Navy reverses academy punishment; superintendent to leave early

Navy reverses academy punishment; superintendent to leave early
Change of command, amid reports of ‘slush fund,’ to take place no later than first week of August Vice Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler, under scrutiny after a report described a “slush fund” that paid for “extravagant and wasteful” parties, had planned to retire in September after three years at the academy’s helm, but the chief of naval operations directed an exit by the first week in August, a Navy …
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Man gets prison for beatings downtown
A Portage man will spend more than two years in prison on charges relating to two beatings of area men in downtown Portage in July 2009.
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No prison for driver in fatal accident
Citing Kenneth Raymond Harris’ previously clean record, a judge on Tuesday spared the Cottage Grove man prison time for killing a homeless pedestrian while driving drunk in February. Lane County Circuit Judge Doug Mitchell instead sentenced the 54-year-old logging-road construction company owner to 20 days in jail, five years of …
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