5 Things to Know This Morning
5 Things to Know This Morning
-- Your look at the five biggest and most buzz-worthy stories of the morning.
1. Widower Finds Wife's Lost Dollar Bill Years Later
In 2009, Peter Bilello came up with a fun idea: He and his wife would each sign a dollar bill.
"I told my wife, 'I'm going to sign one on the front: Peter B. I want you to sign one, too, for Grace B.,'" he said. "I put those 2 dollars in my wallet."
The bills stayed there for a year. Then, about five years ago, "By mistake I went shopping," he said. "I don't know where I used the 2 dollars. I came home and told my wife... 'Grace, I made a big mistake today. ... I'm never going to see [the dollars again].'"
2. Bill Cosby Admits to Giving Quaaludes to Woman, Seeking the Drug for Others, Court Documents Say
Embattled TV superstar Bill Cosby admitted to giving a woman Quaaludes and said that he obtained the drugs with the idea that he would give them to women he wanted to have sex with, according to court filings released Monday.
In the 2005 filing, part of a civil case, Cosby, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, said that he obtained seven prescriptions for the drugs and answered "yes" when asked if he got them with the intent on giving them to women with whom he wanted to have sex.
The documents cite a deposition that Cosby gave in the case on Sept. 27 and 28, 2005 and quotes from it.
3. San Francisco Shooting Suspect Says He Kept Coming Back to the City to Avoid Deportation
An undocumented immigrant suspected of killing a woman at a San Francisco pier said he chose the city for its sanctuary policies -- that is, he knew San Francisco was a good place to avoid deportation, he told ABC station KGO-TV.
In an exclusive jailhouse interview, a KGO-TV reporter asked Francisco Sanchez, the alleged gunman, "Did you keep coming back to San Francisco because you knew that they wouldn't actively look for you to deport you?" and Sanchez responded, "Yes."
Sanchez, who has been deported five times, told KGO-TV he started wandering on Pier 14 on Wednesday after taking sleeping pills he found in a dumpster. He said he then picked up a gun that he found and it went off.
4. Victims Confront Doctor Who Mistreated Cancer Patients at Sentencing
Scores of former patients as well as their families showed up in court Monday to come face-to-face with the oncologist who pleaded guilty to mistreating cancer patients, giving treatment to those who didn't need it and bilking the government of millions in false Medicare claims.
Dr. Farid Fata pleaded guilty in the fall to fraud, money laundering and conspiracy charges.
"There is no true justice. You can't undo the past," said Karen Baldwin, whose husband died in 2006 while under the doctor's care. "You can't bring back the dead people we love."
5. The Future of American Soccer After Women's World Cup Victory
The U.S. team's victory at the 2015 Women's World Cup is part of a slow but steady trend of growing national interest in soccer.
So what's taking so long?
"Soccer is already being taken more seriously than ever before," Danny Townsend, chief revenue officer of global sports and entertainment sponsorship research company Repucom, said, pointing to the recent improvement in Major League Soccer television deals and investment of brands such as Heineken and Audi.