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Cumbrian man did try to get girl, 10, to put hand down his trunks - jury
A Carlisle Crown Court jury has returned a guilty verdict on a man who tried to get a schoolgirl to put her hand down the front of his swimming trunks. Sam Daniel Winder, 20, of Kirkley House, Great Corby, Carlisle, claimed he had merely been playing a
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:07A
Researchers studying health effects of 2005 SC chlorine spill offering free
The team working on the Graniteville Recovery and Chlorine Epidemiology Study are in Graniteville Saturday conducting free lung screenings and blood pressure tests. Leading the team is University of South Carolina researcher Erik Svendsen, who recently
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:06A
In pictures: Spanish protests
Political rallies are banned under Spanish law on the day before elections to allow for a "day of reflection". On Sunday, Spaniards will elect 8116 city councils and 13 out of 17 regional governments. Polls suggest that Prime Minister Jose Luis
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:06A
1000 Jobs Hang In Balance Under State's Publication Proposal
By Darwyyn Deyo | Email the author | 5:00am If legislation allowing municipalities to advertise their meetings online is approved, the loss of revenue from legal advertising could further hurt the print newspaper industry in Pennsylvania, sources say.
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:06A
Appeals result in couple switching places in jail
He and Rigby were scheduled to elect a mode of trial and enter pleas, but it was postponed again. Neither one has decided whether to answer the charges in provincial court or ask for a high court trial, either with a judge alone or a judge and jury.
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:06A
Trial in lobster thefts is slated for 2012
businessmen charged with stealing lobsters from a Webster truck accident in July 2008 has been set for early next year after they failed to work out a settlement agreement with prosecutors, a lawyer for one of the men said in court yesterday.
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:06A
Judges challenge use of parliamentary privilege
The row erupted after the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, said the media "need to think whether it's a very good idea for our lawmakers to be in effect flouting a court order because they disagree with the order or, for that matter, because they
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:06A
Area lawyer Rudolph LePore arrested in jail escape case
After a legal career spanning more than a half-century, local criminal defense lawyer Rudolph LePore now finds himself as a criminal defendant. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrested LePore, 83, on Friday after a grand jury indicted him on a
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:04A
Lawsuit settled in S. Winton Road fatal railroad crossing crash
A civil suit filed six years ago over the controversial death of a Henrietta couple at a malfunctioning CSX rail crossing in the town has been settled. The terms of the settlement, arrived at earlier this month just before a trial was set to begin,
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:04A
Jury Sworn In for Casey Anthony Murder Trial
Associated Press CLEARWATER | Nine women and eight men were sworn in as jurors Friday for the murder trial of an Orlando woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter. The swearing in concluded an exhaustive selection process that began last week at
Updated: 05/21/2011 05:04A
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