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Bipolar magistrate's fate lies with MPs
"Despite a great deal of political and community focus on mental health, this outcome indicates it may be some time before those with present or past mental illness are treated equally before the law," he told reporters. "It's now up to the parliament
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:11A
KW pool, NC turf repairs continue despite dispute
Wyoming's school funding inequities have been remedied with several supreme court decisions, and Natrona County school officials hope their latest disagreement with the state can be resolved without a lawsuit. The school district's board of trustees
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:10A
Zambia: Judge Prods Media to Be Objective
Justice Phiri said this during the just-ended Southern African Chief Justice Forum (SACJF) 2nd Judges Summer Colloquium held at Livingstone's Zambezi Sun Hotel last week. He said there had been a tremendous increase in media usage of hostile,
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:10A
Bipolar magistrate Brian Vincent Maloney's fate lies with MPs
"Despite a great deal of political and community focus on mental health, this outcome indicates it may be some time before those with present or past mental illness are treated equally before the law," he told reporters. "It's now up to the parliament
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:10A
Driver may have run red light in fatal Pembroke Pines crash, police say
A driver may have run a red light in a crash Monday afternoon in Pembroke Pines that left a grandmother dead, police said. Neyda Hernandez, 51, of Pembroke Pines, was trying to make a left turn onto Pines Boulevard from Northwest 208th Avenue when her
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:10A
Nigeria: Ex-CEO of USTAF Agrees On Settlement
OUSTED chief executive Doug Logan and USA Track and Field (USATF) have reached a settlement in his wrongful termination lawsuit against the governing body. Neither Logan nor a USATF spokeswoman would comment on the filing in US District Court in
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:10A
Tepco confirms meltdowns at 2 more Fukushima reactors
The moves came as a team of investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency began a two-week visit to Japan to prepare a report on the accident to be submitted to the United Nations agency in June. Some analysts said the delay in confirming
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:09A
Police: Odle hit 90 mph in chase
In an accident that occurred at 12:09 am Sunday while he was being chased by a sheriff's patrol after the stabbings, he also is charged with reckless driving, three counts of speeding, failure to comply with police orders, failure to keep right and
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:09A
2 cops, 1 other injured in crash on South Side
Two police officers and another person were injured this morning in a three-vehicle crash when a vehicle blew a red light in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:08A
Police experts make sense of crashes
While investigators talk to the survivors and witnesses about what happened, a specialized Mountie is called to the scene to survey the evidence and come up with an explanation for what caused the crash. Collision reconstructionists measure skid marks,
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:08A