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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sunday said gay marriage is akin to alcohol and profanity — options he says are appealing to others but not to him. ... "Some people really like classical music and ballet and opera. It's not my cup of tea. I would like to think that there's room in America for people who have different points of views without screaming, shouting and wanting to shut their businesses down." ...

The grand jury transcripts from the Melissa Huckaby murder case were released late Friday by the San Joaquin County Superior Court. The document is nearly 2,000 pages and contain disturbing details of the investigation into the kidnap and murder of eight-year-old Sandra Cantu of Tracy. Its release comes on the same week Huckaby was sentenced to life in prison for killing Cantu in a plea deal. Huckaby admits to killing the little girl and dumping her body in a nearby irrigation pond inside a suitcase.

A grand jury has indicted Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby on charges she kidnapped, raped and killed 8-year-old Tracy resident Sandra Cantu and drugged two other people. Huckaby, 28, broke down in tears as Judge Linda Lofthus read the five-count indictment against her Monday. You can read the indictment for yourself here. Huckaby also appeared to have two cuts above her right eye, but it was not immediately clear how those injuries occurred. Cantu's disappearance from a trailer park, the discovery of her body and the child's funeral drew national media attention. Prosecutors convened a grand jury in late July...

(CNN) -- A California Sunday-school teacher accused of killing a young girl may have abducted another child, police said. Melissa Huckaby, 28, was arrested earlier this month and charged with killing and raping 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, who was taken from a mobile home park in Tracy, California. Police said Huckaby was named in a January police report about the four-hour disappearance of a 7-year-old girl from the same mobile home park, CNN affiliate KOVR reported. After Huckaby returned the girl, the girl had to be taken to a hospital because she was under the influence of a strong muscle relaxant....

TRACY, Calif. (April 11) - A Sunday school teacher was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, whose body was found in a suitcase in an irrigation pond. Melissa Huckaby, 28, was arrested at 11:55 p.m. Friday, about five hours after she drove herself to the local police station at the request of officers, said police Sgt. Tony Sheneman.