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SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Friday, August 8th: Osama bin Laden's driver sentenced; 9 Calif. chopper victims still not recovered; 'Katrina' caretaker charged with kidnapping children; Md. Mayor wants police probe after his house is raided.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]This is A-P NewsMinute.OSAMA BIN LADEN'S DRIVER COULD BE OUT OF PRISON IN AS LITTLE AS FIVE MONTHS -- BUT IT WILL BE UP TO THE PENTAGON.A U.S. MILITARY JURY GAVE SALIM HAMDAN (SAH-LEEM' HAHM-DAHN') A SENTENCE OF FIVE AND A-HALF YEARS, BUT HE'S BEING GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS HE'S ALREADY SERVED AT GUANTANAMO BAY.AUTHORITIES IN CALIFORNIA SAY THERE'S A "FAIR CERTAINTY" THAT NINE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN MISSING SINCE A HELICOPTER WENT DOWN IN THE SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST TUESDAY --- ARE DEAD.THEIR BODIES HAVEN'T BEEN RECOVERED YET. OFFICIALS SAY SEVEN WERE FIREFIGHTERS -- ONE WAS A PILOT -- AND ONE WAS A U.S. FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE -- FOUR OTHERS SURVIVED THE CRASH.A WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TOOK OFF WITH FIVE YOUNG HURRICANE KATRINA SURVIVORS IN A DISPUTE WITH THEIR MOTHER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING.44-YEAR-OLD RHONDA TAVEY WAS ARRESTED IN HOUSTON AND AUTHORITIES SAY SHE HAD BEEN ON THE RUN FOR ABOUT A MONTH.A MAYOR OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON, DC IS CALLING FOR A FEDERAL PROBE AFTER LOCAL POLICE RAIDED HIS HOME FOR DRUGS AND SHOT HIS TWO DOGS.THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER A BIG PACKAGE OF MARIJUANA WAS DELIVERED THERE WITH HIS WIFE'S NAME ON THE PACKAGE -- BUT THE MAYOR SAYS HIS FAMILY IS INNOCENT --AND THE VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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