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Some Michigan high school students are redefining the term "extracurricular activity." In addition to club meetings, band practices and football games, University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy teens are also signing up to serve as pallbearers for homeless veterans. Six students recently volunteered to be pallbearers for three dead homeless veterans. Senior Joshua Gonzales is one of the student leaders who helped develop the program. He said this new opportunity for students is "meant to help dignify and respect the human being." The students' initial plan was to carry the caskets for homeless individuals, said the Rev. Karl...

WILLIAMSPORT (PA) - A member of the honor guard that carried President John F. Kennedy's casket was sentenced to more than 4 years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography. "I let a lot of people down," Richard Gaudreau, 70, of Bloomsburg, told U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III yesterday before being sentenced. He reports to prison Sept. 12. The sentence includes a $10,000 fine, lifetime supervision and a ban on associating with anyone under 18 without the presence of an adult. Gaudreau must register as a sex offender and may not have a computer with...