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Helicopter company in fatal Kobe Bryant crash sues 2 air traffic controllers

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The company that operated the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas in January, killing Laker legend Kobe Bryant and eight others, is fighting back against lawsuits by filing a suit of its own contending air-traffic controllers were to blame for the crash. The suit, filed last week as a cross-complaint to litigation against Island Express Helicopters…

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Wife of ex-California Congressman Duncan Hunter sentenced for corruption

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By JULIE WATSON SAN DIEGO — The wife of former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter was sentenced Monday in U.S. court to eight months of home confinement after pleading guilty to misusing more than $150,000 in campaign funds in a corruption case that ended her husband’s career. Government attorneys noted Margaret Hunter’s cooperation with the…