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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, May 17, 2019

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May 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors say two Iowa men face charges in separate child pornography cases. Officials say 35-year-old Aaron Olson, of Nora Springs, is charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Officials say Olson used two minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct to produce child pornography. Prosecutors also say 31-year-old Derek Clemens, of Evansdale, has been charged with receipt and possession of child pornography. Officials say he accessed child pornography on his cellphone.

WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2018 death of a 4-week-old infant. The Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Investigation says in a news release that 22-year-old Dean Hettinger, of Westgate, was arrested Thursday at the Black Hawk County Jail, where he was being held on unrelated charges. He’s accused of causing the death of Holton Smith.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — “Lucky Larry” may have a shot to win millions more _ this time from a jury. A judge has ordered a trial in a lawsuit filed by Iowa lottery winner Larry Dawson, who contends a $9 million jackpot that he won in 2011 should have been nearly three times as big. Dawson filed the lawsuit in 2016 after an investigation revealed that lottery contractor Eddie Tipton rigged the previous $16.5 million jackpot, bought the winning ticket himself and unsuccessfully worked with associates to claim it.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A flurry of lawsuits against maker of OxyContin intensifies as Idaho’s attorney general tells the company and the family that owns of it of plans to take legal action. Six other states have announced filings this month against Purdue Pharma and another said it’s looking for a law firm to help it sue. Idaho’s letter was disclosed Thursday. It suggests a lack of progress with settlement negotiations with the company behind a drug that helped change the way prescription painkillers were used.