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National News Roundup: Rowland Sentenced in Connecticut Scandal
Former Connecticut governor John G. Rowland received one year in prison and four months of house arrest after pleading guilty to selling influence for more than 100000 in trips and improvements. The case ends a career once hailed as a Republican rise. In Kentucky a man abducted his infant son and killed both before dying in a car crash during a police chase. In San Diego a bishop denied funeral rites to a gay bar owner, citing church teachings. In San Francisco Mayor Newsom refused to lower City Hall’s flag for an antiwar rally on Iraq’s anniversary, drawing criticism from a supervisor.
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Connecticut
New Haven
John G. Rowland
Republican Party
Rowland
U.S
Peter C. Dorsey
Las Vegas
Vermont
Florida
Lakeside
San Diego
John McCusker
Immaculata Catholic Church
University of San Diego
McCusker
Robert Brom
Imperial Counties
San Francisco
Gavin Newsom
Iraq
Board of Supervisors
Newsom
Peter Ragone
Ross Mirkarimi
United States