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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A Bexar (BAYR) County jury has sentenced a San Antonio grandmother to 18 years in prison for the 2005 drowning death of her 3-month-old granddaughter. The San Antonio Express-News reports Gabriella Sigler must serve half of the sentence... Full story

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A judge has agreed to postpone the federal racketeering conspiracy trial trial of a former state lawmaker and three relatives of a former congressman. The ruling eliminates a scheduling conflict with a separate case against Mose Jefferson,... Full story

Murder suspect caught while hiding out in hotel

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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Authorities say a Lafayette man accused of second-degree murder in an August 2008 shooting was captured Tuesday while hiding out in a Houston hotel. The Lafayette Police Department had been searching for James Roy Francis since... Full story

Couple charged with leaving children home alone

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PINEVILLE, La. (AP) - Police say a couple faces charges after they reportedly left their three children home alone. Arrested were 28-year-old Tiffany Jeannette Hayes and 31-year-old William Joseph McCain, both of Pineville, who were booked with child... Full story

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DALLAS (AP) - A 71-year-old woman accused of recruiting family members to marry foreigners seeking green cards has pleaded guilty to taking part in an immigration fraud conspiracy. Federal prosecutors say Maria Refugia Camarillo of Fort Worth faces five... Full story

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Roman Catholic inmate on death row in Louisiana will be entitled to watch a televised Mass twice a week under the terms of a court settlement. Today's settlement resolves a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana... Full story

Dow Chemical closing three Louisiana plants

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MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) - Dow Chemical is closing three Louisiana plants which will cost about 2,500 jobs. The company is shifting away from basic chemicals and more toward the lucrative business of specialty chemicals. The job cuts were previously announced. The... Full story

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HOUSTON (AP) - Federal immigration agents say they've rounded up 80 street gang members in a five-day sweep through Houston, Beaumont and Corpus Christi. The sweep is part of a federal, state and local anti-gang initiative. The sweep also nabbed 36 immigration... Full story

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - U.S. farmers planted about 9 million cotton acres this year, their fewest since 1983, with growers in Mississippi and Louisiana planting their smallest acreages on record. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report today noting... Full story

Two soldiers with ties to Texas die in action

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon reports Tuesday that two soldiers with Texas ties have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. A 28-year-old Fort Hood soldier from Michigan died from a roadside bombing in Iraq, while a 20-year-old soldier from suburban Fort Worth... Full story

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