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Federal judge in Arkansas delays start of trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on sex charges
Associated Press WriterTEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex. U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes reset Alamo's trial to begin on May 11. The trial...Tags: Witnesses, Crimes, Trials, Newspapers, Government
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No contest plea for ex-head of Brown County GOP
A former head of the Brown County Republican Party, initially accused of child enticement involving a teenage boy, pleaded no contest to reduced charges Thursday. Thirty-eight-year-old Donald Fleischman was convicted of two counts each of contributing...Tags: Trials, Republican Party
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Getting tough on drunken driving will cost Wis.
Associated Press WriterGetting tough on drunken drivers won't be cheap. Two of the most talked about measures to strengthen the state's drunken driving laws come with large price tags, which may doom them given a projected $5.4 billion state budget shortfall....Tags: State Budgets, Transportation, Economic Policy, Drunk Driving, Police
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AP top news in Iowa at 4:58 p.m. CST
A settlement was expected Thursday in a federal lawsuit over the stabbing death of an 18-year-old student at the hands of another student at a meditation-based school in southeastern Iowa. Levi Butler was stabbed to death in the dining hall of the...Tags: Murder, Christmas, Wildlife, Punishment, Atlanta Falcons
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Mich. SupCt changes with new justice, new leader
Associated Press WriterThe Michigan Supreme Court was transformed Thursday when a Democrat became the new chief justice, thanks to the arrival of the court's first new judge in nearly a decade. Marilyn Kelly, 70, is the fifth woman to serve as leader of the court since it was...Tags: Court Administration, Michigan, Colleges and Universities, Defendants, Freedom of the Press
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Man awaiting sentencing found dead
A man awaiting sentencing in a multimillion-dollar insurance scam based in Muncie has been found dead in Ohio. Douglas Haynes, 50, whose body was found Sunday along railroad tracks in Cleveland, was one of five people indicted by a federal grand jury in...Tags: Prisons, Lawyers, Justice System, Indianapolis, Punishment
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:59 p.m. CST
A Plover woman has filed a civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, claiming it knew a priest had a history of molesting children, yet let him continue to work with youngsters. Forty-six-year-old Brenda Varga claims in her...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Economy, Startups, Assault
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Police find no evidence to back up barber's claim
Associated Press WriterThe psychiatrist of a now-deceased barber who claimed he killed a teen 50 years ago said Thursday she was inclined to believe his claims, even though law enforcement has been unable to find evidence of the crime. Vernon Seitz's claims have almost been...Tags: Murder, Abusive Behavior, Depression, Witnesses, Minnesota
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Prosecutors: Madoff was ready to send out $173 million
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Prosecutors said today that investigators found 100 signed checks worth $173 million in Bernard Madoff's office desk that he was ready to send out to his closest family and friends at the time of his arrest last month in what is alleged to...Tags: Fraud, Corporate Crime, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Lawyers, Court Administration
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Retired reading teacher accused of having sex with 6th grader in 1980s
Sentinel Staff WriterA 58-year-old retired Orange County Public School reading coach was arrested today for allegedly sexually battering a student in the 1980s. Wanda Smith, of Orlando, is being held without bond at the Orange County Jail. Smith, who was hired with the...Tags: Schools, High Schools, Christianity, Ocoee, Crimes
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RI boys accused of stealing a car in order to make it to school on time
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — Two Woonsocket High School boys did the right thing by trying to get to school on time. It was the way they got there that police had a problem with. Police told The Call of Woonsocket the boys ages 15 and 16 stole a car...Tags: Theft, Vehicles, Juvenile Delinquency, Crimes
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Law enforcement wants stimulus money but a conservative scholar garbles the message
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee's first hearing of 2009 was designed to let law enforcement organizations push for a piece of any economic stimulus bill. A conservative scholar, invited by Republicans, didn't follow the script. Two...Tags: Republican Party, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Law Enforcement, Witnesses
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