HUGHES PLEADS NOT GUILTY:

Time Magazine art critic Robert Hughes pleads not guilty to reckless driving in Australia. Charges against him came out of a head-on accident on a remote road. He was trapped inside his rented car for three hours and then spent 12 hours on the operating table. “I believe that I am innocent. That I am in no way criminally culpable and naturally I hope that I will be fully acquitted,” Mr Hughes said. – The Age (Melbourne)