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Boy's 1999 disappearance raises questions, regrets
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- No one claims to know what happened that summer in 1999 when 11-year-old Adam Herrman disappeared from the mobile home park where he lived with his adoptive parents....
AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's official calendar shows he met with a top union official in his Chicago office the day before Barack Obama was elected president - just as federal prosecutors say the governor was scheming to trade Obama's Senate seat, possibly for a cushy union job....
Jury may get ex-sheriff's case soon in California
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A defense attorney for former Orange County sheriff Michael Carona said the government's sweeping public corruption case against his client is riddled with holes and built on the testimony of witnesses who lied to save themselves....
Man's death ruled homicide 35 years after shooting
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A man shot in the back 35 years ago has died of complications from the shooting and his death has been ruled a homicide - but prosecutors fear the trail for the suspect has long ago gone cold....
Boy's taped confession won't be used in Arizona
ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) -- In a dramatic police interview that gripped viewers nationwide, a 9-year-old boy sitting in an overstuffed chair told investigators that he shot his father and another man, then buried his head in his jacket and said, "I'm going to go to juvie."...
Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has left Spokane residents frustrated. Tempers are so frayed that a man was arrested for shooting at a snow plow operator....
Mass. to mull higher penalties for ethics lapses
BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick is backing sweeping changes to Massachusetts' ethics laws, including dramatically increasing prison time for bribery and giving the attorney general wiretapping authority in corruption probes....
Increase of sick brown pelicans baffles experts
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Wildlife experts are trying to figure out why sick, disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are being found in record numbers along more than 1,000 miles of coastline....
California sues over 2007 San Francisco Bay spill
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars to recover the clean-up cost of the massive 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill....
Gov. Schwarzenegger rejects latest budget proposal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed an $18 billion deficit-cutting package Tuesday that legislative Democrats characterized as the only "game in town."...
Boyfriend in Texas family ambush sentenced to life
EMORY, Texas (AP) -- A 20-year-old man who helped kill a lovesick girl's family because the two were forbidden to date has been sentenced to life in prison without parole....
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