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No students injured in school bus accident
SEBRING - One person was taken to hospital after a Highlands County School District school bus and a car were involved in an accident on US 27 about 3 pm Friday, authorities said. No students were injured, added Sebring Fire Department Deputy Chief
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:05A
Illegal activities: Drug sellers handed over to FIA
A trial court handed over three people involved in preparing and selling spurious drugs to the Federal Investigation Agency FIA for a three-day physical remand. The FIA officials requested the Civil judge Rai Liaqat Kharal to extend the
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:05A
Trooper-involved accident leaves one injured
11:51 PM Friday, May 20, 2011 A State Highway Patrol cruiser hit another vehicle on East High Street and South Fostoria Avenue around 9:30 pm Friday. According to dispatch, the trooper was uninjured, and a passenger in the other
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:05A
Car crash injures workers fixing road
The accident happened about 11:15 am near the Sears department store on College Avenue. The four-man public works crew had been filling potholes throughout the city and had stationed itself in the right lane of College Avenue. Crew members had recently
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:05A
Utah courts keeping secret investigations away from public eye
It's not very effective," said Scott Reed, criminal justice division chief in the Utah Attorney General's Office. Kent Hart, executive director of the Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, doesn't dispute that there are times when secrecy is
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:04A
Transgender widow of firefighter fighting for benefits
State District Judge Randy Clapp made the announcement after hearing arguments in a lawsuit filed by the family of firefighter Thomas Araguz III, who was killed on duty last year. The lawsuit argues that his widow shouldn't get any benefits because she
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:04A
Bios of the Casey Anthony jury
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Updated: 05/21/2011 12:04A
Phenix City court postpones Councilman Sumbry's trial until August
The trial of Phenix City Councilman Arthur L. Sumbry Sr. has been postponed until Aug. 29, court documents show. Sumbry, 70, had been slated to stand trial next month on felony charges of perjury and
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:04A
auburn university tree poisoning Prosecutors seek gag order in Updyke case
In a separate motion, prosecutors requested Updyke undergo a mental evaluation to determine his mental status at the time of the alleged poisoning and whether he is competent to stand trial. Court documents show Updyke is scheduled to be arraigned
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:04A
Low tuition for illegals faces challenge
WASHINGTON - California's policy of granting lower, in-state tuition to illegal immigrants who graduate from its high schools is facing a challenge in the Supreme Court from those who say it violates federal immigration law.
Updated: 05/21/2011 12:04A