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  • Ohio couple get 8 years in in son's cancer death

    The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died from Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering for months from undiagnosed swollen glands were sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday following their guilty pleas to denying him medical treatment.


  • Ohio couple get 8 years in in son's cancer death

    The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died from Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering for months from undiagnosed swollen glands were sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday following their guilty pleas to denying him medical treatment.


  • Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (U.S. Marshals Service via Associated Press)

    Nigerian underwear bomber gets life in prison

    A federal judge ordered life in prison Thursday for a Nigerian Muslim who turned away from a privileged life and tried to blow up a packed international flight with a bomb concealed in his underwear.


  • ** FILE ** A Facebook page is seen on a computer.

    NC sex offender gets prison for Facebook request

    A convicted North Carolina sex offender is going back to jail after deputies say he sent a Facebook friend request to one of his victims.


  • RI art dealer gets 16 years in invention scam

    A former Rhode Island art dealer convicted of defrauding a wide range of investors _ from a wealthy collector of Japanese swords to a school janitor _ was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for his elaborate multimillion-dollar scheme.


  • Reggae star Buju Banton gets 10 years in drug case

    A federal judge sentenced Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton to 10 years in prison Thursday, the lowest sentence legally allowed for his role in a large cocaine trafficking deal in 2009.


  • Reggae star Buju Banton faces sentencing in Fla.

    Despite pleas for leniency from family members, fans and supporters, a federal judge sentenced Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton on Thursday to 10 years in prison Thursday for conspiring to set up a cocaine deal.


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