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Pa. judge gets 28 years in 'kids for cash' case A former Pennsylvania judge has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for accepting nearly $1 million in bribes in one of the biggest courtroom scandals in U.S. history. Cops: Teen charged with murdering principal Memphis authorities on Thursday charged a 17-year-old student with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a Christian school principal on the third day of classes. 'Deserved to get shot,' sibling reportedly tells cops A woman caught with her two brothers after a nationwide manhunt told Colorado authorities she "deserved to get shot," according to an arrest affidavit. Congressman's 3 grandsons found in Mexico Mexican police have found the three grandchildren of a California congressman in the border city of Tijuana nearly four years after they were allegedly abducted by their mother. Report: 'Barefoot Bandit' inks $1.3M movie deal The young Wash. state man dubbed the Barefoot Bandit after a cross-country crime spree brought him folk outlaw status has reportedly signed a movie deal worth up to $1.3 million. Day of turmoil for GOP â€" and that's before debate Seven GOP presidential contenders hope to use Thursday's debate in Iowa to cast themselves as frontrunner Mitt Romney's strongest rival. Clouds end bid for Dallas heat record Dallas residents fell a day short of tying their all-time record for consecutive days at 100 degrees or above. Cops: Boy says he spent vacation making explosives Asked what he did on his summer vacation, a Tennessee boy surprised his teacher by saying he made explosive devices, police said on Thursday.  Police were summoned to investigate the 13-year-old's claim and found he was telling the truth. Agency: Casey Anthony failed to protect Caylee A report by Florida's child welfare agency says Casey Anthony failed to protect her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, which ultimately resulted in the child's death. Fighter jet crew rescued after crash The crew of a Marine Corps fighter jet that crashed into the Pacific Ocean was rescued early Thursday after spending hours in the waters off San Diego, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Boyfriend fears for safety of woman missing in Aruba Richard Forester, boyfriend of missing Robyn Gardner, said Thursday that during her visit to Aruba with another man she posted a note on his Facebook wall saying: “This sucks.” “My biggest concern is that she’s found and found safely,” Forester said Thursday. Floating mannequin foot spurs 10-hour lake search A boy fishing in a northern Illinois lake hooked â€" and then lost â€" what he thought was a human foot, but a search determined the appendage had belonged to a mannequin. Texas gets even drier in record drought How dry is it in Texas? Nearly 94 percent of the state was under "extreme" or "exceptional" drought levels this week, up 2 percent on last week, the U.S. government said Thursday. Florida man sets blood donor record John Sheppard has given blood nearly 400 times, but he's not counting. Ex-girlfriend sues Soros for real estate jilt The octogenarian billionaire George Soros has been sued for $10 million by a former Brazilian soap star who said he reneged on promises to give her an expensive apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side. 'Drunk' flier arrested for urinating on girl An 18-year-old man allegedly urinated on a sleeping 11-year-old girl on a cross-country flight Tuesday. 'Fastest aircraft ever built' plunges into Pacific An unmanned military plane billed as the "fastest aircraft ever built" crashed into the Pacific Ocean Thursday after a malfunction caused it to stop sending signals while flying at more than 20 times the speed of sound, military officials said. Cop arrested for DUI â€" while driving to funeral Authorities say two Colorado police officers took a wild, drunken ride through Wyoming on their way to a funeral in South Dakota. Chimp attack victim reveals her new face After two years of living behind a veil, Charla Nash revealed today the new face that science has given her, a visage that replaces the one mangled in a vicious attack by a friend’s pet chimpanzee that left her without a nose, eyes or lips. Affair with president's wife roils Vt. university A month after Daniel Fogel resigned as president of the University of Vermont, a top school fundraiser has also left amid an investigation into his affair with Fogel's wife. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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