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By DAVE HAWKINS SPECIAL TO THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

September 5, 2014 - 12:32 pm

KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Kingman man who used his Cadillac to run over and kill another Kingman man in November 2011 was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.

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