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Airshow prompts beefed-up city security, traffic enforcement
The biggest safety concern for law enforcement officials is the traffic, particularly if drivers pay more attention to the skies than the road before them in what will be a heavily congested corridor around the Lynchburg Regional Airport. Capt.
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:45P
State to Grant more Access to Capitol Soon
On Friday the state Department of Justice filed a brief, in which Huebsch is quoted as saying the DOA intends to open additional doors and reduce the need for metal detectors “in the near future.”
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:45P
Unions From Other Major Sports Back NFL Players' Fight To End Lockout
The NFL players also have a federal antitrust lawsuit against the league pending before Nelson. The main issues in the antitrust case need to be resolved, but the legality of the lockout is the fight for now. The NFL has argued in its appeal that
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:45P
Bob Watson: Lacrosse legend, rookie cop
My wife and I both love the city and will continue to come downtown for sporting events and theatre. I suppose I'll miss staying at the Westin Harbour Castle, where we would stay the night before every home game. I won't miss the traffic.
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44P
Irony in Schwarzenegger signing of who-fathered-the-child law?
PHOTO CREDIT: A Spanish language news crew reports outside the home of Mildred Patricia Baena, a former housekeeper for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, in Bakersfield, Calif., on May 18, 2011. (Jonathan Alcorn/The New York Times)
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44P
Bailey Plaza to close its doors May 31
Lack of traffic, a poor economy and financially draining legal problems were cited as causative factors for the upcoming closure by Bailey Plaza owner Mike Rutledge and his life partner, Della Powell. "It's just that there's not enough traffic," Powell
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44P
Miami-Dade can shorten early voting period for mayoral election, judge rules
Circuit Judge Barbara Areces dismissed a lawsuit filed by Miami-Dade County mayoral candidate Marcelo Llorente, who argued the elections department acted unconstitutionally when it did away with early voting scheduled for Sunday.
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:44P
STEPHEN GLOVER: Judges are unelected, out of touch and shockingly arrogant
Anonymity orders scarcely offer more open justice than super-injunctions, and the report does not suggest they will be used less frequently. The committee presumably believed that the media will be grateful for the suggestion that, where possible,
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:42P
Sanctuary cities legislation returns
Proponents of the sanctuary cities measure said it was intended only to forbid governmental entities — including cities, counties and school districts — from adopting policies that prohibit law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:42P
Louisiana Can't Nix Suit Over Home-Care Cuts
BATON ROUGE (CN) - A federal judge has ushered forward a lawsuit that accuses Louisiana of forcing disabled individuals into institutions by cutting Medicaid funding for home care, a federal judge ruled. US District Judge James J.
Updated: 05/20/2011 06:42P
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