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(AP) Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CONGRESS INVESTIGATING IRS SCANDAL A House committee is holding hearings this week on the IRS' targeting of tea party and conservative political groups. 2. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OBTAINS AP PHONE RECORDS The AP's CEO called the seizure of two months of records for more than 20 phone lines a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news operations. 3. ANGELINA JOLIE HAS DOUBLE MASTECTOMY The Oscar-winning actress writes that she chose the surgery preventively because she carries the gene that gives her an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer. 4. ABORTION DOCTOR FACES DEATH PENALTY A Philadelphia jury found Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty of killing three babies after they were born alive, and manslaughter for the 2009 death of a patient. 5. HOW GREEN TECHNOLOGY IS KILLING EAGLES The AP reports that wind farms kill thousands of birds a year, and the Obama administration doesn't prosecute companies for the deaths of eagles, a federal crime. 6. THOUSANDS MOURN DEAD AT BANGLADESH FACTORY A prayer service was held in memory of 1,127 victims pulled from the collapsed building in the worstever garment industry disaster. 7. SUSPECT CAUGHT ON VIDEO IN MOTHER'S DAY PARADE New Orleans police released pictures of 19-year-old Akein Scott, who witnesses identified as the gunman who wounded 19. 8. WHY PHONE CARRIERS ARE AIRING ANTI-TEXTING ADS AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile are leading the "It Can Wait" campaign to warn of the dangers of texting while driving. 9. WHO MADE TV ADVICE POPULAR Psychologist Joyce Brothers, who died at 85 on Monday, began appearing as an on-air psychologist in the 1950s and later wrote a syndicated advice column. 10. WHERE KATE AND WILLIAM'S BABY WILL LIVE The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's home at Kensington Palace won't be ready by the time the baby is born in July, meaning the couple may have to live in a two-bedroom property.

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McIntosh County Associate District Judge James R. Pratt, center, accepts the Court Appointed Special Advocates Judge of the Year award recently. Also pictured are CASA Eufaula representatives, from left, Linda Hansen, Vernon Courtwright, Erin Bridges, Margaret Kramer, Marie Faubion and Tandra Wilder.

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DeRosa's execution date after the U.S. Supreme Court denied DeRosa's final appeal. In October 2000, Curtis Plummer, 73, and Gloria Plummer, 70, both of Poteau, were found dead in their home with multiple stab wounds and with their throats cut. About one year later, in October 2001, DeRosa was found guilty by a jury of his peers for the LeFlore County first-degree murders of the Plummers. He was subsequently sentenced to death. According to Pruitt, DeRosa was

briefly employed by the Plummers and told several friends on multiple occasions he thought the elderly couple would be an easy target to rob. DeRosa's 21-year-old friend, Eric Castleberry, now 33, agreed to help with the robbery. Castleberry's 18-year-old friend, Scotty White, now 30, agreed to drive. Pruitt said DeRosa and Castleberry were welcomed into the Plummer's home, which at the time was equipped with a security system. Once in the home, Pruitt said, DeRosa and Castleberry brandished knives and, while the couple begged and struggled for their lives, DeRosa stabbed the Plummers multiple times and slit their throats, the AG's office reported.

"DeRosa and Castleberry left the scene with $73 and the couple's pickup truck," Pruitt said. "The truck was ditched in a nearby lake." In exchange for a life sentence without the possibility of parole, Castleberry testified at DeRosa's trial. Castleberry is serving his two life sentences at OSP. White was charged with accessory to first-degree murder after the fact and received two 25-year sentences, to be served concurrently, and the last seven years to be served as probation. He is at the Lawton Correctional Facility and is scheduled to be released on Nov. 10, 2026.

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