WON’T QUIT: Ohio Atty. Gen. Marc Dann defied demands Monday from Gov. Ted Strickland and other fellow Democrats that he resign over a sexual harassment scandal in his office and an affair with a subordinate.
DISHONORED: Xavier Alvarez, who once boasted of being awarded the Medal of Honor, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court Monday to lying about having received the nation’s top military honor.
GRATEFUL: Grammy-nominated violinist Philippe Quint will play a private 30-minute performance on Tuesday at Newark airport. It’s thanks to driver Mohamed Khalil for the return of a 285-year-old violin left in his cab April 21.
“EXIT STRATEGY”: Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the “D.C. Madam,” apologized to family in suicide notes released Monday. She said she couldn’t bear going to prison and saw killing herself as the only “exit strategy.”
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