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DAD JAILED GEORGE HW BUSH, 91, FALLS,
ON CHARGES BREAKS BONE IN NECK, HOSPITALIZED
HE SMASHED

INFANT’S
HEAD INTO

WALL

A western Pennsylvania

man has been jailed on
charges that he fractured
his 7-week-old son’s skull
by smashing the baby’s
head into a wall.

Twenty-five-year-old
Tyler Duddy of Butler
Township was charged
Tuesday after a several-
week investigation of an
incident at his apartment
last month.

Police say Duddy told
them he smashed the
baby’s skull into the wall
because he was frustrated
and mad.

The baby, Callen, is re- A Maine hospital says 91-year-old former Former President George H.W. Bush, at 91 of breath. He spent Christmas 2012 in
covering and has been President George H.W. Bush is in fair the oldest living former president, was be- intensive care at the same Houston hos-
placed in foster care be- condition after he fell and broke a bone ing treated at a hospital early Thursday for pital for a bronchitis-related cough and
cause the child’s mother in his neck. a broken bone in his neck suffered in a fall. other issues.
is hospitalized for an un- The 41st president and oldest living Bush, the 41st U.S. president, fell on Bush, a Republican, served two terms as
specified reason. former president fell on Wednesday at Wednesday at his summer home in Ken- Ronald Reagan’s vice president before
his summer home in Kennebunkport. A nebunkport but was doing OK and was being elected president in 1988. After
Authorities Bush spokesman says he’s doing OK and wearing a neck brace, a Bush spokesman one term, highlighted by the success of
say it’s likely is wearing a neck brace. said. the 1991 Gulf War in Kuwait, he lost to
the boy will A hospital spokesman said Thursday «41 fell at home in Maine today and broke Democrat Bill Clinton amid voters’ con-
end up with morning that Bush was taken to Portland’s a bone in his neck,» spokesman Jim Mc- cerns about the economy.
Maine Medical Center early Wednesday Grath tweeted on Wednesday night. «His Bush, the father of Republican former
long-term afternoon. Spokesman Matt Paul would condition is stable -- he is fine -- but he’ll President George W. Bush, was a naval
health issues. not release other details. be in a neck brace.» aviator in World War II and was shot down
The hospital says it’s premature to specu- Bush was being treated at Portland’s over the Pacific. He also was a former U.S.
Online court records late about when he’ll be released. Maine Medical Center, where a children’s ambassador to China and a CIA director.
don’t list an attorney for Bush has a form of Parkinson’s disease. hospital is named for his wife. The medical He has skydived on at least three of his
Duddy. He faces a pre- He was hospitalized in Houston in De- center confirmed his condition was stable birthdays since leaving the White House.
liminary hearing July 23 cember for shortness of breath. He spent but said it was premature to speculate He celebrated his 90th birthday by making
on charges of aggravated Christmas 2012 in intensive care there for about when he’ll be released. It said he a tandem parachute jump near his Ken-
assault, simple assault, a bronchitis-related cough. would be there at least overnight. nebunkport home. He celebrated a low-
endangering the welfare The Republican served two terms as Ron- Bush, who has a form of Parkinson’s key 91st birthday with his family there.
of a child and reckless ald Reagan’s vice president before being disease and uses a motorized scooter or During the winter, Bush and his wife,
endangerment. elected president in 1988. a wheelchair for mobility, has suffered Barbara Bush, live in Houston.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. other recent health setbacks. Another Bush son, Republican former
Check back soon for further information. He was hospitalized in Houston in De- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is running for
AP’s earlier story is below. cember for about a week for shortness president in 2016.

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