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• Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties

  Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion.

• Nevada judge accused of demanding royal treatment

  Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen.

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  Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child

  Mother's Day draws a crowd in the home of an Arkansas woman — she is pregnant with her 18th child.

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  Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize

  A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

• Mo. woman pleads, will be sentenced in stolen baby attack

  A woman accused of slashing a young mother's throat, kidnapping her newborn and passing off the child as her own for five days reached a plea deal Friday and will be sentenced this summer.

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  Mourners pay respects to slain Philadelphia police officer

  Hundreds of mourners lined up in the pouring rain outside a cathedral Friday to pay their respects to a Philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty.

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  Roger Federer upset by Radek Stepanek in Rome Masters

  Roger Federer lost again, falling to 27th-ranked Radek Stepanek 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) Friday in the Rome Masters quarterfinals.

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  Jazz down 2-0 to Lakers as series comes to Utah

  The Utah Jazz are hoping home court really is an advantage. Right now, they'll take any edge they can get.

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  Hot state of hockey as Flyers, Penguins meet in East finals

  Some NHL rivalries evolve from a big game, a major trade or a short-lived scuffle, then fade after a few years. Not the Philadelphia Flyers vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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  Avalanche, coach Joel Quenneville go separate ways

  Joel Quenneville is out as coach of the Avalanche after three seasons, a week after Colorado was swept out of the playoffs by the Detroit Red Wings.

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  MLB suspends Mariners slugger Sexson for 6 games

  Seattle slugger Richie Sexson was suspended for six games and fined Friday by Major League Baseball after charging the mound and throwing his helmet at a Texas pitcher the previous night.

• Rain ends Indy 500 practice 3 hours early

  Rain has ended practice for the Indianapolis 500, the third time this week track time has been curtailed by the weather.

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  Rapper DMX arrested for drugs, animal cruelty

  DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper's house Friday, authorities said.

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  Jury selection begins in R. Kelly child pornography case

  Jury selection began Friday in R. Kelly's long-delayed child pornography trial.

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  Judge sends wrestler's son to jail for 8 months for crash

  A judge in Florida says the 17-year-old son of wrestler Hulk Hogan should serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. Nick Bollea was led off to begin his sentence immediately after Friday's ruling. He will be on five years' probation and lose his driving privileges for three years.

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  Foxy Brown pleads guilty to menacing Brooklyn neighbor

  Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone last year. She avoided jail based on time already served.

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  Speedy new character debuts on new season of NBC's `Heroes'

  She's not just fast. She's very fast.

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  Mary J. Blige starts foundation to help women with careers

  The queen of hip-hop soul is establishing a foundation to help women develop careers and gain self-confidence.

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• Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket

  One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.

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  Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child

  It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman — she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.

• Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy

  The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago.

• Utah men say they drove to 48 states, more than 7,000 miles

  Three men say they drove to 48 states in less than five days, ending their journey in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah. The Four Corners destination allowed them to quickly hit four states — Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.

• Packaged pythons cause scare at German post office

  A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt say the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more than 3 feet in length.

• Man finds Ill. woman's wallet that had been stolen in 1973

  Sandy Baumberger says she never expected to see her wallet again when it was stolen 35 years ago.

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