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Indiana: Prison time for killing cat
A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting he forced his 7-year-old daughter to kill the family cat by holding a knife in her hand and making her stab the pet. "I am extremely sorry for what I did," Danield J. Collins said during his...Tags: Animals, Punishment
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Firefighters would receive a 1 percent raise, if contract is approved
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe firefighters union is incensed the city's latest contract offer doesn't include the right to appeal disciplinary actions to an independent arbiter. "Every firefighter has the right to due process to dispute whether the discipline he or she was handed...Tags: Unions, Arbitration, Fires, Delray Beach, Labor Legislation
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Fort Lauderdale police officer's pay per year for no work: $110,249
South Florida Sun-SentinelFor almost two years, a Fort Lauderdale police officer has collected a paycheck, pension and benefits — at $110,249 a year. He has done no work. Officer Sharif Samer Masri's job since October 2006: stay home, check in with the police department...Tags: Government Health Care, Lawyers, Fort Lauderdale, Private Health Care, Health Treatments
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Pennsylvania: Guilty plea in body scheme
A man who made millions of dollars by plundering hundreds of bodies sent to funeral homes and selling their often-diseased parts and tissues to medical companies pleaded guilty Friday to a raft of charges that could send him to prison for life. Michael...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Alistair Cooke, Death and Dying
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PGA's Tripp Isenhour accepts a plea deal for killing a hawk at the Grand Cypress golf club
SENTINEL STAFF WRITERTripp Isenhour's killer golf shot will cost him $2,000 and some time at a wildlife or animal shelter. The 40-year-old pro golfer, accused of killing a protected hawk with a golf shot in December, was ordered Friday to work 100 hours of community service,...Tags: Animals, Wildlife, Natural Resources, Nature, Lawyers
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Ex-Port Huron man guilty in toddler son's death
A former Port Huron man has been found guilty in the death of his 18-month-old son. A St. Clair County Circuit Court jury on Friday found 39-year-old John William Gonzales guilty of felony murder and first-degree child abuse. Police say Gonzales and...Tags: Punishment, Murder
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CDT
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would make a "pretty fragile" president, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton said Friday as politicians trotted out their talking points on Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's surprise vice presidential pick. In a...Tags: National Government, Government, Elections, Vehicles, Sarah Palin
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9 get probation, fined in Newsday circulation scandal
robert.kessler@newsday.com; emi.endo@newsday.com; james.madore@newsday.comA circulation scandal that rocked Newsday drew to a close Friday after the nine people charged in the case -- including former top business executives at the newspaper -- were sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn after entering guilty pleas. U.S....Tags: Government, National Government, Sales, Corporations, Long Island
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Wisconsin's week ahead
Monday, Sept. 1: LABOR DAY SPORTS: Brewers: home vs. New York Mets, 1:05 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2: 3 p.m. BLACK RIVER FALLS -- Adjourned initial appearance for Phillip Holloway who is accused of the drunk driving death of a woman on an ATV....Tags: New York Mets, Major League Baseball, Court Administration, Labor Day, Prosecution
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Putnam sheriff pleads guilty to federal theft
Former Putnam County Sheriff Mark Frisbie, who resigned this month in the midst of a federal investigation, pleaded guilty Friday to stealing more than $12,000 in money from the sheriff's department. Frisbie, 38, pleaded guilty to felony federal program...Tags: Court Administration, Punishment, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Theft
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Search warrant issued at Agriprocessors
Associated Press WriterThe Iowa attorney general's office says investigators have executed a search warrant at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville, which was the site of a huge Immigration raid in May. The attorney general's office said in a short statement that no one...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Child Labor, Demographics, Lawyers, Labor Legislation
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Detroit mayor's political future back in court
Associated Press WriterA three-day holiday weekend may seem even longer for Kwame Kilpatrick as he awaits a judge's decision that could help seal the Detroit mayor's political fate. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Robert Ziolkowski said he will use the Labor Day weekend to...Tags: Dan Webb, Government, Lawyers, Executive Branch, Labor Day
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