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Bond set at $100K in ESPN reporter videos case

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(AP) An Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews posted $100,000 bond on Friday _ a much larger amount than previously imposed.U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn Turchin increased bond for Michael Barrett during a hearing in Los Angeles after Andrews' attorney said the executive posed ...

Porn mogul's son to be tried in girlfriend's death

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(AP) The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul accused of crushing his girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat will stand trial in her death.Marin County Judge Kelly Simmons ruled Thursday there was enough evidence to try 27-year-old James Raphael Mitchell, the son of late "Behind the Green Door" director ...

Sneakin' Lizards! Reptile smuggler arrested at LAX

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(AP) Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday that 40-year-old Michael Plank of Lomita was returning from Australia when U.S. Customs agents found 11 skinks, two geckos ...

Schwarzenegger frees up funds for Santa Cruz storm

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(AP) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in Santa Cruz County to help communities affected by storms that battered the area in October.The declaration issued Friday frees up state resources to assist the county. The storms between Oct. 12 and 14 packed high winds and rain and followed ...

Third arrest made in death of Vegas officer

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(AP) Police say they have arrested a third person in connection with the shooting death of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer in his garage.North Las Vegas police said Friday that they arrested a 17-year-old boy and booked him in a juvenile detention center on suspicion of murder and attempted robbery ...

LA cop's son pleads guilty to child porn charges

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(AP) The 27-year-old son of a veteran Los Angeles police officer has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and the officer is facing similar charges.Jonathon Deegan pleaded guilty to two federal child porn counts Friday and was immediately taken into custody. He'll be sentenced in April and could face 10 years ...

2 charged in fatal street race in San Jose

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(AP) Two men face charges in connection with a street race in San Jose that killed a 20-year-old woman.Twenty-one-year-old Emmanuel Pourmand and 18-year-old Joseph Anthony Inocencio were each charged Friday with gross vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving in the Oct. 22 crash that killed Alyson Snow.Police say Inocencio and Pourmand were ...

Attempt to recall lawmaker over tax hikes fails

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(AP) A recall effort against a Republican state lawmaker who voted to raise taxes earlier this year has failed.The secretary of state's office said Friday that opponents of Assemblyman Anthony Adams of Hesperia did not gather enough valid signatures. A random check found they fell more than 11,000 short of the ...

Britney Spears' ex sentenced to jail

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(AP) Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib is being sent to jail for 45 days for leaving the scene of an accident.Los Angeles District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says Ghalib was taken into custody immediately after being sentenced Friday.He pleaded no contest last month to leaving the scene of an accident that ...

Police: Teen killed answering door knock at home

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(AP) Oakland police say an Oakland teenager who was shot and killed while answering his front door may have been an unintended victim.Officer Jeff Thomason says 16-year-old Phillip Wright was shot Thursday night while answering a knock at the door of his east Oakland home. Gunmen standing outside shot through the ...

GOP report: Deal with Sacramento mayor was rushed

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(AP) Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.Rep. Darrell Issa of California and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Friday say the settlement whitewashed a government investigation into whether the nonprofit misused federal money.Nearly $850,000 in grants came to ...

Death penalty off the table for Sacramento deputy

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(AP) Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty for a former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy accuse of murdering a state correctional officer.Chu Vue's murder trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 12. He's accused of arranging the killing of Steve Lo because the officer was having an affair with his ...

Storm grounds Reno flights; I-80 crash stalls cars

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(AP) A winter storm packing wind gusts more than 80 mph knocked out power to thousands of northern Nevadans, grounded flights and contributed to a fatal pile-up that shut down a stretch of U.S. Interstate 80.The storm had dumped several inches of snow on the Sierra by Friday afternoon. But the ...

Pilot killed in NorCal single-engine plane crash

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(AP) Authorities say a pilot was killed when his small plane crashed in Northern California near the Nevada border.Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says a single-engine Cessna 182 left Susanville for Lodi on Friday afternoon. The plane crashed around 1 p.m., just two miles north of the Susanville airport.Gregor says ...

UNLV's Wolfe breaks foot, college career over

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(AP) UNLV wide receiver Ryan Wolfe broke his left foot while returning punts in practice and will not be able to play in what would have been the final game of his college career.A Rebels spokesman said Friday that the senior with 283 career receptions and 3,495 yards broke the foot ...

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