GREG RISLING

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ESPN reporter's stalker gets 2 1/2 years in prison

An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.

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Ex-Marine sues Calif. city to get back police job

An ex-Marine acquitted on charges of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees sued the city of Riverside Wednesday over not being rehired as a police officer.

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Clinics help people represent themselves in court

Zina Butler didn't know where to turn when county housing officers, sheriff's deputies and her landlord allegedly barged into her subsidized apartment without notice two years ago.

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Illinois man admits stalking ESPN's Erin Andrews

An Illinois insurance executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to secretly shooting nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who repeatedly called her stalker a sexual predator in court and said she hopes he "never sees the light of day."

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Search warrants served in ESPN reporter video case

FBI agents want Yahoo Inc. to turn over a video of a second naked woman they suspect was taken by an Illinois man already accused of secretly recording a nude ESPN reporter twice last year, authorities said Thursday.

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Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer

Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday.

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McCourt opposes wife getting Dodgers job back

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is opposing his wife's demand to be reinstated as a team executive. He cites insubordination and an inappropriate relationship she allegedly had with her bodyguard.

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Dodgers owner Frank McCourt accuses wife of affair

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt on Wednesday filed papers opposing his wife's demand to be reinstated as the team's chief executive, citing insubordination and an affair she allegedly had with her bodyguard.

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LA speeds up push for law against new pot clinics

Los Angeles officials are speeding up consideration of a new law to outlaw most new medical marijuana outlets after a judge barred a moratorium.

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Polanski agreed to $500,000 payment in civil suit

Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents

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LA woman pleads not guilty to killing 2 daughters

A woman has pleaded not guilty to killing her two daughters by slashing their throats in their Los Angeles house.

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Prosecutor says Calif. dad threw child from cliff

A former airline baggage handler threw his 4-year-old daughter off a cliff because he didn't want to pay child support, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday during an impassioned closing argument in the man's murder trial.

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Designer Alexander's sister fined for contempt

The sister of fashion designer and convicted rapist Anand Jon Alexander has been fined $1,000 for contacting a juror during her brother's trial.

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LA fashion designer gets 59 years to life sentence

Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was sentenced Monday to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles.

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LA trial in Thai film festival bribery case begins

A filmmaking couple devised an intricate system of bribes to Thai officials in order to land lucrative projects such as the Bangkok International Film Festival, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday during opening statements of their trial.

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Jury awards punitive damages to smoker's daughter

A jury on Monday recommended that cigarette maker Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to the daughter of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.

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3 Calif. fires contained after burning for weeks

Firefighters have surrounded three wildfires that have been burning throughout California for weeks.

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Trial for LA producers accused of bribery delayed

Trial has been delayed for at least a week for a filmmaking couple accused of bribing Thai officials to run the Bangkok International Film Festival.

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Prosecutor: Dad killed girl to avoid child support

A father who had no interest in his 4-year-old daughter did the unimaginable — hurling her off a 120-foot cliff to avoid paying child support, a prosecutor said Monday during the man's murder retrial.

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Dozens indicted in LA for Medi-Cal fraud scheme

Forty-two people have been indicted in Los Angeles in what prosecutors say was a ring that defrauded Medi-Cal out of nearly $4.6 million by using unlicensed nurses to provide care to disabled patients.

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Juror takes 5th in probe of fashion designer trial

A juror suspected of misconduct in the sex-assault trial that convicted a fashion designer last year invoked the Fifth Amendment on Friday when asked if he had contacted the defendant's sister before verdicts were reached.

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Sentencing delayed for Mo. woman in MySpace hoax

A federal judge on Monday questioned whether prosecutors were correct in bringing charges against a Missouri mother who was involved in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor who ended up committing suicide.

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Sentencing delayed for Mo. woman in MySpace hoax

A federal judge in Los Angeles has delayed the sentencing of a Missouri woman for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor who ended up committing suicide.

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Prosecutors seek prison for mom in MySpace hoax

A defense attorney says prosecutors are the real bullies for seeking a stiff sentence against a Missouri mother once accused of scheming over the Internet to humiliate 13-year-old neighbor Megan Meier who later committed suicide.

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Man convicted in lucrative body parts scheme

A man was convicted Thursday of carving up cadavers donated to UCLA's medical school and selling the parts to unsuspecting medical research companies in a $1.5 million scheme.

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