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Two injured in crash
Two people went to the hospital after their SUV flipped upside down and went underneath an 18-wheeler. It happened shortly before six o'clock Monday evening on US 23 in Pikeville by Ratliff's Creek. Police say the truck driver was in the southbound
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:58P
WRIC Richmond News and Weather - High court to Calif: Cut prison inmates by 33000
Justice Samuel Alito, in a dissent along with Chief Justice John Roberts, said he feared that the decision, "like prior prisoner release orders, will lead to a grim roster of victims. I hope that I am wrong. In a few years, we will see.
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:56P
Elisa Baker indicted on drug charges
Zahra Baker's stepmother has been charged with selling drugs from the North Carolina home where the murdered Australian schoolgirl went missing. Elisa Baker has already been charged with Zahra's murder, obstruction of justice for writing a fake ransom
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:56P
Police Blotter: Three Crashes, Two DUIs
On May 23, at 10:01 am, a two-car crash on Shewville Road sent two Ledyard men to Pequot Medical Center for treatment. Edward Romanski, 64, or 16 Boulder Road, struck a wooden utility pole, shearing it off. Michael Freeman, 66, of 15 Country Club Drive
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:56P
States' push on immigration legislation fizzles
Mitch Daniels signed into law more modest bills: the in-state tuition ban and an end to tax credits for companies that hire illegal immigrants. In Utah, businesses helped create the Utah Compact, the basis for the most comprehensive immigration law to
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:56P
Timonium Company Loses Payroll Tax Money
BALTIMORE -- Omni Land Settlement Corporation said about $200000 it paid in payroll taxes is missing after the payroll company it entrusted the money to declared bankruptcy on May 6. Operating since 1993 Omni Land investigates property ownership when
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:56P
KP Dandapani appointed Advocate-General
He has 42 years of experience in civil, company, constitutional and criminal law. VK Padmanabhan, proprietor of Bharat Tailoring Company, and NK Narayani are his parents. He studied at St Albert's High School and St Albert's College, Ernakulam.
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:56P
Hanford city manager sued by department heads
The federal lawsuit also names all five members of the City Council. But Straus appears to be the chief target, because the suit accuses him of "dishonest, unethical and potentially illegal conduct." According to the lawsuit, Straus retaliated after
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:56P
US Tourist Killed in Rockslide on Santorini Island, Greece
The accident took place at Armeni on the northern coast of the island, which is also known as Fira or Thira. Though there is some discussion on whether or not a mild earthquake may have caused the rockslide, seaside cliffs anywhere can give way
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:55P
Tanzania: Let's Ease Children's Transport Problems
The deaths of seven secondary school students in a road accident in Dar es Salaam on Saturday serves once again to highlight the extent of transport problems that pupils and students face nationwide. The students who died were riding on a light truck
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:55P