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Recount: Conservative Justice Prosser won election, as expected
(AP) — A grueling statewide recount concluded Friday that Justice David Prosser defeated challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg to win another 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a race driven by the debate over Republican Gov.
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:50P
Small plane crashes in upstate NY parking lot
The Times Herald-Record says the two men had taken off at about 5 pm Friday from nearby Wurtsboro Airport when the two-seater nose-dived into the parking lot and skidded about 20 yards before stopping against a chain link fence.
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:48P
Airline ticketing probed
This is the latest twist in an escalating fight between airlines and so-called global distribution systems over how air travel is sold, especially to lucrative corporate accounts. Many consumers buy tickets online directly from the airlines,
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:48P
Ecuadorian, Peruvian presidents vow unity on maritime issue
But President Rafael Correa and his visiting Peruvian counterpart Alan Garcia said the move didn't mean a united action against Chile, though it would somehow help strengthen Peru's claim at the International Court of Justice about its maritime
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:47P
Whistleblowers' watch
The House committee on justice has passed the proposed Whistleblowers' Act which seeks to protect and compensate whistleblowers and witnesses for the risks and suffering they face for exposing irregularities. Among the priority bills listed by the
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:46P
Lift Bridge gets OK to go up less often
but have reduced traffic congestion in Canal Park and decreased the number of times Park Point residents have to wait for lifts. Exceptions are granted for boats in distress, law enforcement and rescue boats and other emergencies.
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:45P
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
Previously, she served as an adjunct faculty member for De Anza Community College from 2002 to 2004, as vice president for internet marketing at Knowledge Universe from 1999 to 2001, and as director for strategic marketing at Digital Island.
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:44P
Joaquin Campos, of Lafayette, pleads guilty to causing infant son's death
Joaquin Campos listens to his attorney during a hearing at the Boulder County Justice Center on March 18. (Paul Aiken / Camera file photo) A 21-year-old Lafayette father accused of causing the death of his infant
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:44P
Rape victim says Kenneth Clarke is 'ignorant'
“This country has streets full of sex offenders that should be locked up for life because they are a danger to women, children and whoever else they come into contact with. “They should be locked up for even longer than what they are getting.
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:44P
Iowa Supreme Court orders new trial for Calamus man
AP DES MOINES — The Iowa Supreme Court ordered a new trial Friday for a Calamus man convicted of threatening to put psychotropic drugs in the eastern Iowa town's water supply. The court reversed Jeffrey Alan Soboroff's conviction in Clinton County
Updated: 05/20/2011 11:44P
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