AM Headlines — 10.27.11

Karl Thompson and his legal team, including Carl Oreskovich and Steve Lamberson, arrive at the William O. Douglas Federal Building in Yakima. Thompson, a former Kootenai County sheriff’s captain, is expected to take the stand on his own behalf today, in the trial involving the death of Spokane janitor Otto Zehm. Story below. Follow Meghann Cuniff’s Twitter feeds of trial here. (AP file photo)

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