| Father of 30, by 11 women, wants child support help from the state May 19th 2012, 14:54 By msnbc.com staff Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, Tenn., doesn't deny fathering 30 children, by 11 mothers no less -- instead, he's pleading with the state to help him out with child support. Hatchett, just 33, appeared in court this week to make his case, WREG-TV reported. Holding a minimum wage job, Hatchett already gives half his pay to the children's mothers but because he has a minimum wage job some moms get just $1.49 a month in support.
The children range in age from toddlers to 14. "I had four kids in the same year. Twice," he said in explaining how he set the paternity record for Knox County. WREG noted that Hatchett had not broken any laws fathering so many children, and that the state had no means to require him to stop. Melissa Gibson, an assistant supervisor with the Knox County child support clerk's office, told the Los Angeles Times that she wished something could be done. "If there's something out there like that, I'm unaware of it," Gibson said, then added: "It definitely needs to be." It was not clear what the next steps in Hatchett's appeal to the state would be. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News: Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook |  Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show May 19th 2012, 03:29  Reuters The World War Two Enigma machine used by German military and intelligence services to create what they thought were unbreakable messages can be seen at the "Spy, The Secret World of Espionage" exhibition, in New York City. Reuters reports: NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. "Spy, the Secret World of Espionage," which opens at the Discovery Times Square on Friday, includes hundreds of artifacts, some from the vaults of the CIA and FBI and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). They range from a World War Two-era collapsible motorbike that could be dropped by parachute and deployed in 10 seconds and a German ENIGMA machine to create secret messages to a camel saddle used by one of the first CIA agents in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks to bugging devices, microdots and surveillance equipment.  Reuters A kit of tools used by East German members of the Stasi secret police, concealed in a leather case, for spying and surveillance purposes can be seen at the "Spy, The Secret World of Espionage" exhibition, in New York City. They may not have Q in their corners, but real spies do have gadgets that would fit right into a James Bond movie. Msnbc.com's Rosa Golijan tours an exhibition of spy tools. |  House with collapsed porch after alleged argument, stabbing and running over of child in Cleveland May 18th 2012, 23:23  Mark Duncan / AP The home on East 125th Street in Cleveland that Sharice Swain crashed into sits damaged on Friday. Swain, 29, was stabbed during an argument while sitting behind the wheel of a car Thursday night, tried to drive away and struck her attacker's 2-year-old daughter before crashing into the house. Swain and the girl both died, and the toddler's mother was found naked several blocks away and arrested. The Associated Press reports that the driver and the two-year-old girl's mother were friends: The nature of the argument involving Black and Swain wasn't disclosed, and it wasn't clear if Swain hit the children intentionally or accidentally. The women were "best friends since birth" and Swain considered Black a cousin, according to the victim's mother, Anita Swain. Anita Swain said her daughter did not have any children and was employed as a factory worker. She said she didn't know what started the argument and declined to comment further. Read more... |  Leatherback turtles released into Atlantic after rehabilitation May 18th 2012, 22:07  Richard Ellis / Getty Images Volunteers from the South Carolina Aquarium release a rehabilitated Loggerhead Sea Turtles on Friday in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. The turtle was one of two that were rescued and nursed back to health by the sea turtle hospital at the aquarium.  Richard Ellis / Getty Images Volunteers from the South Carolina Aquarium release a rehabilitated Loggerhead Sea Turtle. According to this OurAmazingPlanet story on msnbc.com, there are leatherback turtles in the Pacific and Atlantic, but they travel at different speeds according to their different food sources: "We saw very big differences in their traveling speeds from their nesting beaches to their foraging grounds," said Helen Bailey, an ecologist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science who led the study. "We take that to mean one population is stopping to forage on a nice dense patch of prey, while the other group keeps moving because it's constantly in search of food." These differences in swimming and eating habits may hold important clues for helping leatherback turtles around the world recover and thrive, Bailey told OurAmazingPlanet. Atlantic leatherback turtles seem to be doing OK, but the Pacific population could be extinct in the near future, Bailey said. Read more... •Sign up for the msnbc.com Photos Newsletter Follow @msnbc_pictures |  Record-breaking $90 million penthouse sale in New York May 18th 2012, 19:57  One57 The two-level penthouse features glass walls that offer near-panoramic park views. By Martha C. White What real estate downturn? A two-level penthouse with sweeping views of Central Park just sold for more than $90 million — a record price for New York, according to the New York Times. At nearly 11,000 square feet, the apartment takes up the top two floors of the 90-story One57 building, which will include 92 residences and a Park Hyatt hotel when it opens next year.  One57 At nearly 11,000 square feet, the apartment takes up the top two floors of the 90-story One57 building. A spokeswoman for the building said the exact price was subject to a confidentiality agreement, but that it was less than $100 million. The penthouse was listed at $98.5 million when the buyer agreed to purchase it three months ago. That unnamed buyer is getting a lot for the approximately $8,000 per square foot they agreed to pay. The six-bedroom, eight-bathroom penthouse includes four fireplaces, a "grand salon" with 23-foot ceilings and glass walls that offer near-panoramic park views. The kitchen has handmade cabinets, granite counters, Miele appliances and a 132-bottle wine refrigerator. Developer Gary Barnett declined to identify the buyer to the Times, only specifying that they didn't hail from Russia or any former Soviet state. He referred to them as a "very nice family" and said "people would recognize" them, according to the newspaper.  One57 The six-bedroom, eight-bathroom penthouse includes four fireplaces, a "grand salon" with 23-foot ceilings. | |
