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Budget, redistricting, lawsuit reform top 2011 legislative successes.
Lawsuit reform Early in the session, Republicans pushed through lawsuit-reform measures that included a $350000 cap on damages for pain and suffering, something critics called unfair to women, children and the elderly. Fallin said there were four major
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:11A
Bright brilliant in team's popular V8 win
A team which has been dealing with driver Jason Richards' cancer battle, then the fiery crash involving Karl Reindler in Perth, secured a popular race win at Winton on Sunday courtesy of Bright. Rocketing past championship leader Jamie Whincup with
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:11A
NHL tough guy's kindness stood out
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner announced Friday that Boogaard's death was an accident, due to a toxic mix of alcohol and the powerful painkiller oxycodone. The 6-foot-7 Boogaard was one of the most feared fighters during his six-year NHL career
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:11A
At last: Ignorance inoculation | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-05-22
No wonder they couldn't repeat his findings: A personal injury lawyer representing several of the children in the study had given Wakefield about $800000 to perform the study and thus "launder legal claims through a medical journal," Offit says.
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:10A
Guilty verdict in torture death | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-05-22
Five others are poised to be tried in the slaying of a 30-year-old mentally disabled woman. By Rich Cholodofsky GREENSBURG, Pa. - The conviction Thursday of Greensburg teen Angela Marinucci for the slaying of Jennifer Daugherty has set the stage for
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:10A
Midnight hit-run injures 3 pedestrians in Bristol Twp. | Philadelphia Inquirer
Three females were hospitalized early Saturday after being struck in a hit-and-run crash in Bristol Township, police said. According to police, the three, whose identities were not released, were struck at about 12 am as they were walking along the
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:10A
Huckleberries: Osprey weren't striving to be empty nesters
Huckleberries hears the tongue-twisted minister's face turned red enough to stop traffic … Coeur d'Alene's “Stickman,” who gives away the walking sticks he carves from tree limbs found on Tubbs Hill, recently handed out Stick No. 10000.
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:10A
Suit fights Montana eminent domain law
AP The Spokesman-Review GREAT FALLS – Landowners in the path of a proposed power line in northwestern Montana have filed a lawsuit against the state and a utility company, targeting a business-backed eminent domain law that went into effect earlier
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:10A
No charges in death of toddler hit by mail truck | Philadelphia Inquirer
Borough Police Chief James R. McGowan III issued a statement Friday calling the death an accident. Nicholas Kipp Jr., 2, crossed unseen in front of the truck April 12, police said. He died at Paoli Hospital. The name of the 53-year-old driver was not
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:10A
Police probe deadly crash on US 491
At least two children were flown by helicopter to the hospital, said state police Lt. Gary Ross. Their names and conditions remain unknown. Navajo Nation police asked the state police to reconstruct the accident as part of their investigation,
Updated: 05/22/2011 03:10A
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