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FORT RILEY, Kan. - A parachutist went off course Thursday at the start of a military review and dropped feet-first into the 1st Infantry Division's band, injuring three players.

Several thousand people watched as the man under the red, white and blue parachute landed on the 30-member band, about 50 yards off target. A gasp went up from the crowd, followed by silence as at least a dozen people rushed over to help.

"I hear, 'Oh, expletive,' and immediately, I hear a crash,'" said the band's commander, Chief Warrant Officer Scott MacDonald.

The three injured band members were treated and released from Irwin Army Community Hospital.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Grain Valley teenager has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his best friend's mother.

Jackson County Judge W. Stephen Nixon sentenced Eddie George, 18, on Friday after a jury in May convicted George of first-degree murder and assault in the stabbing death of Pamela Marquez and the slashing of her husband, Joe Marquez.

George spoke briefly before the sentencing, apologizing for his actions and saying he felt remorse.

The only sentence George could receive was life in prison without parole.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - A tropical depression off the Southeast coast is the first to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, and forecasters said Saturday they expect it to strengthen into a tropical storm.

A tropical storm warning was in effect from the northern South Carolina coast to the North Carolina-Virginia border, the National Hurricane Center said. Three to 4 inches of rain had fallen in some areas along the North Carolina coast, and cities were under flood advisories as more rain was expected, said Reid Hawkins, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Wilmington, N.C.
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Several people are recovering Saturday morning after a car, truck and motorcycle collide. One person for arrested for suspicion of DUI.

It happened in Pawnee County at the City of Cleveland's Animal Shelter.

Oklahoma State University police have issued a safety alert to faculty and students after a student was raped and robbed at her university apartment.

Another Owasso eatery bites the dust.  Steak 'N Shake announced it's closing on Wednesday. 

A former Harrah Junior High School librarian accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student is expected to surrender to authorities Monday.