The day included court testimony that Arias was kept away from her dead lover Travis Alexander's Mormon friends, and that their affair was kept by secret by him.
Nine of Philadelphia's city judges were charged with fixing tickets for friends, business associates, political allies and relatives, according to a new federal indictment.
New York City Mayor Ed Koch died at 2 a.m. Friday from congestive heart failure, spokesman George Artzi said. He was 88.
Republican Sen. John McCain angrily labeled defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel as “on the wrong side” of history when it came to the Iraq War.
