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Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for ‘Varsity Blues’ college scam

Kuzma/iStock(BOSTON) -- Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for federal crimes stemming from the massive "Varsity Blues" college entrance scam.Huffman also will have to pay a $30,000 fine, complete 250 hours of community service and serve one year of probation.She is due to self-report to a yet-to-be-determined Bureau of Prisons facility Oct. 25.Huffman, 56, learned her fate Friday and issued a statement shortly […]

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Record flooding strikes Midwest as tropical storm could be forming in the Bahamas

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nearly a foot of rain fell in parts of South Dakota, southwestern Minneapolis and northern Iowa in the last two days, producing record flash flooding on some of the rivers there. There were also two dozen damaging storm reports from Oklahoma to Wisconsin, including a tornado in Iowa Thursday. Severe storms also brought wind gusts up to 78 mph in parts of Oklahoma. On Friday, the […]

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Wisconsin brothers accused of running illegal THC vape cartridge ’empire’

danchooalex/iStock(PADDOCK LAKE, Wis.) -- Authorities in Wisconsin are investigating whether a large-scale operation by two brothers allegedly making illegal THC-infused vape cartridges could be connected to recent vaping-related illnesses and deaths across the country. Tyler Huffhines, 20, and Jacob Huffhines, 23, were arrested on Sept. 5 after authorities conducted various search warrants on their family's home in Paddock Lake and a rented condominium in Bristol, both villages of Kenosha County. […]

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Google Earth search leads to gruesome ending to decades-old missing person’s case

aijohn784/iStock(GRAND ISLES, Fla.) -- A man using Google Earth to have a look around his old property ended up spotting something unusual -- sparking a chain of events that led to the remains of a person who disappeared two decades ago.As he scanned a pond behind the home, the man spotted a lump that appeared to be a vehicle and reached out to the property's current resident, who then used […]

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Houston officer shot, suspect killed during ‘chaotic’ crime spree

KTRK(HOUSTON) -- A violent night of crime in Houston left one officer hospitalized, a suspect dead and three other people victims of separate robberies, including a priest who begged on his knees to be spared, police said.The officer, who was shot in his lower stomach Thursday night, is now in stable condition after undergoing surgery that lasted several hours, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said at a press conference Friday […]

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16-year-old arrested for making shooting threat at Florida school

iStock(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) -- A Florida high school student was arrested Thursday after saying he would shoot up his school -- marking the latest scare just weeks after back-to-back mass shooting at a Texas Walmart and downtown Dayton, Ohio.The St. Petersburg Police Department announced that the 16-year-old, whose name was not publicly released, is facing a felony charge of making a false report of a bomb or firearm to conduct […]

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Fans of red ‘Doodle bug’ scooters gathered in Iowa

People from as far away as California and New York have made their way to Webster City to hang out with other owners of vintage “Doodle Bug” motor scooters. Vern Ratcliff, one of the organizers of the annual Doodle Bug reunion, says 40,000 of the red scooters were made in Webster City between 1946 and […]Powered by WPeMatico

todaySeptember 13, 2019

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Shooting at homeless encampment along river in Des Moines

Des Moines Police shot a man at a homeless camp near the Raccoon River — and not far from the governor’s mansion. A spokesman for Des Moines Police says officers were responding to a complaint about the homeless camp when a man in the camp ran and jumped in the river. When the man came […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Bullock backs time limits on campaign fundraising

Montana Governor Steve Bullock says it’s time to end the perpetual campaign. Bullock, one of the Democrats who’s running for president, is proposing new limits on when candidates for federal office may raise money for their campaigns. “President Trump essentially right after taking the oath of office reopened his campaign. U.S. Senators, everybody makes it […]Powered by WPeMatico

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