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Wis. man gets jail for lying for drunken driver
A Green Bay man accused of falsely taking the blame for a drunken crash has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. Forty-eight-year-old Donn Anderson pleaded no contest to a felony count of perjury. Authorities said the president of the Brown County...Tags: Trials, Prisons
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States give few fines for illegal wood movement
Associated Press WriterIt's hard to miss the warnings against moving firewood and ash trees out of areas infested by a tree-killing beetle. Bumper stickers and posters threaten stiff fines. Inspectors are known to make surprise stops at campgrounds. And there are occasional...Tags: West Virginia, Agriculture, Ohio, Moving, Michigan
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AP top news in Iowa at 4:58 p.m. CST
Gov. Chet Culver said Friday he will ask the Legislature next week to use the state's bonding power to pay for a major new program to repair flood damage and fix Iowa's aging infrastructure. In an interview with The Associated Press, Culver said it...Tags: Court Administration, Colleges and Universities, Renewable Energy, Floods, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Antigo man sent to prison in fatal motel crash
A 59-year-old Antigo man convicted of driving drunk, plowing his sport utility vehicle through a motel room and killing a man sleeping there was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. Stephen VanVleit had pleaded no contest to three felonies --...Tags: Alaska, Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Judges, Murder
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CST
Basic American Foods plans to close its Plover operations, with layoffs to start in March and affect about 106 workers. The state Department of Workforce Development said Friday the company had filed a notice that the plant will close Sept. 1, but...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Walnut, Murder, Tourism and Leisure
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Son of former Liberian president gets 97 years in prison for torture
The Associated PressThe son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first U.S. case of its kind. U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga imposed the sentence on Charles McArthur Emmanuel, 31, who...Tags: Court Preliminary, Juvenile Delinquency, Abusive Behavior, Metal and Mineral, United Nations
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Ex-cop, wife sentenced in drug case
Sentinel Staff WriterA former Altamonte Springs cop charged with setting up a marijuana grow house and giving a convicted felon the IDs of local drug agents was sentenced to just over 17 years in prison today. Clay Adams pleaded guilty in October to multiple federal...Tags: Trials, Court Preliminary, Altamonte Springs, Prisons, Police Investigations
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Ex-'Sopranos' actor gets 10 years for botched burglary that ended with NY police death
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) — A former actor on "The Sopranos" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice shot and killed an off-duty police officer. A jury acquitted Lillo Brancato Jr. of second-degree...Tags: Tony Soprano, Bars and Clubs, Assault, Court Administration, Robert De Niro
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Son of ex-Liberian president Taylor gets 97 years in US prison for Liberian torture campaign
AP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMI (AP) — Charles McArthur Emmanuel, the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and head of a savage paramilitary unit known as the "Demon Forces," was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first U.S. case of...Tags: Court Preliminary, Juvenile Delinquency, Civil Rights, Abusive Behavior, Justice and Rights
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Justices intervene in suit against Iraq for actions under Saddam Hussein
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether the Iraqi government has immunity in American courts for the acts of Saddam Hussein's regime. Foreign nations usually are immune from lawsuits in U.S. courts, but federal law...Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Laws, Court Administration, Justice System, Saddam Hussein
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South Carolina pawn shop owner in NYC mayor lawsuit pleads guilty to selling gun to ex-convict
Associated Press WriterCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina pawn shop owner accused by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg of recklessly selling a rifle to an ex-convict pleaded guilty Friday to a federal weapons charge. Days before jury selection was set to begin in...Tags: Ohio, Court Administration, South Carolina, Georgia, Prosecution
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Tolland Man, Former Scout Leader, Admits Raping Boy
The Hartford CourantA former Tolland man pleaded guilty Friday to raping three children, one of them repeatedly over more than six years, during a brief hearing in Superior Court in Rockville. James W. Harris III, 39, a former Boy Scout leader who repeatedly raped one boy...Tags: Prisons, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Assault, Sexual Assault
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