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Man found dead from gunshot wounds in apartment
   
    A Salt Lake City man died Friday night in his apartment from multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. Police said Monday that they had several "good leads" in the shooting but had not yet made any arrests. The man's identity has not been released by police, who are searching for next of kin. The man was spotted by neighbors through his basement apartment window about 9 p.m. Friday. He had last been seen about 4 p.m. Friday.
   
   3 killed in separate accidents on U.S. Highway 40
   
    Two accidents claimed three lives Saturday on U.S. Highway 40. At 2:15 p.m. near Heber, two men were killed when a westbound 1981 Chevrolet truck crossed the center line and struck a 1989 Ford Bronco. Killed in the Chevrolet was passenger Duane Edward Goble, 55, of Salt Lake City. Ejected from the Bronco and killed was Louis Sosa, 31, of Provo. At 3:42 p.m. near Fruitvale, a motorcyclist struck a deer and was thrown from his bike. Charlie R. Bertola was not wearing a helmet and died from injuries sustained in the fall.
   
   Attorney admits he attempted to have sex with minor
   
    A Salt Lake City attorney Monday admitted to using the Internet to entice a 13-year-old girl to have sex with him. Gregory Preston Cohen, 35, pleaded guilty to one third-degree-felony count of enticing a minor and will be sentenced Jan 3. Cohen was arrested Feb. 12 after he showed up for a meeting with the girl and instead found agents from the state Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Cohen had told the "girl" he was 19, according to court documents.
   
   Lawsuit linked to plane wreck in Alaska settled
   
    A wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the widow of a Provo man killed in a July plane wreck off the Alaskan coast has been settled. Tresa Moses filed suit against the estate of the plane's pilot, her late brother-in-law, Gary Ostler. Her attorney declined to comment on the terms of confidential settlement. Moses' husband Gordon was one of four men, all relatives, who perished. Two men made it to shore and were rescued the next day.
   
   Settlement reached in fatal tire-defect lawsuit
   
    A man whose father was killed in a tire tread separation accident in 2000 has settled a lawsuit against Firestone/Bridgestone Inc. The suit blamed the fatal crash that killed retiree Gildo "Gil" Pantuso and his best friend, Ralf "Ed" Jones, on an alleged defect in one of the company's steel-belted radial tires. A Triumph 4000L tire tread flew apart in Jones' 1983 Ford Ranger in 1999 on Interstate 15 near Lehi. An attorney representing Pantuso's family declined to comment on the terms of the confidential settlement.