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Controversial Matadero Trail opens
The trails, which were proposed in 1995, prompted a 2006 lawsuit against the county and the University that claimed that the environmental review of plans had been insufficient. The state Supreme Court overturned an appellate court ruling on that case
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:15A
Tokyo Electric reports $15 billion net loss after earthquake, tsunami
Tokyo (CNN) -- Hammered by a nuclear accident at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday reported a net loss of 1.2 trillion yen ($15.4 billion) for the fiscal year that ended March 31. Tokyo Electric also announced it
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:14A
Four run over by truck
PTI | 02:05 PM,May 20,2011 Sirsi, May 20 (PTI) Four persons died on the spot and three injured in a road accident in Honnavara town, about 80 km from here in the early hours today, police said. All the four had just got down from their bus which was
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:14A
Forum at MCC addresses health exchange concerns
Trilby de Jung, a senior health law attorney with Empire Justice Center, speaks during a public forum with the New York State Insurance Department at MCC on health insurance exchanges. / JAMIE GERMANO/staff photographer The state Insurance Department
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:14A
BP share price up on FTSE 100 after settling with Macondo oil well partners
Some of those "other parties" include Transocean, who owned the Deepwater Horizon rig, and Halliburton, which designed and pumped the unstable cement which a US investigation concluded was a key cause of the accident. Since the oil spill BP has raised
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:14A
State Regents exams pared down — again
whose primary language is not English and translations into Spanish, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Korean and Russian. A number of exams will be available to preserve policy options as the state implements its new teacher- and principal-evaluation law.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:14A
Man arrested in Brevard hit-and-run
A Merritt Island man was arrested this evening in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 7-year-old boy. Bryan Berka, 41, faces a charge of leaving the scene of a crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The boy, identified by the Florida
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:14A
Police 'Click It or Ticket' campaign to begin Monday
Consistent safety belt use is the single most effective way to protect people from being ejected from a vehicle or being thrown around violently inside it during a crash. In Wisconsin, a 10 percent increase in safety belt use would save about 44 lives
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:14A
Manitowoc man convicted of 3rd OWI
A witness told the Manitowoc Police Department that Thom had been behind the wheel earlier but switched drivers right before the accident. His blood-alcohol level was 0.096 percent. Thom's prior OWI convictions were on May 17, 2002, and Jan.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:14A
Jamaicans want truth commission established
A survey conducted by the Truth and Justice Action Group, organised by the Jamaica Council of Churches, indicated that 65 per cent of the 20 experts and eight focus groups across the island that participated in the activity are supporting the call for
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:13A
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