EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A couple accused of kidnapping the woman's 9-month-old son from a social worker they are also suspected of killing agreed Friday to be returned to Kentucky from Illinois, where they were arrested. Renee Terrell and her boyfriend, Christopher Wayne Luttrell, were charged Friday with fleeing Kentucky to avoid prosecution, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine up to $250,000. Terrell and Luttrell are also suspects in the death of social worker Boni Frederick, 67, said Henderson, Ky., police Sgt. John Nevels. They are accused of kidnapping Terrell's infant son, Saige, on Monday from Frederick, who had taken the boy to Terrell's home in Henderson for a visit.
WASHINGTON -- The federal government can't make rules for the ways Las Vegas-style games are played at Indian casinos, an appeals court ruled Friday in a blow to efforts to regulate the booming, $22 billion tribal gambling industry. The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit arises from a dispute in Arizona between the Colorado River Indian Tribes and the National Indian Gaming Commission, the federal agency that oversees Indian casinos. The commission tried in 2001 to audit the tribe's casino in Parker, Ariz., to ensure compliance with recently enacted federal standards for how games like blackjack and slot machines are run. The tribe objected, contending the commission was overstepping its authority under the National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
NEW YORK -- The city said Friday it will search parts of the World Trade Center site again for remains of the Sept. 11 dead after several bones were pulled out of an abandoned manhole. Relatives of the dead demanded that construction stop at ground zero until remains of all their loved ones are recovered. They also called for state and federal investigations into the failure to completely remove remains from ground zero. Mayor Michael Bloomberg called an emergency meeting at city hall that included police, fire officials and the city medical examiner after the discovery of bones Thursday in a manhole in the 16-acre site. Remains as big as arm or leg bones were found, along with personal effects including at least one wallet, officials said.
-- From wire reports
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