Suspect in NYC elevator torching due in court

NEW YORK — As Deloris Gillespie went up the elevator to her fifth-floor Brooklyn apartment, carrying groceries, a man was waiting. His face was one her neighbors later recognized, and she surely must have, too.

Michael Jackson auction rakes in nearly $1 million

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The contents of the house where Michael Jackson lived with his three children just before his death have sold for nearly
$1 million at auction.

In Brief

Politician deserves credit for devising bills to help the many

Never met Shirley Breeden, but from what I’ve heard, I might have mocked her lack of understanding of issues prior to her 2008 election, when she unseated then-Sen. Joe Heck, a Republican who seemed eminently more qualified although far more conservative.

POLITICAL EYE: Republicans decentralize local caucuses

When Nevada Republicans come together on Feb. 4 to pick their favorite presidential candidate, they won’t all hold party caucuses at the same time or in the same way.

Nobody’s perfect as Packers, bettors lose

Just when it seemed there would be no stopping Aaron Rodgers from leading the Green Bay Packers to perfection, the many bettors who banked on it took a surprise beating.

Stopping run not a joke to 49ers’ defense

SAN FRANCISCO — When members of San Francisco’s dominant defensive line step into their meeting room, they might start off by discussing life away from football or any personal issue someone is facing. There’s usually some joking around — enough that Ricky Jean Francois has referred to this intense, close-knit group as “Looney Tunes.”

Packers’ quest for perfection ends in K.C.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike McCarthy never put a whole lot of stock in a perfect season, except as a means of gaining home-field advantage and setting the Green Bay Packers up for another Super Bowl run.

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