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Baseball great pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud

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By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra pleaded guilty Friday and could face 20 years in prison for hiding and selling sports memorabilia and other items that were supposed to be part of his bankruptcy filing. Dykstra, 49, entered his plea in U.

Penn State to renovate areas where boys abused

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By GENARO C. ARMAS and MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State plans to renovate the building where former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually molested boys, confronting one of the most potent and sinister symbols of a scandal from which it is still

Prosecutor: Fla. teen not insane in girl's beating

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By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida teenager was not insane and knew the consequences of his actions when he nearly killed a 15-year-old girl by savagely kicking and stomped her head outside a school, a prosecutor told jurors Friday as an attempted

2 plead guilty in Miss. chemotherapy fraud case

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By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A cancer doctor and a billing agent have pleaded guilty to charges related to a scheme to dilute chemotherapy drugs as part of multimillion dollar health care fraud. Dr. Meera Sachdeva and Monica Weeks pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District

Judge upholds child support in Russian adoption

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By KRISTIN M. HALLAssociated Press LEWISBURG, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee woman who ended her adoption of a 7-year-old Russian boy by putting him on a plane to Moscow by himself lost her bid Friday to keep from paying $150,000 in child support. Torry Hansen made her first court appearance Friday

Houston-area rain floods homes, may end drought

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By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Officials say historic rainfall levels that drenched the Houston area this week flooded dozens of homes but probably also resulted in the end of drought conditions in Southeast Texas. Francisco Sanchez of the Harris County Office of Homeland

French president's 'Mr. Normal' image hit by tweet

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By THOMAS ADAMSONAssociated Press Writer PARIS (AP) - A feud involving the French president's live-in girlfriend, his former partner and his eldest son may have tarnished the new leader's carefully cultivated image as "Mr. Normal" - credited with helping him win the spring election among

George Zimmerman asks for new judge again

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By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The ex-neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin asked for a new judge Friday, claiming the current one is biased because he said George Zimmerman had "flaunted the system." Zimmerman said in a motion he feared he would

UN expects to provide food to 850,000 Syrians

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By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations and its partners in Syria have stepped up their humanitarian operation and expect to provide food to 850,000 people this month compared to 200,000 people in April - but they are running out of money. The U.N. has

Uzbek man gets more than 15 years for Obama threat

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By JAY REEVESAssociated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Uzbek man who came to America pursuing an Ivy League medical degree but wound up working seven days a week at a mall kiosk in Alabama was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Friday for plotting to kill President Barack Obama. U.S.