NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
_1 Admiral sentenced: The first U.S. Navy admiral convicted of a federal crime while on active duty was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison for lying to investigators about a Malaysian defense contractor at the center of a massive corruption scandal. Robert Gilbeau was sentenced Wednesday in San Diego after pleading guilty to one count of making false statements. Gilbeau was convicted in June after admitting that he lied when he told federal agents that he had never received any gifts from Leonard Glenn Francis. Francis has admitted to bribing Navy officials with more than $500,000 in cash, prostitutes and other gifts in exchange for classified information to help his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia.
_2 Deadly storms: Residents of a subdivision in Elk City, Okla., and a Wisconsin trailer park that were leveled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even as forecasters warned of another round of powerful storms on the horizon. The twisters were among up to 29 that were reportedly spawned by powerful storms that raced through a swath of the central U.S. stretching from Texas to the Great Lakes on Tuesday evening, destroying dozens of homes, killing two people and injuring dozens of others. The tornadoes, some of them still unverified a day later, touched down in five states. Wisconsin and Oklahoma each had one death reported.
_3 Cancer vaccine: The HPV vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer in women also might lower the risk in young men of oral infections that can cause mouth and throat cancers, a new study finds. The study by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston shows that the vaccine might prevent oral HPV infections in young men.
_4 Police killing: A Las Vegas police officer used a stun gun seven times and an unapproved neck hold on an unarmed man in a deadly foot chase at a casino over the weekend, authorities said Wednesday. The officer reported that he thought Toshii Brown, 40, was trying to carjack a pickup truck before the officer used the stun gun and choking technique to subdue him early Sunday at the Venetian, Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said. _5 Lawmaker resigns: A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshires who was criticized for creating a misogynistic online forum resigned Wednesday, citing concerns for the safety of his loved ones and himself. The resignation of Rep. Robert Fisher came shortly after his Republican colleagues in Concord voted to recommend the full House take no action against him and after Democrats said they would ask the attorney general to investigate him. Fisher had come under fire after a recent article on the Daily Beast revealed him as the creator of a Reddit forum called “The Red Pill,” which bills itself as a discussion of sexual strategies for men and includes a post in which users debate whether “every woman wants to be attractive enough to be raped.”