FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Kentucky sheriff’s office has posted a flyer on its Facebook page asking drug dealers to turn in their rivals. Multiple media outlets report the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office posted the flyer Monday afternoon. It features an image of a marijuana leaf and says, “Is your drug …
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EDISON, N.J. – A convicted leader of a New Jersey crime family long believed to be the model for “The Sopranos” has died. He was 90. Corsentino Home for Funerals says John M. Riggi died Monday at his home in Edison. A cause of death wasn’t disclosed. Riggi was the …
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ADRIAN, Mich. – A southeastern Michigan man who brought a backpack stuffed with dirty socks to a couple looking to buy a pound of marijuana is facing prison. The Daily Telegram of Adrian reports (http://bit.ly/1NeBVMX ) the fraudulent July 8 marijuana sale in Lenawee County’s Raisin Township was described Wednesday …
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HONOLULU – Federal fisheries authorities want to more than double the small population of endangered Hawaiian monk seals in the state’s main islands. Authorities on Tuesday released a draft management plan for the endangered species, of which approximately 200 live in the main Hawaiian Islands. Among the goals of the …
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DALLAS – A gravestone for President John F. Kennedy’s assassin has been returned to Texas after an ownership dispute. David Card, 75, of Dallas, has the granite marker following a settlement with Historic Auto Attractions of Roscoe, Illinois. The case over Lee Harvey Oswald’s gravestone was settled out of court …
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RALEIGH, N.C. – An American rower who crossed the Atlantic to raise AIDS awareness was rescued off North Carolina while rowing north on the final leg of the journey up the East Coast. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Canup says a Coast Guard vessel aided Victor Mooney on …
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LA CRESCENT, Minn. – The caskets of eight family members will be lined up inside a church in a small Minnesota community, far from the Texas home where they were killed. The victims, including six children, will be buried in La Crescent, a city of about 5,000 along the banks …
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – A white ex-police chief pleaded guilty Tuesday to misconduct in office in the 2011 shooting death of an unarmed black man and was sentenced to a year of home detention. Prosecutors agreed to drop the murder charge against 38-year-old Richard Combs, the former police chief of the …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In the end, the Tennessee Attorney General says the argument all comes down to the lack of a comma. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1N7oFeI ) reports that Attorney General Herbert Slatery issued an Aug. 25 opinion that says a city council cannot request the results of a Tennessee Bureau …
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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A New Hampshire mother shot dead her cancer-battling husband and their two young children before turning the gun on herself, according to state …
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