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Retired Family Court Judge Healey dies
At the same time, he rose to become an authority on juvenile justice, both nationally and internationally. “He was one of those judges we were lucky to have in Rhode Island,” said State Court Administrator J. Joseph Baxter Jr., who worked as Healey's
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:46P
Head of RI police chiefs' group stands by rejection of racial-profiling bill
The legislation would strengthen an existing law banning racial profiling in traffic stops by state and municipal law enforcement. The House and Senate judiciary committees have held the bills. Coalition member Martha Yager, co-author of a newspaper
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:46P
Police remind motorists to buckle up
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Utah ranked 21st nationwide in seat belt use in 2010. Almost 90 percent of motorists wear one. “But still, that leaves 10 percent not [wearing seat belts], and that's who we're concerned
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:45P
Murray man pleads guilty in fatal I-215 crash
Michael Todd Brinkman, 51, pleaded guilty in 3rd District Court on Monday to a reduced charge of third-degree felony manslaughter and a third-degree felony charge of obstructing justice. On Oct. 25, 2009, Brinkman hit 20-year-old Brayden Beddoes in a
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:45P
Greenfield Police Department Will Intensify Click It or Ticket Efforts
Our goal is not to write more tickets but to convince people to buckle up voluntarily so that eventually we can reduce the number of preventable traffic deaths to zero in Wisconsin. "But if voluntary compliance fails and people ignore the law as well
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:44P
Former Chief Justice nominated for Turnpike Authority board
Wathen served for twenty years on the Maine Supreme Court, ten of them as the chief justice. The governor says Wathen will bring integrity and impeccable credentials to an authority whose reputation is recovering from revelations of fiscal
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:44P
Tenure elongation: LG boss appeals sack
Trial judge at the lower court, Justice G. Briki-Okolosi had earlier this month, ruled that Okafor's tenure in office expired on May 15, this year following a civil action filed by the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:44P
Taiwan: Amendment to restrain 'red envelope culture' clears first hurdle
The amendment, approved by the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee, would seek to redress the deeply rooted practice in Taiwan of giving public servants money in red envelopes in thanks for simply doing their jobs or as a bribe for
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:44P
Mentally ill magistrate Brian Maloney loses appeal
But Justice Clifton Hoeben dismissed Mr Maloney's application, and ordered he pay the Attorney-General's costs. Outside the court, the magistrate thanked those who had publicly and privately supported him since his condition and situation was exposed.
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:44P
Apple Responds to Patent Troll Going After App Developers
Thus, the technology that is targeted in your notice letters is technology that Apple is expressly licensed under the Lodsys patents to offer to Apple's App Makers. These licensed products and services enable Apple's App Makers to communicate with end
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:43P
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