- A former Ohio police officer was convicted of murder today for killing his pregnant lover and her unborn baby. After two days of deliberation a jury found Bobby Cutts Jr. guilty of murder in the death of Jessie Davis and aggravated murder for the death of her unborn child. —ABC [1]
- Barack Obama received the backing of a major service workers union Friday. The 1.9 million-member Service Employees International Union endorsed Obama Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, Hillary's support among superdelegates may be slipping. — CNN [2]
- Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank has made its first loans to US poor. The bank is attempting to bring its pioneering microfinance techniques to the millions of people in the world’s richest country without a bank account. — Financial Times [3]