Keon Clark, Former NBA Player, Gets 8 Years In Illinois Prison

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DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Former NBA player Keon Clark has received an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to two charges.

Edgar County Circuit Judge Matthew Sullivan signed off Wednesday on Clark's plea agreement with prosecutors. The 38-year-old Danville native was 23 when he became the 13th overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft. The News-Gazette in Champaign reports (http://bit.ly/1bIB1cv ) he tearfully said in court that he has to own up to his past.

Clark has been in the Vermilion County jail since Aug. 4. He faced weapon, drug and traffic-related charges. On Wednesday he pleaded guilty to weapons and driving under the influence charges in two separate cases.

Defense attorneys requested that the judge recommend Clark serve time at a state Department of Corrections drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility outside Chicago.

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Information from: The News-Gazette, http://www.news-gazette.com

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Parents Of Starved Philadelphia Boy, Khalil Wimes, Get 30-60 Years

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old Philadelphia boy who starved to death after returning to their care have been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison.

A prosecutor Tuesday called the slow, torturous death of Khalil Wimes "a crime against humanity."

Khalil had thrived with relatives who raised him until age 3. But Tina Cuffie and Latiff Hadi won him back despite losing custody of five other children.

Common Pleas Judge Barbara McDermott called Khalil nothing but a pawn to them.

She had convicted them of third-degree murder after hearing they locked Khalil in a room, beat him, and made him run laps the day before he died.

Hadi says he keeps a picture of his son in his cell. And Cuffie, the mother of 11 children, says other inmates call her "mom."

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Author Tom Rath On The Health Wake-Up Call He Got At 16 Years Old (VIDEO)

Author Tom Rath got a wake-up call that would change the rest of his life when he was just 16 years old.

The writer of "Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes" spoke with HuffPost Live's Nancy Redd about living with Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome, a genetic disorder that spurs growth of cancerous tumors. Rath said struggling with the disease has led to a nearly constant assessment of his health habits and how they're contributing to his well-being.

"I first found out I had cancer on my eye and lost an eye to this disease when I was 16, and I've since had cancer in my kidneys and pancreas and a host of other areas," Rath said. "So for the past 20 years, I've spent time literally almost every day trying to figure out what are little things I can do with my own lifestyle habits in order to essentially extend my odds of living a little bit longer."

Hear the full conversation about small choices that can change your life in a big way at HuffPost Live HERE.

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