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Tyndale: Keeping old duffer Kenneth Clarke in a job is the real travesty
THE idea of plea bargaining, as suggested by Hush Puppy-in-the-mouth Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, actually has much to commend it. The criminal justice system in this country strains under the weight of bureaucratic waste, from the form-filling that
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:03A
Mayoral, council candidates should focus on future of ambulance service
Advancing the interests of public safety in this community is probably going to depend less on whether Rural/ Metro Ambulance or the Richmond Fire Department is first to arrive at the scene of an accident and more on how well all emergency first
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:02A
Cavalcade of sounds, colors at Redding Rodeo Parade
With some downtown streets closed to traffic, spectators sat on seats on the sidewalk and near the curb while others got a higher vantage point from the downtown parking structure. Parade watchers included Sherry Henderson, 59, of Redding, her husband,
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:02A
Attorney general is right to support rehearing on ruling
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven David, in a decision that has unleashed something of a national firestorm, wrote that "a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:02A
Overcrowded jeep slams into train at rail crossing in eastern India, killing
By: AP PATNA, India - An Indian railway official says 14 people died when a jeep crowded with 22 passengers slammed into a moving train in the eastern state of Bihar. Spokesman Neeraj Ambastha says another six people were injured, including four in
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:01A
SALES TAX VOTE: TOO BIG TO FAIL?
What the people in these counties say they want from the $8 billion project — if they want anything at all — is as different as the counties themselves. Unless these varying and competing interests can be molded into a consensus, the referendum faces a
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:01A
Cristina can continue on courageous course
The extent of the barbarity used against civilians was exposed in the testimony of Adolfo Scilingo, convicted by a Spanish court of crimes against humanity under the doctrine of universal jurisdiction in 2005. He claimed there were 200 vuelos de la
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:01A
Cristina can continue on courageous course
The extent of the barbarity used against civilians was exposed in the testimony of Adolfo Scilingo, convicted by a Spanish court of crimes against humanity under the doctrine of universal jurisdiction in 2005. He claimed there were 200 vuelos de la
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:01A
Indian Mound Mall showing signs of renewal after difficult few years
"I think people come knowing that they want to buy something," Christensen said, adding that fewer people are window shopping. "As a whole in the industry, things are starting to improve." Retail sales have steadily improved since hitting lows in 2009,
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:01A
Truth, Justice and the Indonesian Way
'They don't have to wear batik or look like wayang characters. What matters is that they promote Indonesian values,' says the founder of Indonesian National Superhero Community (KSNI)?, Timo Azrael. Indonesia's superheroes need better publicity.
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:01A