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The man accused of killing former radio talk-show host Mike Webb two years ago pleaded guilty this morning to second-degree murder. King County prosecutors plan to seek a sentence of more than 12 years in prison for Scott White, who had originally been charged with first-degree murder. White, 29, had been living with Webb in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood for six months when he killed Webb with an ax and hid his body in the crawl space, authorities said. Webb's body was found on June 28, 2007. Webb, who had once been the host of a host of a late-night...

A Huffington Post writer stabbed her former lover more than 200 times with a screwdriver and then tried to conceal the slaying, PalmBeachPost.com reported. After committing the gruesome crime, Carol Anne Berger, an election correspondent for The Huffington Post, reported her former flame missing and then fatally shot herself a day later, police told the Web site. Lt. Gary Chapman said Jessica Kalish, 56, a software executive, was found in the backseat of her BMW on Oct. 23, the Web site reported.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A judge threw out a manslaughter charge against a young man who fatally stabbed a teenager who allegedly attacked him because he is gay. Municipal Judge Gerard Kosinski also ordered 21-year-old Lucas Dawson, an aspiring singer, released from jail. Dawson told police that seven people began taunting him, chasing him down and beating him as he walked to catch a bus Oct. 29. He said he pulled out a small knife and waved it, but when Gerald Knight, 17, punched him, he stabbed him in the chest. Knight died within the hour.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - NHL tough guy Mike Danton relishes his role as the mouthy player who gets under his opponents' skin, racking up 141 minutes in the penalty box this season with the St. Louis Blues. But now he is behind bars, accused of trying to get someone to kill his agent, a man with a sinister reputation as a hockey-world Svengali. The arrest last week has raised disturbing questions about both Danton and his agent, David Frost. Frost insists Danton never wanted him dead and is in dire need of counseling. Danton's estranged father blames Frost for his...