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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lots of tears and possibly lots of time behind bars. Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen both sobbed today when a federal jury in Richmond convicted them on most of the corruption counts they faced. Prosecutors say the two took bribes, gifts and trips from a vitamin executive who wanted a product promoted. They face decades behind bars when sentenced in January.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it will investigate practices by the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department. The review comes in addition to a probe of last month's shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer. The review will include a look at use of force, searches, arrests and treatment of inmates.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police department is launching a pilot program to test 60 cameras worn by officers. Police Commissioner William Bratton predicts that the cameras will soon become as commonplace as police radios and bulletproof vests. Officers will be asked to volunteer to wear one of two versions, one work behind the ear, the other clipped to the front of the uniform.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A doctor who was infected with Ebola while working in Liberia is being flown to a Nebraska hospital for treatment. Officials at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha say Dr. Rick Sacra (SAY'-krah) will be treated at an isolation center. Sacra served with the North Carolina-based charity SIM. He's the third American aid worker infected by the Ebola. The first two have recovered.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — A deadly albino cobra that ran loose for days in a Southern California neighborhood has been captured. TV reports showed Los Angeles County animal control officers using metal devices to grab the monocled cobra from a pile of scrap lumber in a backyard in Thousand Oaks. It had been on the loose since at least Monday evening, when it reportedly bit a dog. The animal is expected to make a full recovery.
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