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Sirens & Gavels archive for Sept. 2, 2011

FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 2011

Boise couple sentenced in boy's death

By JESSIE L. BONNER,Associated Press (Idaho Statesman ph BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for torturing his girlfriend's 8-year-old son, then killing him and trying to cover up the murder by stuffing rocks in the boy's pockets and…

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Claim: Man hoarded urine to make meth

A man arrested after Spokane police found a suspected methamphetamine lab was said to be collecting his urine to use in the manufacturing of the drug. Washington Department of Corrections probation officer Scott Wright tipped police to the suspected lab Wednesday at a home Michael…

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TSA: Man hid snakes, tortoises in pants

MIAMI (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration says a man tried to board a flight from Miami to Brazil with nylon bags filled with exotic snakes and tortoises hidden in his pants. TSA spokesman Jonathon Allen says the man was stopped after passing through a…

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Pajama-clad Minn. girls walk stolen goat

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Everything went according to plan for two pajama-clad stepsisters who took a goat they'd freed from a Minnesota zoo for a late-night walk. Until they told the Mankato police officer who stopped them about 11:30 p.m. Saturday that the animal lived…

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