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PURCELL, Okla. (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2006 killing of a 74-year-old Oklahoma man.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Fort Bliss soldier has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for trying to smuggle two immigrants through a South Texas border checkpoint.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say two San Antonio men must serve 10-year federal prison terms for trying to smuggle $4.6 million in cocaine discovered in a trailer.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say two brothers from Texas have been sentenced for failing to pay more than $1 million in New York state sales tax collected at gas stations they owned in the Buffalo area.