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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A southern Kansas man who admitted to endangering a child after his girlfriend's 2-year-old son ended up with a small octopus lodged in his throat was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation.

Matthew Gallagher, 37, also received a suspended one-year jail term after pleading guilty to a reduced count of child endangerment, as well as charges of battery and interference with law enforcement. All are misdemeanors.

The boy's 21-year-old mother told investigators she returned to her Wichita home from work April 5 to find Gallagher performing CPR on her son, whom court r...