down Mount Adams while hiking alone and crawled in the snow for seven hours to get help, saying later that the ordeal “was pretty scary.”

Marissa Ann Morehead-Greco , 24, of Vicksburg, Miss., was arrested during a visit to the Warren County jail on accusations that she left a package in a restroom containing a gram of crystal methamphetamine, four hypodermic syringes, cigarettes and $45.