Quotations of the day

"We stay here until we choose to leave. We have that right. ... Even if at some point the property gets sold, it gets sold with us here." — Kathleen McCrone Newton, wife of Wayne Newton, on an ongoing ownership dispute over the Las Vegas crooner's mansion and property.

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"I'm good everybody. Thx for the prayers and love." — Rapper Lil Wayne tweeting from his official Twitter account, following false reports that he was fighting for his life after a seizure.

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"I can live with putting to death criminals who committed what are truly grievous and wicked acts against our children, our police, our mothers and our daughters, but what I am opposed to, and what I can no longer live with, is using the death penalty to accidently put to death an innocent man or woman." — Maryland House of Delegates member Luiz Simmons, D-Montgomery, before voting for the passage of a bill that makes Maryland the 18th state to ban capital punishment.