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Indiana man gets 65 years for 3 arson deaths 08/18/2014 08:00pm • NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) -- A judge sentenced a southern Indiana 19-year-old to 65 years in prison after pleading guilty to three murder counts for firing a flare into a home and igniting a blaze that killed three young siblings.Cody Cashion of New Albany received the maximum sentence Monday on each of New Orleans police chief retiring after 4 years 08/18/2014 06:17pm • KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Four years after taking over the scandal-plagued New Orleans Police Department, Ronal Serpas is stepping down as chief with a mixed legacy: Homicides are at the lowest level in decades, but spates of deadly violence threaten the tourism-dependent cit Military equipment D.C. acquired from federal program 08/18/2014 03:57pm • Editor's Note: This article previously listed items received by D.C. police from the 1033 program. The article now correctly reflects that the program distributed those items to multiple agencies in the city and not solely to the Metropolitan Police Department. WASHINGTON -- After seeing Humvee APNewsBreak: Author Erdrich wins Ohio peace prize 08/18/2014 09:54am • LISA CORNWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) -- Author Louise Erdrich, whose writings chronicle contemporary Native American life through characters representing its mix of heritages and cultures, was announced Sunday as the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's distinguished achievement awa Critics: Police equipped like armies going too far 08/16/2014 01:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Missouri police department at the center of an uproar over the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager acquired two armored Humvees and other military gear for free through a Pentagon program that critics blame for "militarizing America's Main Streets" and aggravating clas California pastor cleared in Las Vegas man's death 08/15/2014 09:36pm • MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Prosecutors have dropped their case against a California pastor who was suspected of punching a man in a Las Vegas parking lot tussle, leading to the man's death six months later.The Clark County district attorney's office announced Friday that it Top Oklahoma RB recruit Mixon charged with assault 08/15/2014 07:40pm • CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma freshman running back Joe Mixon, the school's top recruit, was charged with misdemeanor assault on Friday, accused of knocking a woman unconscious with a punch that also broke several bones in her face.Mixon has not participated in team act Congressman wants to curb military surplus program 08/15/2014 01:33pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Images of police outfitted in paramilitary gear clashing with protesters in suburban St. Louis are giving new impetus to efforts to rein in a Pentagon program that provides free machine guns and other surplus military equipment to local law enforcemen Israel weighing how to deal with UN war probe 08/15/2014 12:40pm • ARON HELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- With the Gaza war seeming to have calmed, Israel is now preparing for its next big battle: a diplomatic and legal challenge over Palestinian civilian deaths in its campaign against Hamas militants.Facing a United Nations war crimes commission it accuses Sentencing panel to weigh economic crime penalties 08/15/2014 12:02am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal panel that sets sentencing policy announced Thursday that it plans in the coming year to consider changes to sentencing guidelines for some white-collar crimes.The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which earlier this year reduced guideline ranges 6 Democrats: Feds should look into chokehold death 08/14/2014 08:00pm • JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Several members of New York's congressional delegation are urging the Department of Justice to investigate the death of a man put in a police chokehold, further complicating first-term Mayor Bill de Blasio's precarious political balancing act as the Report: NSA eyed preset strikes in cyberattacks 08/14/2014 03:20am • JACK GILLUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Security Agency secretly planned a cyberwarfare program that could automatically fire back at cyberattacks from foreign countries without any human involvement, creating the risk of accidentally starting a war, according to a new report ba Lighter sentences sought for some business crimes 08/14/2014 12:00am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal panel that sets sentencing policy eased penalties this year for potentially tens of thousands of nonviolent drug offenders. Now, defense lawyers and prisoner advocates are pushing for similar treatment for a different category of defendants After 5 year manhunt, fugitive couple arrested 08/13/2014 10:10pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A couple accused of leaving their severely injured 2-year-old daughter at a hospital and keeping their other adopted children in putrid conditions were arrested after a five-year manhunt, authorities said Wednesday.The search for Janet and Ramon Barreto began when they skipped Criminal charge possible for Stewart in Ward death 08/13/2014 02:50pm • JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer Tony Stewart could still face criminal charges for running down Kevin Ward Jr. with his sprint car, even if the three-time NASCAR champion didn't mean to kill Ward, hurt him or even scare him.Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero, who announced on Tuesday that the investi