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  "title": "Ex-\"American Idol\" contestant Caleb Flynn gets life sentence",
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  "published": "2026-10-05T20:48:19.000Z",
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        "title": "Caleb Flynn update: Ex-American Idol contestant breaks down amid life without parole sentence; ‘I didn't kill my wife’",
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        "title": "Former \"American Idol\" contestant Caleb Flynn sentenced to life in prison for wife's murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/former-american-idol-contestant-caleb-flynn-sentenced-to-life-in",
        "published": "2026-10-05T20:35:14.000Z"
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Former American Idol singer Caleb Flynn sentenced to life in prison for wife’s murder",
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        "title": "Caleb Flynn, ex-American Idol singer, sentenced to life without parole after being found guilty of wife Ashley’s murder",
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        "published": "2026-10-05T21:36:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn sentenced to life in prison for wife's murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/former-american-idol-contestant-caleb-flynn-sentenced-to-life-in-12249977",
        "published": "2026-10-05T22:41:51.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Caleb Flynn Sentenced: Ashley Flynn's Mom Reads Letter From His Daughters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/caleb-flynn-sentenced-ashley-flynns-mom-reads-letter-from-his",
        "published": "2026-10-05T23:01:41.000Z"
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