Prosecutors say a teenager who allegedly confessed to killing a 10-year-old Colorado girl and attacking a runner also sexually assaulted the girl.

Seventeen-year-old Austin Sigg was charged as an adult with 17 counts in both cases Tuesday. They include four murder charges, including one for both murder and sexual assault.

Sigg didn’t speak during the brief court hearing in Golden and didn’t look at his relatives in the audience.

Eight relatives of Jessica Ridgeway of Westminster also watched proceedings, including her mother. Each wore purple, Jessica’s favorite color.

Defense attorneys anticipate asking the judge to send the case to juvenile court.

Two people have been sentenced to federal prison after their convictions for drug crimes in Nebraska.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 32-year-old Alejandro “Gizmo” Garcia had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell methamphetamine and cocaine in the Lincoln area between Sept. 25, 2009, and February 2011.

On Monday he was given 12 years and seven months in federal prison.

In an unrelated case, a Minnesota woman was sentenced to 22 months.

Twenty-five-year-old Jenna Springer, of Keewatin , Minn., and her passenger, 36-year-old Jaymond Taylor, were convicted of meth possession for sale. Prosecutors say a Nebraska state trooper found 6 pounds of meth in a pickup Springer was driving on Sept. 13, 2011.

Earlier this month Taylor was given 27 years in prison.

A huge fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses in a flooded neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire in the Breezy Point section, but they are still putting out some pockets of fire.

A fire department spokesman says one firefighter suffered a minor injury and was taken to a hospital. Two civilians suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.

Officials say the fire was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the superstorm that began sweeping through the city earlier.

The neighborhood sits on the Rockaway peninsula jutting into the Atlantic Ocean.

Authorities say two adults and two young children were killed in an early morning house fire in the southern Colorado city of Pueblo.

Firefighters believe the children were about 3 months and 2 years old.

The fire was reported at about 2 a.m. Tuesday.

Pueblo police Sgt. Steve Etienne (EH’-tee-en) says flames and smoke were pouring from the home when firefighters arrived and no one escaped.

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire. So far, they’ve ruled out a cooking fire. Police have been involved but the fire department says that’s standard in fatal blazes and there’s no indication of any criminal intent.

A Thurston County Supervisor has reached a settlement with the state over allegations that he failed to file a mandatory financial disclosure form.

Greg Jump of Walthill acknowledged in settlement papers that he failed to submit a 2011 financial-interest statement with state authorities by the April 1 deadline. The Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission approved the agreement late last week.

Authorities began investigating on Sept. 10, and Jump filed the statement later that month. He also agreed to comply with state disclosure laws in the future.

Jump could have faced a $2,000 fine for failing to submit the papers, but commission members opted not to assess a penalty.

The University of Nebraska Foundation says it received almost $165 million in donations and pledges this past fiscal year, the foundation’s third-best year for total gifts.

The foundation says it gave almost $124 million to programs at the four campuses and ended the year with $1.8 billion in assets, up from $1.7 billion in 2011.

The University of Nebraska Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization that raises money to support University of Nebraska programs.

Officials say the latest draft of Nebraska’s revised social students standards contains more detail on what the state expects of its school districts, teachers and students.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the revision released Monday was more specific than a draft released in May, reflecting changes based on public input and evaluations from outside experts.

State officials want the standards focused on broad concepts, leaving details to districts around the state. The lack of detail had been criticized, however, after the May draft was released.

The standards have four content areas: history, economics, geography and civics. They are separated into various grade levels.

A 12-year-old California boy says he killed his dog because he wanted to see the terrier mix die.

The Salinas Californian reports police officers found the 12-pound dog hanging by its collar on a bedroom door handle.

Investigators say the boy told officers he was mad at the dog and he wanted to see it die.

Dispatchers got a 911 emergency call Friday afternoon from a female caller saying the boy was hurting the dog. People in the boy’s apartment refused to open the door when Salinas police arrived, so officers obtained a pass key.

The boy was arrested and taken to Monterey County Juvenile Hall for investigation of felony animal cruelty.

A man convicted of killing two people in Lincoln is asking a judge to throw out his life sentences, saying he was too heavily medicated on anti-psychotic drugs to be competent to stand trial.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Todd Baker asked a Lancaster County District judge last week for a hearing. Baker wants to present evidenced he says will show that his convictions were unconstitutional.

The 49-year-old Baker was convicted in 2006 in the 1996 killing of Anne True after Baker’s ex-wife went to police with information in the case. In 2007, while already serving a life sentence for True’s death, Baker was convicted of killing 15-year-old Missy Schmidt.

Police say Baker randomly attacked both women with a hammer and dumped their bodies in rural ditches.

A South Dakota man who was burned in a controlled grass fire in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay is suing local authorities for negligence.

Bryan Bluebird, of Pine Ridge, says authorities failed to spot him lying in a field and ignited the blaze on a dangerously windy day.

The lawsuit, filed in Nebraska’s federal court, comes six months after he sent a tort-claim notice to Sheridan County and the Rushville Fire Department in northwest Nebraska.

Bluebird is suing the county, the volunteer fire department, the village of Rushville and various elected officials.

The 51-year-old man says he was lying in a field March 6 in Whiteclay when flames surrounded him. Authorities ignited the blaze to clear grass and prevent unintentional fires.