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PHOTO: Crash on College
Alton Police Sgt. Shane Gibbs examines the scene of a motorcycle wreck on College Avenue at the Homer Adams Parkway off the ramp intersection Saturday evening. The cyclist was transported to Alton Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
Drug smugglers seize upon prepaid cards' convenience
Some can be used anywhere credit or debit cards are accepted but not at ATMs; these made up the majority of 280 cards seized last year in three unrelated traffic stops in New Mexico, ICE said. Some had been issued by Walmart.
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
The toppling of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Shapiro, who insists this case is "nothing other than a physical, sexual assault by this man on this young woman", is a small-time personal injury and medical malpractice lawyer who is working the case pro-bono after being introduced to his client by a
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
The toppling of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Shapiro, who insists this case is "nothing other than a physical, sexual assault by this man on this young woman", is a small-time personal injury and medical malpractice lawyer who is working the case pro-bono after being introduced to his client by a
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
Cross-border traffic still causes a jam
People said 'blimey, that's unbelievable' and yet if you take it to the highest level of the law then that's where something might happen. I think it's something we've got to look at." There is an appalling vista to all of this, of course.
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
Prosecutors push for change in innocence commission law
“People plead guilty for all sorts of reasons unrelated to whether they are really guilty or not,” said Asheville criminal defense lawyer David Belser, who opposes changing the innocence commission law. “I think it would be unfair and unnecessary,” he
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
Repealing death penalty would save taxpayers money
The Racial Justice Act is a historic piece of legislation enacted to eliminate racial discrimination from North Carolina's execution chamber. Studies prove conclusively that racial bias plays a role in law enforcement, witness identification,
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
Asheville's Rabbi Batsheva Meiri balances family, social justice
Former Jewish leadership: Secretary of the New York Association of Reform Rabbis and New York Campus Liaison of Women's Rabbinic Network; in Baltimore, service on the board of the Jewish Community Center, Board of Teachers Licensing, Interfaith Council
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
The notice was sent to the DG FIA for replacing the inquiry officcer of the
The anti-terrorism court adjudicating the trial of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination issued contempt of court notices against the head of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday for changing the investigating officer in
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
quote of the week
"If I stop for a piss, if I crash and change a wheel, anything I do, I have a commissaire on me. There's always TV cameras on me. I have an ice cream truck with me, I have a marching band following me. If it was possible to cheat, I would be caught.
Updated: 05/22/2011 12:18A
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