Pope Benedict XVI pardoned former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was serving an 18-month sentence after being convicted of stealing Vatican documents and leaking it to the press, on Saturday.
The Vice President of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre Friday, announced that the association will not support any gun-control legislation and instead recommended schools be armed with security guards to avoid an incident such as the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting.
The rapper, Joseph Cartagena, known by his stage name 'Fat Joe,' pled guilty to tax evasion charges in a New Jersey Federal court on Thursday, Dec. 19. The 42-year-old rapper could face up to two years in prison for failing to pay over $3 million in taxes over a course of two years between 2007 and 2008.