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May 8 2008, AP

A judge on Wednesday gave a 54-year prison term to a cashiered army lieutenant colonel who was convicted of ordering the massacre of 10 elite anti-drug police in an ambush on a lonely country road.

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Barack Obama supporter Larry Levine, 59, is seen on his farm in tiny Hinton, W.Va., Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Levine, 59, who co-owns a theater and serves as the chair of two community organizations, says he gives about $50 or $100 online every few...