‘Greatest Dad’ guilty of sex abuse
A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to sex abuse after being accused of wearing a “World’s Greatest Dad” shirt to meet for sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old-girl.
Thirty-three-year-old Daniel Allen Everett pleaded guilty Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court to child sexual abuse and using the Internet to attempt child sexual abuse. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 21.
Authorities have not confirmed whether Everett has children.
Miami
Intense hurricane season ahead
Government scientists said Thursday they expect “considerable activity” for the rest of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, in part because the early part of the season brought two hurricanes and three tropical storms.
The updated seasonal outlook predicts 14 to 18 named storms, including seven to 10 hurricanes, as many as six of which could be intense, with winds above 110 mph.
That’s up from forecasters’ May outlook, which called for 12 to 16 storms.
Forecasters said an above-average hurricane season is likely because of warm ocean temperatures, early season storm activity and an increase in hurricanes since 1995.
Atlanta
250,000 unaware of HIV infection
Just more than 40 percent of the adult U.S. population has been screened at least once for HIV infection, but a quarter of a million people are infected and do not know it, government researchers said Thursday.
About 10 percent of the population receives an HIV test each year – a figure that has remained stable since 2000 despite efforts to increase testing, according to a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The release of the data was timed to coincide with the International AIDS Conference being held this week in Mexico City.
About 56,300 Americans become infected with HIV each year and between 1 million and 1.1 million are thought to be living with the virus.
Florence, Ariz.
Nine killed when packed SUV rolls
A sport utility vehicle packed with illegal immigrants rolled over Thursday on a rural highway southeast of Phoenix, killing nine people and injuring the other 10 on board, authorities said.
The passengers were crammed into a Chevrolet Suburban with two bucket seats in front and three seats in the back, said Lt. Mike Corbin of the state Department of Public Safety.
The SUV crashed on a state route about 80 miles from Phoenix. Authorities say immigrant smugglers are increasingly staying off interstate highways, even though the bumpy, narrow roads they use as alternatives are tougher to negotiate at high speeds.