PHILADELPHIA (AP)—A doctor accused of running a filthy abortion clinic and using scissors to kill babies should sell assets if necessary to hire a lawyer for his murder trial because he doesn’t qualify for a public defender, a judge ruled Friday.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, of West Philadelphia, is charged with killing a patient during a botched abortion and using scissors to sever the spinal cords of seven viable babies born alive. His wife, Pearl Gosnell, a cosmetologist accused of performing abortions, is among 10 clinic employees charged last month after a lengthy grand jury investigation.

January 7

From 4th Century AD—Ethiopian Christmas—known as Ganna—is celebrated on Jan. 7. Ethiopian Christianity was much closer to the Christian Coptic Church of Egypt and as a result never incorporated many of the dictates of the early Roman Catholic Church. Thus, a plausible argument can be made that Ethiopian Christianity is more pure (or less corrupted) than that which emerged from the early Christian Church in Europe. Regardless, the best scientific speculation is that Jesus was born neither on December 25th nor January 7th. The most probable month of his birth is April.

Five Fisk graduates— From 1888. W.E.B. DuBois is second from left.

ATLANTA (AP)—Filmmaker Spike Lee joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan in issuing a call Jan. 31 for more Black men to become teachers, making their plea at the country's only all-male historically Black college.

The two took part in a town hall meeting at Atlanta's private Morehouse College just a week after President Barack Obama urged more people nationwide to become teachers.

ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE—Audience members look on during a meeting where Education Secretary Arne Duncan; Filmmaker Spike Lee; Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.; and others called for more Black men to become teachers at Morehouse College, Jan. 31. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Feb. 2 added the first minority to his previous all-White Cabinet, a move that followed mounting criticism that he was not doing enough to diversify the group of people who supply him with key policy advice.

"As I've said all along, diversity is a journey—not a destination," Kasich said a news conference where he announced Michael Colbert as director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

WELCOME TO OHIO—Ohio Department of Transportation crews add the names of new Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor to the welcome sign above the William Harsha Bridge near Aberdeen, Ohio on Jan. 14. (AP Photo/The Ledger Independent, Terry Prather.)