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Pay triple fine to avoid penalty on driver's licence
Car owners will be fined triple the amount for a traffic infringement if they cannot identify a driver who broke the law under proposed amendments to the new traffic points demerit system. This has emerged in objections raised ahead of the national
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:42P
Enjoy the jailing of gays? Well the MN House GOP has a gig for you!
As long as they are talking about gays, the people who traffic in such claims tend to be coated with some sort of responsibility-shirking Teflon? And the elected politicians who embolden such hurtful noise still get to claim the mantle of morality and
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:39P
FOIA Lawsuit Filed over Obama Justice Department's Refusal to Defend Federal
That's why we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Obama Justice Department (DOJ) on April 29, 2011. We want access to any DOJ records pertaining to the agency's decision not to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:38P
FOIA Lawsuit Filed over Obama Justice Department's Refusal to Defend Federal
That's why we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Obama Justice Department (DOJ) on April 29, 2011. We want access to any DOJ records pertaining to the agency's decision not to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:38P
Hospital's owner focus of Medicare fraud probe
By Evamarie Socha The Daily Item SUNBURY — The parent company of Sunbury Community Hospital and Outpatient Center is under federal investigations for allegedly promoting the unnecessary admission of patients to its medical facilities so it could send
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:38P
Boxing: Groves holds edge on sour night for DeGale
He added DeGale's British super-middleweight title to his own Commonwealth championship with a stunning majority verdict, two ringside judges awarding him the frenetic bout 115-114 and the third calling it a draw at 115-115.
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:37P
Surprise deal: All sides agree to revised loser-pays bill
The Senate State Affairs Committee, after a brief public hearing where trial lawyers, defense attorneys and lawsuit-reform groups, even representatives from Perry's office agreed they would support it, just approved the rewritten bill by a 9-0 vote.
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:33P
Healdsburg man dies in tractor rollover
The accident happened just before 8 am at 210 Clear Ridge Drive, on a hillside of knee-high browning grass. Campbell said he had hired Nelson, who was a friend, to cut the grass, which Nelson had also done last year. The accident was discovered by a
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:33P
Three die on Queensland roads overnight
A woman died after she was involved in a three-car crash at the intersection of Peel St and Main St at 11.30pm. Police said a white ute being driven by a 20-year-old Sinnamon Park man collided with a sedan being driven by a 47-year-old man.
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:32P
US lawsuit alleges Iran was accessory in 9/11 attacks
The US District Court in Manhattan received documents from families of the September 11, 2001 victims accusing Iran and Hezbollah in helping al Qaeda carry out the attack. According to the documents, Iran and Hezbollah did have prior knowledge of the
Updated: 05/21/2011 07:30P