Alejandro Garcia de la Paz is currently protected from deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. His federal lawsuit claiming an illegal stop is pending. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/MCT)
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Many immigrants released, then re-arrested in US

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 1,800 immigrants that the federal government wanted to deport from the United States were nevertheless released from local jails and later re-arrested for various crimes, according to a government report released Monday. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement report — obtained by an organization that actively opposes illegal immigration — said the re-arrested immigrants were among 8,145 people who were freed between January and August 2014, despite requests from federal agents that they be held for deportation. The report provided by the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies says about 23 percent were eventually taken into custody again on a variety of charges. Many jurisdictions have stopped honoring so-called immigration detainers, requests to keep the immigrants in custody, saying they can't hold arrestees without probable cause. In a case drawing national attention to the issue, authorities say a woman was shot to death in San Francisco earlier this month by a suspect who was released from jail despite an immigration detainer. In the report, the top crimes for which immigrants were re-arrested were drug violations and drunken driving.


Fairgoers go on rides July 15 at the Delaware County Fair. DN PHOTO JORDAN HUFFER
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Delaware County's 163rd fair schedule

The Delaware County Fair kicks off its 163rd year next week at the fairgrounds, with events ranging from a demolition derby to cat and dog shows. The 4-H portion of the fair has events scheduled from July 14-22, while the Midway events are scheduled from July 18-25. The carnival opens July 20.



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Muncie sewer system dumps raw sewage into White River during heavy rain

Because of Muncie’s outdated sewage system, when flood waters flow into the White River — and people’s yards and streets — it is often contaminated with raw sewage. Twice in as many weeks Muncie residents have been issued flash flood warnings by the National Weather Service, leading to backed up water and a backed up sewer system which carries rain water and sewage in the same piping, the same as it has for 130 years, said Rick Conrad, director of bureau of water quality of the city of Muncie.



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Man convicted in murder, dismemberment seeks new trial

GRETNA, La. (AP) — A man convicted in the death and dismemberment of a Bourbon Street dancer is seeking a new trial, citing a history of mental illness and three failed requests for a mistrial during his proceedings. Terry Speaks is scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison Thursday in the 2013 death of Jaren Lockhart. But multiple news agencies report that in a motion filed Monday, public defender John Benz argues that Judge Stephen Grefer should have asked Speaks about possible mental illness when the defendant sought to represent himself on the trial's opening day.



Christina Fritzinger, of Tacoma, hunkers down inside a snow cave she constructed on Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, February 3, 2007, as part of a weekend snow survival course offered by The Mountaineers. (Steve Ringman/Seattle Times/MCT)
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Deadly Washington ice cave collapse after warm temperatures

VERLOT, Wash. (AP) — Ice caves popular with hikers northeast of Seattle partially collapsed, killing one person and leaving at least four other injured, officials said. Monday's collapse came after authorities warned that the caves were especially dangerous because of warming temperatures. The person who died remained buried under the debris at the Big Four Ice Caves east of Verlot, Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman Shari Ireton said late Monday night.


Vicky Hardest, 47, of Northbrook, Ill., makes her way in to the Grateful Dead concert at Soldier Field in Chicago on Friday, July 3, 2015. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
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Last Grateful Dead show breaks Chicago stadium ticket record

CHICAGO (AP) — A performance that the Grateful Dead says was their last together has topped records for ticket sales at Chicago's Soldier Field set by the band earlier in the weekend. In a news release, Soldier Field says 71,000 tickets were sold for Sunday night's show and that this is the most sold for any event at the stadium.







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