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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Wyoming man convicted of murdering his wife.

A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Wednesday rejected an appeal from David Bush

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The FBI says a body found in North Dakota has been identified as a missing Montana teacher kidnapped in January.

The identification was made Thursday after the body of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold was taken to the Montana State Crime Lab in Missoula

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RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Investigators say two men accused of killing a couple in Hudson last fall were invited to spend the night and then attacked them as they slept.

According to an arrest affidavit, Joseph Jude Jenkins of Arapaho and Laziur Hanway of Ethete allegedly stole jewelry, tools, silverware and money from Erik Likes' trailer after killing Likes and Elva Quiver

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CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A Cody man has been charged with first-degree murder in his wife's death.

The Park County attorney's office filed the charge against 28-year-old Myron Friday on Thursday as Friday made his first court appearance

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman has been sentenced to life in prison in the brutal murder of a pregnant acquaintance whose baby boy was ripped from her womb.

Kathy Coy of Morgantown agreed to the sentence in a deal last month in which she avoided a possible death penalty by pleading guilty but mentally ill to killing 21-year-old Jamie Stice last year and taking the baby

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GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say they've charged a grandmother and stepmother in the death of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died after being forced to run as punishment.

Etowah County sheriff's officials say 46-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard of Carlisle and 27-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin are accused of murder in the death of Savannah Hardin

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FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors say a New Jersey man angry that his girlfriend was trying to break up with him struck her with his car and repeatedly backed over her body.

The Bergen County prosecutor's office says 26-year-old Charles Ann is charged with murdering 25-year-old Aena Hong

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a Los Angeles mother has been charged with drowning her year-old daughter and trying to drown her 5-year-old daughter.

Deputy District Attorney Teresa Sullivan says 32-year-old Lorna Valle (VY'-ay) was charged with murder and attempted murder Friday and will be arraigned at a later date due to unspecified medical issues

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Laramie County investigators say it appears a Cheyenne woman killed herself and her 11-year-old daughter in an arson fire last week.

The Laramie County Sheriff's Office on Friday identified the dead girl as Miriam Ortiz

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