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- Missing girl, 4, found in woods near Ore. home PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Curry County sheriff's office says a missing 4-year-old girl was found crying in the woods late Thursday less than 200 yards from her southwest Oregon home. Little Zoey Dorsey vanished from her house two miles east of Brookings on Wednesday afternoon....
- Polanski lawyers seek inquiry into misconduct LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Roman Polanski's attorneys have filed an appeal asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial misconduct in his 32-year-old sex case....
- Polanski lawyers seek inquiry into misconduct LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Roman Polanski's attorneys have filed an appeal asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial misconduct in his 32-year-old sex case....
- DA: Calif. serial killer linked to more cases SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The Orange County district attorney says serial killer Rodney Alcala may be linked to the disappearances of two more people, bringing the total to at least six possible unsolved cases....
- NCAA: Probation for Nevada golf teams; others OK RENO, Nev. (AP) -- The NCAA has fined Nevada $1,500, placed its men's and women's golf teams on probation for three years and taken away a scholarship but cleared the university's other sports programs of any rules violations....
- Outlaw Calif biker gang focus of ambush probe LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Investigators are trying to determine what may have prompted an outlaw motorcycle gang to set three booby traps on gang enforcement officers in Riverside County....
- `Davy Crockett' star Fess Parker dead at 85 SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (AP) -- "Davy Crockett" and "Daniel Boone" star-turned-developer and vintner Fess Parker has died. He was 85....
- LA gang member gets 93 years to life in killing LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles gang member who was on parole has been sentenced to 93 years to life in prison for killing a 4-year-old boy....
- Ex-con admits killing pen pal, encasing him cement SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A man has pleaded guilty to killing his pen pal, encasing the body in cement and living off the victim's savings and credit cards....
- Recently paroled LA woman may be deported LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A woman who spent 23 years behind bars for a deadly Los Angeles fire is out of prison but immigration officials are holding her for possible deportation....