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Woman sentenced to 40 years in fatal stabbing

July 18, 2012 7:06 AM

AMITE, La. (AP) - A Tangipahoa woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in the stabbing death of a Kentwood motel manager. District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said Tuesday that state District Judge Ray Chutz sentenced 36-year-old Joyce Stinson Myers, who pleaded guilty July 10 to... more »
40 years after leak, Pentagon Papers coming out

June 13, 2011 10:51 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Forty years after the explosive leak of the Pentagon Papers, a secret government study chronicling deception and misadventure in U.S. conduct of the Vietnam War, the report is coming out in its entirety on Monday. The 7,000-page report was the WikiLeaks disclosure of its time, a sensational... more »
Man gets 40 years in Louisiana beating death

January 13, 2011 9:42 AM

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A 28-year-old man who admitted to beating a Lake Charles man to death in August of 2009, has been sentenced to serve 40 years in prison. Judge Kent Savoie said Wednesday a lesser sentence "would deprecate the seriousness" of the offense. Phillip Cooks of Lake... more »