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WASHINGTON — President Bush on Friday signed the Hubbard Act, surrounded by members of the California family whose multiple sacrifices inspired the military pay-and-benefits law.

The Hubbard Act restores recruitment bonuses and assorted benefits to sole survivors who are discharged early from the military.

Currently a Fresno County deputy sheriff, working patrol, Jason Hubbard, 35, survived an Iraq combat tour. His brothers Jared and Nathan did not.

Jared, a Marine lance corporal, died in Iraq's Anbar Province in November 2004. A year later, Nathan and Jason Hubbard enlisted in the Army. In August 2007, Nathan Hubbard died in a helicopter crash near the Iraq city of Kirkuk.

Following standard Pentagon practice, Jason Hubbard was then able as a sole survivor to win an early honorable discharge. The policy, with roots going back to the loss of five Sullivan brothers sunk aboard the USS Juneau in World War II, is supposed to spare families from unrelieved disaster.

But because Jason Hubbard left before completing his original three-year commitment, the Army made him pay back $2,000 of his enlistment bonus. He also was denied standard education and other benefits.

Enter Congress.

Hubbard's plight inspired a fast-moving bill that restores the pay and benefits for members of the military who lose a sibling or parent as a result of military service.

Sole survivors will receive 120 days of transitional health coverage, access to commissaries and standard veteran's benefits, including school and home loans.

Smiling, Jason Hubbard reported that his 3-year-old son Elijah Jared and his 2-month-old son Levi Nathan remained orderly and respectful during the White House ceremony.

Hubbard's wife, Linnea, was pregnant with Levi Nathan when he was denied standard medical benefits, the event that instigated the Hubbard family's political journey.

ORLANDO — The mother of a missing Florida girl was arrested again Friday night — this time on check fraud and theft charges — just over a week after a bounty hunter bailed her out of jail.

Orange County Sheriff's Office investigators took Casey Anthony into custody at her home Friday night. She was being held on $3,000 bond and was charged with uttering a forged instrument, fraudulent use of personal information and petty theft, Capt. Angelo Nieves said.

According to Sheriff's Office reports, Anthony, 22, used a friend's checkbook to buy items at Target and Winn-Dixie, and to write a check for cash in July.

Anthony, who was released from jail on $500,000 bond last week, has already been charged with child neglect, making false statements and obstructing the investigation into her daughter's disappearance.

BURBANK — A small airplane crashed into a parked car near Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, seconds after a woman saw the plane coming and fled her vehicle.

Three people aboard the airplane were injured. They were taken to hospitals for treatment.

Fire officials said the Cessna 172 plane crashed into power lines Friday on Clybourn Avenue and struck the car parked on the street.

The site of the crash is near a neighborhood and several industrial businesses.

LOS ANGELES — DNA evidence has linked an air-conditioning repairman to the stabbing deaths of three women, including a former girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher, police said Friday.

Michael Gargiulo, 32, of Santa Monica has been in custody since July for a separate knife attack and could face murder charges as soon as next week, police said.

Santa Monica police Lt. Darrell Lowe said DNA collected from a crime scene last spring helped link Gargiulo to the stabbing deaths of women from Los Angeles, suburban Chicago and Monterey Park.

One of the cases involves Ashley Ellerin, 22, Kutcher's former girlfriend, who was found dead in February 2001 in her Hollywood Hills home.

Kutcher, who is married to actress Demi Moore and who starred in the television series "That '70s Show," told police he went to pick up the fashion student-model for a post-Grammy Awards party, but she did not answer the door.

He checked a back window and spotted what he thought were red wine stains on the carpet and then left. Her body was discovered the next day by a friend.

LOS ANGELES — Two teenage boys have been rescued from a Los Angeles motel where they were allegedly being held for ransom.

Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said deputies, acting on a tip, raided the Baldwin Hills motel Friday and arrested three people.

Sgt. Gabrielle Graves said two men and a woman were taken into custody on suspicion of kidnapping. Their names were not released. Deputies also found a handgun at the scene.

The boys had fought back against their captors and were treated for minor injuries and released to their parents.

Graves said the three suspects had called in a ransom on the boys. She could not say how much they wanted or who received the call.

NEW YORK — Jennifer Aniston will return home to NBC, the TV network where she became a breakout star on the hit sitcom "Friends."

She's currently shooting a guest appearance on the network's "30 Rock," Aniston publicist Stephen Huvane confirmed Friday.

There were no immediate details on the role Aniston will play — as herself or a fictitious character — or the episode's planned air date.

With its show-biz slant, it has become a haven for guest appearances by big names from entertainment — even politics, including Al Gore.

Another of the six-member "Friends" troupe, David Schwimmer, had a "30 Rock" guest shot last season.

HONOLULU — Hawaii has declared Aug. 29 "Bryan Clay Day" after Clay took home the gold medal in the decathlon at the Beijing Olympics.

Gov. Linda Lingle praised Clay's accomplishment in becoming the "world's greatest athlete" and winning the U.S.' first decathlon gold since 1996.

Clay, 28, of Kaneohe, established the Bryan Clay Foundation to help underprivileged high school students further their education through academic and athletic scholarships.

Clay said he plans to resume training for the 2012 Olympics in London in his quest to win a medal at three separate Olympic Games.

He said he also wants to promote his foundation and humanitarian efforts.

BIRMINGHAM — Alabama's largest county offered a plan Friday to restructure its $3.2 billion sewer debt and, at least for now, put off filing the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Gov. Bob Riley said an attorney for Jefferson County proposed restructuring the bond debt at a lower, fixed rate over a longer term, and Wall Street creditors allowed the county to delay any further interest payments at no cost until Sept. 30.

Creditors agreed to respond next week to the county's proposal for restructuring the debt.

The county had the cash to make a $2 million interest payment that was due Friday, but Commissioner Jim Carns said officials must decide whether to continue making payments indefinitely or file for bankruptcy because its obligations far outstrip revenues from the sewer system.

Jefferson is Alabama's most populous county, with about 658,000 residents, and includes the state's biggest city, Birmingham.

Running out of options after months of talks with bondholders and insurers, Jefferson County commissioners voted earlier this week to let the governor negotiate directly with creditors. They canceled plans for a public referendum set for Nov. 4 on whether to file for bankruptcy.

BOZEMAN — Hazel Warp, who was Vivien Leigh's stunt double in "Gone With the Wind," has died. She was 93.

A spokeswoman at Evergreen Healthcare in Livingston confirmed Friday that Warp died Tuesday at Livingston Memorial Hospital.

A cause of death wasn't released.

Warp, who rode and trained horses, was a stand-in for Leigh in all the horseback-riding scenes in the 1939 movie.

She also took a fall for Leigh, tumbling down the stairs of Tara in the famous scene near the end of the film when Scarlett O'Hara reaches out to slap Rhett Butler, loses her balance and falls.