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Zahra Baker's stepmother charged with running a drug house
Picture: AP Source: The Courier-Mail US federal authorities have charged the stepmother of Zahra Baker with running a drug house at the address where she allegedly murdered the 10-year-old. Elisa Baker, 42, also known as Elise Young, is charged with
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:32P
US top court rules against review of Khadr case
The decision said Justice Elena Kagan, who previously worked as Obama's top Supreme Court lawyer, “took no part in the consideration or decision” of the Khadr petition. In a sentencing deal, Khadr pleaded guilty last October to five war crimes,
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
US top court rules against review of Khadr case
The decision said Justice Elena Kagan, who previously worked as Obama's top Supreme Court lawyer, “took no part in the consideration or decision” of the Khadr petition. In a sentencing deal, Khadr pleaded guilty last October to five war crimes,
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
Man facing murder charge in 10 Freeway crash gets new court date
16, 2010, car crash on the 10 Freeway that left his passenger dead. Jacob G. Garcia Jr., 47, was scheduled to appear in Alhambra Superior Court on Monday for a preliminary hearing on one count each of murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
Lab Experiment Gone Wrong Injures Texas High School Student
The Mansfield Summit High School website said the unidentified student suffered first- and second-degree burns to his face and arms when in the lab accident Monday afternoon. The website says the student was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
Accident Sends Woman, Child To Local Hospital
The accident, which happened at the intersection of West Elms Road and South Fort Hood Street, left the woman unconscious and trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle in which she and the child were riding. After rescuers freed her, she was flown by
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
Supreme Court says California must release more than 30000 inmates
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, a Sacramento, Calif., native, spoke from the bench about suicidal prisoners being held in "telephone-booth sized cages without toilets" and others sick with cancer or severe abdominal pain who died before they were seen by a
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
Chrysler CEO hails 'payoff day' for government loans
DETROIT Less than two years after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Chrysler is poised to pay off its government debt, Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat SpA CEO Sergio Marchionne said Monday. "Tomorrow is payoff day,"
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
Jailed Ukrainian opposition politician ends hunger strike
"My own detention is proof there is no justice in Ukraine," former Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko said at a court hearing in Kiev. "This is about 46 million people who have no defense. "(You think that) what's going on isn't like the (Soviet-era)
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
Funeral Date Set For Trooper Killed In Crash
Hunter, 39, died in a crash while on patrol on Interstate 95 in Howard County on Saturday. MSP said the viewing will be held Thursday from 4 pm to 8 pm at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Home on Liberty Road in Randallstown. The funeral will be on Friday at
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:31P
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