Murder charge in CHP officer's pursuit death

SAN BERNARDINO (AP) ---- San Bernardino County prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with murdering a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer who collided with a truck while pursuing him.

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Search scaled down for missing Portland boy

By NIGEL DUARA

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ---- Authorities overseeing one of the largest search-and-rescue operations in state history said Monday that a missing 7-year-old Portland boy likely didn't simply walk away from school when he disappeared 11 days ago.

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Pittsburgh police: Store robber dropped all but $1

PITTSBURGH (AP) ---- Pittsburgh police are searching for a butterfingered convenience store robber who got away with seven packs of cigarettes but dropped all but $1 of the money he stole.

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17 inmates shot dead in Mexico prison riot

MEXICO CITY (AP) ---- Seventeen inmates were shot to death Monday during a prison riot in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

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N.C. congressman apologizes for behavior on video

By MARTHA WAGGONER

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ---- A Democratic congressman apologized Monday after video posted online showed him swatting at a video camera and demanding that two men taping him with it identify themselves.

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Killer of Calif. girl found in suitcase gets life

By TERRY COLLINS

STOCKTON (AP) ---- A Sunday school teacher who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering a neighbor girl in Northern California made a tearful apology to the victim's family Monday as she was sentenced to prison for the rest of her life.

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Missing California boy is found safe in Texas

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) ---- A 4-year-old boy who police say was snatched from his mother's arms at a California church carnival has been found unharmed in the Texas Panhandle.

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Vietnamese taxi driver returns bag with $26,500

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ---- A Vietnamese company says it's lucky an honest man was driving the taxi cab where a forgetful employee left a bag with about $26,500 in the back seat.

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Natalee Holloway's father seeks answers in Aruba

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) ---- Natalee Holloway's father was back in Aruba on Monday, hoping the suspect in his daughter's disappearance has provided local authorities with new clues since being arrested for the killing of a 21-year-old woman in Peru.

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Seacrest stalker sentenced to 2 years in prison

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY

LOS ANGELES (AP) ---- A man who stalked Ryan Seacrest was sentenced Monday to two years in state prison and ordered to stay away from the host of "American Idol" for 10 years.

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Former councilwoman sentenced for pot sale

YREKA (AP) ---- The Siskiyou County district attorney's office says a former Mount Shasta city councilwoman will serve 210 days in jail for selling marijuana to an undercover sheriff's deputy posing as a student.

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