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BALTIMORE -- Chelsea Clinton made an amusing footwear blunder at Gov. Wes Moore's inauguration ceremony Wednesday, she said, but another star guest of the ceremony thought it might have been a newfangled trend. Clinton, the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said she grabbed two black heels on the way out, but didn't realize they were mismatched. The writer posted a picture of her left foot in a rounded black heel with a peep toe, and a pointed black heel on her right. Clinton said she didn't even notice the...

<p>From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Sean Penn will endorse Kucinich this afternoon at a press conference in San Francisco, a source close to the Hollywood actor said. He will also be speaking on "the Constitution, the media and Dennis Kucinich," the source said. Expect a political speech.</p>

ATLANTA (AP) - The honeymooner quarantined with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis was identified Thursday as a 31-year-old Atlanta personal injury lawyer whose new father-in-law is a CDC microbiologist specializing in the spread of TB. Bob Cooksey would not comment on whether he reported his son-in-law, 31-year-old Andrew Speaker, to federal health authorities. He said only that he gave Speaker "fatherly advice" when he learned the young man had contracted the disease. The CDC had no immediate comment. "I'm hoping and praying that he's getting the proper treatment, that my daughter is holding up mentally and physically," Cooksey told The...