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Reputed gang leader jailed for 65 years A man who authorities say led one of South Florida's most violent gangs was sentenced to 65 years in prison on racketeering charges Friday. Federal judge throws out Obama drilling rules A judge on Friday threw out Obama administration rules that sought to slow down expedited environmental review of oil and gas drilling on federal land. Calif. journalist's killer sentenced to 25 years A judge has sentenced one of the men convicted in the murder of a California journalist to 25 years in state prison. Ind. teen gets 30 years for shooting classmate A central Indiana teenager convicted of shooting a former middle school classmate was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday by a judge who told him the shooting just inside a school entrance "stole the innocence of this community." Girl’s charity legacy tops $1 million Rachel Beckwith wanted to raise $300 by her ninth birthday to help bring clean water to people in poor countries. Donors from across the world are making sure her wish is realized. Man sentenced to 8 months for threatening congressman A California man who pleaded guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Representative Jim McDermott of Washington state was sentenced to eight months in prison on Friday by a federal judge. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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