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mother said she didn't want to comment.
• The criminal complaint accuses Patterson of intentionally of recklessly injuring Tyrese by causing bleeding of the skull or brain damage by blows, shaking or making the boy's head impact an object or surface.
• Prosecutors are also asking that a suspended sentence be imposed for a 2012 domestic assault conviction, saying the deal required Patterson to show no violent, threatening or assaultive behavior for three years. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for Oct. 30.
• Lincoln County court records also show a July 2012 protection order was taken out against Patterson, in which he had to stay 1,000 feet away from a former girlfriend, their son and her two other boys for five years. The woman told the court that Patterson spanked her 3-year-old son's bare bottom until it had welts after hearing the boy acted up at church.
• The woman asked the court to drop the protection order two months later, saying she wanted their son to be raised by both his mother and father.
• No plans for a memorial service for Tyrese have been announced, and his relatives told The Associated Press they did not wish to talk to reporters.
• Peterson, who has declined to discuss the relationship he had with the boy, rushed to the Sioux Falls hospital to see the child Thursday, missing practice. He returned to Minneapolis for Friday's practice and learned that the child died.
• He played Sunday in the Vikings' loss to the Carolina Panthers.
• "Anytime you lose a child, no matter the circumstances, it hurts," Peterson told reporters after the game. "I can't describe it."

Booming oil towns prepare for inevitable bust
JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press

• MIDLAND, Texas (AP) -- In a faded West Texas town dotted with vacant buildings and potholed streets is a sparkling storefront window and a curious display: rows of diamond-studded Rolex watches, awaiting buyers whose pockets are packed with oil money.
• The surge in oil drilling has drawn money and men like a magnet to run-down communities that haven't seen a boom since the 1980s.
• But leaders and residents here are increasingly mindful that the runaway riches tapped by hydraulic fracturing will eventually run out. And they are determined to live by a fondly remembered bumper sticker from the last bust: Please, God, give me another oil boom and I promise not to blow it. So some towns are taking steps to

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