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Man Who Disrupted US Airways Flight Gets Year in Prison

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PITTSBURGH (AP) – A man who interfered with a flight crew on a New York-bound US Airways jet that was forced to divert to Pittsburgh has been sentenced to prison. A federal judge sentenced 40-year-old Mapleton, Utah, resident Steven Pectol on Wednesday to a year and a day behind bars. Pectol pleaded guilty in November to disrupting a red-eye flight…

Elizabeth Smart Working on Self-Empowerment Book Due in 2017

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NEW YORK (AP) – Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart’s next book will be a guide to self-empowerment. Smart is an activist and author of a best-selling memoir about her kidnapping as a teenager. She has an agreement with St. Martin’s Press for “Hope Empowered,” in which she’ll draw on her experiences helping others recover from traumatic events. The publisher said Thursday…