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Suspect arrested after fleeing crash near Cordelia Truck Scales
Alleged reckless driving caught up to a Santa Cruz man Thursday morning after he lost control of his car on Interstate 80 and crashed just west of the Cordelia Truck Scales, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver, Alex Potter, 22,
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:46A
Solano County DA announces publishing firm to pay $600000
By Reporter Staff/ A publishing company will pay $600000 in civil penalties and restitution to settle a civil lawsuit alleging false advertising brought against it by the district attorneys in Solano, Napa, Main, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties.
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:46A
BREAKING NEWS: A1 closed after collision
10.30am: THE A1 Great North Road near Peterborough is currently closed following a crash involving a lorry and a car. Details are sketchy at this time, but emergency services were called to the road near Water Newton at 9.49am this morning (Friday).
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:45A
Man jailed over fatal crash
A north-west Tasmanian man will spend 27 months in jail for killing his friend in a car crash. Cayde Mark Preston Dennison, 20, from Smithton was a disqualified driver and under the influence of alcohol and cannabis when he lost control and hit a tree
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:45A
Will Ken Clarke's apology be enough for Bristol rape victim?
The Justice Secretary apologised on the BBC Question Time programme for his suggestion that some rapes were less serious than others, confessing he had got “bogged down in a silly exchange”. However, that has not stopped the husband of a Bristol woman
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:45A
Top UK judge questions use of Parliamentary privilege to circumvent privacy
Chief Justice Igor Judge made the warning Friday, the day after a member of the House of Lords used his shield of Parliamentary privilege to disclose details of an injunction secured by Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:45A
Gary all set for epic rowing challenge
The 42-year-old set himself the Million Metre Challenge following a motorcycle accident last year, which ended his hopes of running the Virgin London Marathon. “For a long time I have wanted to fundraise for Dyslexia Action, mainly because one of my
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44A
Woman, 70, dies after being hit by car
The accident happened on the A189 northbound road, near the Findus Factory, at around 3.20pm on Thursday, May 19. A 70-year-old woman was struck and knocked down by a red Audi TT. She was treated by paramedics at the scene and was taken to hospital by
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44A
MONTGOMERY COUNTY;Metal thefts on rise in area;Local law enforcement agencies
In full view of passing motorists - one of whom called 9-1-1 - he was chopping up a 40-foot light pole that had been knocked down in a previous traffic accident, and loading the pieces into his pick-up. He told investigators he was cleaning up the
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44A
MONTGOMERY COUNTY;Metal thefts on rise in area;Local law enforcement agencies
In full view of passing motorists - one of whom called 9-1-1 - he was chopping up a 40-foot light pole that had been knocked down in a previous traffic accident, and loading the pieces into his pick-up. He told investigators he was cleaning up the
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44A