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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A soldier who lost part of his leg during an attack in Afghanistan says he's sorry for firing a gun at a bar the day before a planned homecoming ceremony in his central Indiana hometown. Organizers planned the ceremony in Lafayette for Sunday's one-year anniversary of the attack that injured 24-year-old Eric Braman and killed two soldiers. That event was canceled after Braman was arrested early Saturday. Police say he fired gunshots into the air and into the ground during an argument outside a Lafayette bar. One man was slightly wounded.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A conservative law firm has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the health care overhaul, challenging the first federal appeals court ruling that upheld President Barack Obama's signature domestic initiative. The appeal filed Wednesday by the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., said Congress overstepped its authority in requiring Americans to purchase health insurance or pay financial penalties. A divided three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati rejected the center's argument in upholding the centerpiece of the law, the insurance requirement.

CENTREVILLE, Mich. (AP) - A 17-year-old charged in the stabbing of his 55-year-old grandmother at her southwest Michigan home says meth is to blame for the attack. Michael Loerch told WWMT-TV ( http://bit.ly/q9MGKc ) from the St. Joseph County Jail that he hopes his grandmother forgives him. Loerch says he smoked methamphetamine the day before the Aug. 18 attack and that he lost control after arguing with Georgeanna Sparks. Loerch is charged as an adult with two counts of assault with intent to murder.

SOUTH BEND — A 42-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to stabbing her longtime roommate after a heated argument at their home. Connie Bumgardner was scheduled for trial later this month but instead pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, a Class A felony in the death of 51-year-old Michele Papio. Police found Papio mortally wounded Feb. 6, 2009, at the York Road home she shared with Bumgardner. Bumgardner was also found at the home after having taken an overdose of medication in an apparent suicide attempt, according to past reports.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The man who led Milwaukee police to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer two decades ago has been sentenced to a year and a half behind bars for his role in a drowning death. Tracy Edwards pleaded guilty to aiding a felon in a plea agreement in Milwaukee County. Prosecutors say Edwards and Timothy Carr threw Johnny Jordan into a river from a Milwaukee bridge during an argument. Jordan drowned. The district and defense attorneys asked Judge Rebecca Dallet to sentence Edwards to probation for lying to police.

MISHAWAKA — A 15-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday night, police said, after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in a street fight. According to police reports, the fight took place just after 7:30 p.m. near the corner of Iowa and 10th streets. Police were dispatched on the report of a large group of girls fighting in the street. Police arrived as the fight was breaking up, but found that the 14-year-old had several cuts, which were later determined to be non-life threatening injuries.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Playboy Playmate of the Year who appeared in the horror movie "Rosemary's Baby" has been sentenced to nine years in state prison for shooting her husband in the back at their Hollywood apartment. Los Angeles County prosecutors say 66-year-old Victoria Rathgeb was sentenced Wednesday. She pleaded no contest to attempted voluntary manslaughter. Authorities say Rathgeb shot and wounded her husband last October during an argument.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) - The Flint school district says a woman's claim that a teacher injured her son during an argument at school involving another student was a misunderstanding. Flint School District spokesman Robert Campbell tells The Flint Journal (http://bit.ly/wMHvW3) for a story published Tuesday that the incident happened last week at Dort Elementary. Campbell says the principal "spoke with the parent and all is fine. " He says no internal investigation was under way. An assault report was filed with police Thursday after the boy complained of minor injuries.

SOUTH BEND - A dispute prompted by the sale of a dog led to gunshots that damaged a South Bend man's auto and garage Thursday night in the 800 block of East Donald Street. South Bend police said the 27-year-old resident who reported the property damage told them he and the alleged shooter had been involved in a transaction in which the dog was sold and a speaker was provided as part of the payment. But the dog was returned, and an argument ensued over the speaker. The victim reportedly told officers that the man he had argued with left in his vehicle about 11 p.m. and fired six to nine rounds as he was pulling away.

SOUTH BEND -- A 20-year-old Chicago man found dead in a home on South Lombardy Drive early Tuesday died from a gunshot wound to his upper torso, an autopsy found. Cornelius "Corey" Miller’s death has been ruled a homicide by the St. Joseph County coroner. Miller also had a bullet wound in his arm, police said. The shooter apparently fired into 518 S. Lombardy Drive, through the home’s back door, according to police. Police said the shooting may have stemmed from an argument Miller had with two other women Monday evening.