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    Man who flew gyrocopter onto U.S. Capitol sent to 120 days in jaul

    A Florida mailman who flew a gyrocopter onto the lawn of the U.S. Capitol system was sentenced Thursday to 120 days in jail, NBC News reports.

    Douglas Hughes, 62, of Ruskin, Florida, pleaded guilty in November to operating as an airman without an airman's certificate, a felony. Hughes will also have to serve a year's probation, during which he is barred from the U.S. Capitol and the White House.