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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, down in the polls to Gov. Scott Walker, aggressively went after the first-term Republican in a debate Friday and accused him of purposefully dividing the state and triggering the June 5 recall election.
Images vary of man charged in '79 Etan Patz murder
NEW YORK (AP) — The anniversary of the day 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to school dawned with his suspected killer in police custody, but it ended with a muddled portrait of the man who confessed to strangling the little boy and dumping his body in the trash.
- Mexican man gets 10 years for re-entering US
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Mexican man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his conviction for illegal re-entering the United States after deportation.
- Teen convicted for threatening school official
SPINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Geneva student has been convicted of threatening a school official in an email he sent last year.
Judge to Edwards jurors: Don't discuss the case
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Jurors in the John Edwards campaign fraud trial have the long holiday weekend to think over the case — but not talk about it — as the judge sternly warned before sending them home after six days of deliberations.
- Wash. toddler died of trauma, drowning
CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — The Thurston County coroner says a 2-year-old Centralia, Wash., girl died of blunt force trauma to the head and drowning.
- State Patrol: arrest in threats against governor
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The Washington State Patrol has arrested a 38-year-old Everett man accused of threatening to kill Gov. Chris Gregoire.
- Mesa policeman facing excessive force allegations
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Mesa police say a veteran officer is facing allegations of excessive force over an off-duty road rage incident late last year.
- Suspect charged with kidnapping Glenrock girl, 2
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An unnamed defendant is accused of kidnapping a 2-year-old Glenrock girl from her bedroom last weekend, sexually abusing her and then leaving her in a stolen vehicle, where she was found alive hours later.
- Ex-LA County appraiser pleads not guilty
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles County appraiser charged with falsifying records and unlawfully lowering property values has pleaded not guilty to 60 felony counts.
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