Philadelphia: Pageant to recognize 2 Miss North Carolinas

Two women will represent North Carolina at the Miss America pageant until courts resolve which one should carry the title, organizers said Friday.

The pageant would abide by a judge’s decision to let Rebekah Revels temporarily keep her title, though it could result in two Miss North Carolinas appearing in the pageant itself, said George Bauer, interim president and chief executive officer of the Miss America organization.

Runner-up Misty Dawn Clymer, 24, had assumed the state title when Revels resigned after the pageant learned of photos in which she appeared topless. Revels then went to court to be reinstated. A judge heard arguments Friday and set another hearing Monday, but said he would not immediately decide the case.

New Jersey: Teacher in sex case sentenced to prison

A female teacher who had sex with a 13-year-old boy was sentenced to three years in prison Friday after a previous judge caused a furor when he spared her a jail term by saying, “I really don’t see the harm that was done.”

Pamela Diehl-Moore, 43, was also ordered by Superior Court Judge William Meehan to register as a sex offender after her release from prison.

Diehl-Moore pleaded guilty in January to sexual assault in a plea bargain and had been expected to receive three years behind bars.

Instead, she was sentenced in May to five years’ probation by Superior Court Judge Bruce A. Gaeta, who said that he saw nothing wrong with the relationship.

Rhode Island: Judge sentences mayor to more than five years

Mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci Jr. was sentenced to more than five years in prison Friday by a judge who portrayed him as a Jekyll-and-Hyde figure who revitalized down-and-out Providence even as he turned City Hall into a hotbed of bribery.

U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres praised Cianci’s political talents but criticized the veteran mayor for running an administration that was “rife with corruption at all levels.”

Cianci, 61, who plans to appeal, told the judge he never intended any wrongdoing. He is set to go to prison Dec. 6.

The mayor was convicted in June on a charge of racketeering conspiracy that accused him of masterminding a criminal enterprise that took bribes in exchange for tax breaks, favors and jobs with the city.