user: Input: Three Mubaraks were convicted of charges they embezzled $17.6m. Ousted in a popular uprising in 2011 after nearly three decades in power. Mubarak's two sons were also convicted sentenced to four years in prison. Being retried over killings of hundreds of protesters during the uprising.
Output: By. Jill Reilly. Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement and ordered to pay back $17.6m. The graft case against the 86-year-old Mubarak, who is kept in custody at a military hospital, is one of two against the former president who was ousted in a popular uprising in 2011 after nearly three decades in power. He is being retried over the killings of hundreds of protesters during the uprising. Scroll down for video. Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement and ordered to pay back $17.6m. The graft case against the 86-year-old Mubarak, who is kept in custody at a military hospital, is one of two against the former president who was ousted in a popular uprising in 2011 after nearly three decades in power. Mubarak's two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa, were also convicted Wednesday of graft and sentenced to four years in prison each in the same case. The three Mubaraks were convicted of charges that they $17.6m worth of state funds in over a decade toward the end of Hosni Mubarak's rule. The funds were meant for renovating and maintaining presidential palaces but were instead spent on upgrading the family's private residences. Mubarak's two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa, were also convicted Wednesday of graft and sentenced to four years in prison each in the same case. Pictured: The pair attending court in 2012. Mubarak, 86, was thrust into office when Islamists gunned down his predecessor Anwar Sadat at a military parade in 1981. The burly former air force commander proved a far more durable leader than anyone imagined at the time - he was ousted in 2011. He is married to Suzanne, who is half-British and during his nearly 30 year time in power he survived six assassination attempts. But over the years his health began to fail - it was reported he was suffering from heart problems. Following mass protests in Cairo and other cities, Mr. Mubarak announced he had decided not to stand for re-election later that. year. But the protests continued on 10 February he announced he would remain president, but was handing over his powers. The following day Vice-President Omar Suleiman announced Mr Mubarak was stepping down and the country would be ruled by the military's supreme council. In June 2012 he was found guilty of failing to stop the killing of more than 900 protesters during the 18-day revolt against his rule and sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was overturned in January 2013. That was appealed by prosecutors, and a retrial began in April 2013. He was released in August last year pending his graft trial, but was kept at a military hospital in a suburb south of Cairo. Since his ouster, Mubarak's supporters have released conflicting details about his health, including that he suffered a stroke, a heart attack and at times went into a coma. His wife has been living in Cairo and keeping a low-profile, occasionally visiting Mubarak and their two sons in prison. Hosni Mubarak 'had an obligation to. restrain himself and his sons from stealing state funds ... but instead,. he gave himself and his sons license to embezzle them,' Judge Osama. Shaheen said as he handed down the verdict. The three Mubaraks were also fined 21.1 million Egyptian pounds ($2.9 million). They were also ordered to reimburse 125 million Egyptian pounds ($17.6 million) to the state treasury. They have the right to appeal their conviction before a higher court. The Mubaraks had returned around 120 million Egyptian pounds to the state in connection with this case, but the proceedings against them continued. Four other defendants in the case were acquitted. Mubarak, who turned 86 this month, attended Wednesday's hearing in a suit and tie. His two sons wore white prison uniforms. They. have all been held in custody since 2011, but only time in custody in. connection with this case - about a year since the embezzlement charges. were raised - will be deducted from the sentences. Under. Egyptian law, maximum sentences for embezzlement vary depending on the. nature of the crime, but 15 years' imprisonment is not uncommon. Mubarak. was found guilty in June 2012 of failing to stop the killing of more. than 900 protesters during the 18-day revolt against his rule and. sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was overturned in January 2013. That was appealed by prosecutors, and a retrial began in April 2013. He. was ordered released in August last year pending his graft trial, but. was kept at a military hospital in a suburb south of Cairo. Given his poor health, Mubarak is likely to serve his sentence in the hospital. Mubarak's sons are also being retried on separate graft charges. Mubarak was found guilty in June 2012 of failing to stop the killing of more than 900 protesters during the 18-day revolt against his rule and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Input: NEW: Clint McCance: "I am a better person today than I was a week ago" McCance submitted his formal resignation Monday. It was unanimously approved by the school board. McCance made inflammatory remarks about gay people on his Facebook page.
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assistant: A school district member in Arkansas who came under fire for an anti-gay post on a social networking site formally submitted his resignation to the school board Monday, according to the Midland School District superintendent. The board unanimously voted at a specially called meeting to accept Clint McCance's resignation, Superintendent Dean Stanley said. McCance, then vice president of the school district in Pleasant Plains, wrote on his personal Facebook page that he wanted gay people to commit suicide, according to The Advocate, a newspaper focusing on gay news. McCance used the terms "queer" and "fag" repeatedly, promised to disown his own children if they are gay and stated that he enjoys "the fact that [gay people] give each other AIDS and die." In his typed, one-paragraph resignation letter, McCance said that he "did not represent my school or my position well in my statements on line" and that he was "sorry for all the trouble it has caused the school district and those people that I love in this school system." "I hope this resignation will help things get back to normal for you," he wrote. "At no time did I want anyone to hurt themselves. I do not support bullying. I do not wish harm on anyone. I always learn from my mistakes and I hope that all of you learned something from this experience. "I am a better person today than I was a week ago, I promise you. I wish nothing but the best for you all, and may God bless this school district." McCance appeared on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Thursday night, apologizing for the comments and saying that he planned to resign. "I'm sorry I've hurt people with my comments," McCance said. "I'm sorry I made those ignorant comments and hurt people on a broad spectrum." Though he disapproves of homosexuality, McCance said, "I give everyone a chance and try to love everyone." McCance said he has received an outpouring of criticism over his comments, including "thousands of phone calls, hate mails, people threatening to kill my family and me." He said that he has sent his wife and two kids out of the state because of fears for their safety and that he is installing a security system at his home. "I'm reaping what I've sown," he said. "I've had a lot of hate speech thrown at me and my family on every level." His comments had drawn criticism from education officials in his district and at the state level. "I strongly condemn the statements that appeared on Mr. Clint McCance's Facebook page," Tom Kimbrell, Arkansas' commissioner of education, said in a statement Wednesday. "The statements attributed to Mr. McCance constitute a. significant departure from statements we expect from our school leaders. The divisiveness and disruption of these comments cause me to seriously question the ability of Mr. McCance to remain as an effective member of the Midland School Board." McCance was re-elected for a four-year term in September. He was initially elected to the leadership of the school district in 2007 for a three-year term. The terms are now four years long. The Midland School District had also denounced the posting. "The district strives to foster an environment that discourages all forms of bullying," it said in a statement this week, "and an environment that encourages a safe and productive educational climate [for] all of our students. The district is very diligent in pursuing and addressing bullying of any variety on our campuses." The state Department of Education had said it was "dismayed to see that a school board official would post something of this insensitive nature on a public forum like Facebook." Because McCance's Facebook page is not accessible publicly, the Advocate said it learned about the posts after being provided with a screen shot. The posts were made, according to The Advocate, in response to a bullying awareness campaign sponsored by GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. CNN's David Mattingly contributed to this report.