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  Mo. woman pleads, will be sentenced in stolen baby attack AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  UNION, Mo. - A woman who slashed a young mother and kidnapped her newborn entered into a plea deal Friday, and the prosecutor revealed additional details of the 2006 attack — including that the victim was stabbed repeatedly and her toddler son was tied up.

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  Mourners pay respects to slain Philadelphia police officer AP - Fri May 9, 1:17 PM ET

  PHILADELPHIA - Hundreds of mourners lined up in the pouring rain outside a cathedral Friday to pay their respects to a Philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty.

• Fans long to have their ashes scattered on sporting sites AP - Fri May 9, 11:51 AM ET

  NEW ORLEANS - Even though he's only 37 and in good health, Nathan Davis has already made out his will. In it, he bequeaths money to the University of Alabama athletic department and his ashes to Bryant-Denny Stadium.

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  Dig for human remains to begin at ranch where Manson hid AP - 40 minutes ago

  FRESNO, Calif. - The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday that he will allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains.

• Car full of weapons lands US soldier in Mexican jail AP - Fri May 9, 7:17 AM ET

  EL PASO, Texas - When he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, Spc. Richard Torres was carrying a small arsenal in his car: an AR-15 assault rifle, a .45-caliber handgun, 171 rounds of ammunition, several cartridges and three knives.

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  Tiny Crawford plays supporting role for Jenna Bush wedding AP - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago

  CRAWFORD, Texas - So close and yet so far: Tiny Crawford is sort of like a bridesmaid at arm's length from Jenna Bush's wedding Saturday.

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  Church records offer rare look inside polygamist families AP - Fri May 9, 1:19 AM ET

  SAN ANTONIO - Hand-scrawled records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

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  7 more cops pulled from Philly streets over taped beating AP - Thu May 8, 11:18 PM ET

  PHILADELPHIA - Seven more police officers were taken off street duty Thursday as investigators look into the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects during a traffic stop.

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  'Best Santa ever' arrested in N.J. on child sex charges AP - Fri May 9, 5:07 AM ET

  NEWARK, N.J. - A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen."

• Police: Convicted murderer shot hikers on Appalachian Trail AP - Fri May 9, 3:25 AM ET

  PEARISBURG, Va. - A convicted murderer is suspected of shooting and wounding two men on the Appalachian Trail a few miles from the spot where he killed two hikers in 1981, authorities said.

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  Court orders American Indian to trial for shooting eagle AP - Fri May 9, 6:22 AM ET

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. - An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.

• NC officials: Fatal twister could have been worse AP - Fri May 9, 3:26 PM ET

  RALEIGH, N.C. - Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat. Then, when the roaring wind outside suddenly fell silent, she grabbed her two toddlers and rushed to get under the stairwell.

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  NY governor vows to examine undercover police procedures AP - Thu May 8, 8:59 PM ET

  NEW YORK - Gov. David Paterson pledged to examine undercover police conduct on Thursday, a day after more than 200 people were arrested protesting the acquittal of three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed man.

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  Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt AP - Thu May 8, 6:06 PM ET

  WASHINGTON - Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're planted in.

• Lack of water cited in deaths of 9 S.C. firefighters AP - Thu May 8, 10:19 PM ET

  COLUMBIA, S.C. - Emergency crews didn't have enough hoses or adequate water pressure to properly fight a blaze that killed nine Charleston firefighters in a giant furniture store almost a year ago, according to a federal report released late Thursday.

Crimes and Trials News

• Mo. woman pleads, will be sentenced in stolen baby attack AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  UNION, Mo. - A woman who slashed a young mother and kidnapped her newborn entered into a plea deal Friday, and the prosecutor revealed additional details of the 2006 attack — including that the victim was stabbed repeatedly and her toddler son was tied up.

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  R. Kelly faces jurors in child sex tape trial AFP - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

  CHICAGO (AFP) - Six years after R. Kelly was charged with filming himself having sex with a girl as young as 13, the rhythm and blues superstar's child pornography trial began Friday with jury selection.

• Convicted NYC lawyer sentenced to 25-to-life for murder AP - Fri May 9, 3:39 PM ET

  NEW YORK - A lawyer has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for arranging the murder of a client's husband.

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  Jury selection begins in R. Kelly child pornography case AP - Fri May 9, 3:16 PM ET

  CHICAGO - Jury selection began Friday in R. Kelly's long-delayed child pornography trial.

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  Foxy Brown pleads guilty to menacing Brooklyn neighbor AP - Fri May 9, 2:36 PM ET

  NEW YORK - Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone last year. She avoided jail based on time already served.