Fox’s Major Garrett gets Obama interview
New York — President Barack Obama will give an interview to Fox News Channel’s Major Garrett, perhaps signaling a thaw in relations between the network and administration.
The White House confirmed Tuesday that Garrett will be included among a round of network interviews that the president is giving Wednesday in Beijing. Garrett also posted news of the interview on Twitter.
Fox and the administration have been in a public fight since former White House communications director Anita Dunn said the network acted like the research or communications arm of the Republican Party. The president pointedly avoided Fox when he gave a round of interviews to Sunday shows about his health care plan.
Paparazzo testifies in Parker-Broderick case
St. Clairsville, Ohio — A paparazzo testified Tuesday that an Ohio police chief told him he had access to ultrasound photographs belonging to the woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
Justin Steffman of New York testified that suspended Martins Ferry Chief Barry Carpenter also said that he had access to a plaster cast of surrogate Michelle Ross’ stomach, a contract between the woman and Parker and several documents.
A special prosecutor has said Carpenter entered Ross’ home in Martins Ferry in May and removed items that identified her as the surrogate. He and Police Chief Chad Dojack from nearby Bridgeport are accused of scheming to sell the items.
Steffman said Dojack offered to sell him the surrogate’s address and contact information for $1,000. He said he met Carpenter in a post office parking lot, when the chief showed him a cell-phone photo of the cast.
During cross-examination, Steffman said he did not see the items the chief claimed to have.
Carpenter’s attorney, Dennis McNamara, has said that the chief entered Ross’ house but did not take anything and that he joked with photographers about having access to the home.
Crawford’s attempted blackmailer surrenders
Berlin — The 26-year-old man charged with trying to extort $100,000 from former supermodel Cindy Crawford has surrendered, German prosecutors said Tuesday.
Edis Kayalar walked into a police station late Monday to give himself up, according to prosecutors in Stuttgart. He has been charged in Los Angeles with one count of extortion. If convicted, he could face up to two years in prison.
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