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LINCOLN, Neb. - Kevin Holder's rap sheet is 43 pages long, dating back to 1980, and he just got another entry - his 226th arrest. Police say they caught him Sunday morning after a brief chase and found burglar tools in his possession. "He's very well-known to Lincoln police officers," Police Chief Tom Casady said. Holder's convictions include criminal mischief, marijuana possession, violation of protection order, assault, resisting arrest, assault on an officer, possession of cocaine. Many were misdemeanors, but he also has been sentenced to at least three prison terms for felonies, including a four-year stretch starting in 1996....

Nashville -- Powerful state Sen. John Ford, now under house arrest as he awaits trial in a federal corruption case, has resigned, according to a letter read Saturday by the lieutenant governor. "I plan to spend the rest of my time with my family clearing my name," Ford said in a letter read by Lt. Gov. John Wilder to the Senate. Ford, a member of the Senate for more than 30 years, was arrested Thursday as part of a two-year FBI sting operation nicknamed "Tennessee Waltz."

Old clue influences DNA test By DERRICK NUNNALLY and MIKE DUNNE Advocate staff writers Derrick Todd Lee became the chief suspect in the south Louisiana serial killings through the investigation of a disappearance not previously linked to the killer's five known victims, officials from several law enforcement agencies said. The body of Randi Mebruer, a Zachary woman police believe was abducted from her home in 1998, has never been found. But police believe she was killed because of the large amount of blood left in her home. An old tip about her disappearance led officials to recently get a court...