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As trial nears, city braces for crush of media
Charlottesville is braced for the hurricane of media attention expected to accompany the murder trial of George Huguely. City and court officials have compiled a mass of official plans designed to mitigate the impact of national press interest on
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:41P
Anatomy of a tragedy: I-75 crashes
The first crash in the half-mile length of I-75 on the southern part of the prairie was reported at 4 am, but the pending tragedy really began Saturday afternoon with a seemingly innocuous brush fire about 800 yards to the east, just off US 441.
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:39P
Commission named for immigrant scholarship program
Pat Quinn today named seven people to a state commission that will oversee a privately funded scholarship program designed to help undocumented immigrants pay for college. The scholarship fund was created by the Illinois DREAM Act, which Quinn signed
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:37P
Commission named for immigrant scholarship program
The scholarship fund was created by the Illinois DREAM Act, which Quinn signed into law in August. The law's supporters have praised it as a civil rights victory that represents an alternative to measures cracking down on undocumented immigrants that
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:37P
Truck crushes SUV, 6 killed
KOLKATA: Four persons of a family, their driver and a pavement dweller were killed in a horrific crash when a speeding truck rammed their Sumo in the Burrabazar area in the wee hours of Saturday. The truck had run a red light.
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:28P
Local man dies in head-on collision in Clarksville
Madison Street was closed for four hours between Liberty Parkway and the Crossland Ave. extension as Clarksville Police's Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) investigated. It was re-opened at about 11:15 am The crash investigation is ongoing,
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:28P
Turkish gov't pushes for new law to prevent terrorism financing
Turkey has been under pressure from its allies and international organizations to overhaul its legislation in financial crimes, especially with regard to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorists known by the acronym AML/CFT.
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:27P
SC affirms guilty verdict on official
The high court's First Division upheld the antigraft court's guilty verdict on Marino B. Icdang, who was ordered to pay a fine of P196,000 and serve a prison sentence of up to 18 years. “Under the facts on record, we find no grave abuse of discretion
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:17P
City of St. George, officer dismissed from lawsuit over high school student's
GEORGE, Utah — A federal judge has dismissed the city of St. George and one of its police officers from a lawsuit filed by the parents of a high school student who was killed in 2008 while handling a blank-firing prop pistol just before a school play.
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:16P
Social Media Marketing for Lawyers: Understanding the Social Media Lifecycle
Ubervu created an interesting infographic outlining the Social Media Lifecycle, broken out into four areas that all need your attention if you are to prevail in your social network law firm marketing efforts. I have blogged about each of these four
Updated: 02/04/2012 08:14P
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