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Zahra's stepmother accused of drug dealing
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: 05/24/2011 09:25A
Driver crashes searching for tape
He was not harmed in the crash. The accident caused substantial tailbacks on the A13 Brenner motorway where renovation work is currently being carried out. Already on Sunday, a 40-year-old waitress was hit and seriously injured by a motorcyclist as she
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:25A
Apex court notice to Chhattisgarh on Binayak associate's bail
A bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad asked the state government to respond to Guha's petition by May 31. Guha, a Kolkata businessman, was convicted of acting as a courier, carrying letters written by top Maoist ideologue
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:25A
Bill Winters: ICB reforms could have prevented crisis
Appearing as a member of the ICB in front of the Treasury Select Committee, the former co-chief executive of JP Morgan defended criticism that the ICB's proposed ring-fencing of retail banks would not have prevented the financial crash.
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:24A
Boy killed in Royal Albert Hall coach crash
A 10-year-old boy has died after being hit by a coach outside the Royal Albert Hall in west London. The emergency services were called to Kensington Gore, near the famous concert venue, just after 1700 BST on Monday. The boy, who was on his way home
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:24A
Micronesia lawsuit highlights climate change litigation
Micronesia's lawsuit – the most dramatic of a growing number of cases where communities are going to court to claim redress against polluters – introduces a whole new concept of neighbourhood. By Geoffrey Lean, Sydney 2:24PM BST 24 May 2011 People
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:24A
One dead, three crew injured in Union Co. train crash
MINERAL SPRINGS, NC (AP) -- A crew member was killed and three others injured when two trains collided in the Mineral Springs community of Union County. Hospital officials said the victim was dead on arrival at Carolinas Medical Center-Union County
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:24A
BJS Releases PREA Data Collection Activities, 2011
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics released PREA Data Collection Activities, 2011 today. This report provides selected findings and status updates on five separate data
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:24A
Police Beat for Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
When that contact allegedly occurred, Hall was arrested for violation of bail bond and taken back to the county jail pending a Tuesday court appearance. Hall is accused in the domestic battery charge of striking her daughter in the head.
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:23A
G20 riot death cop from Carshalton to be charged with manslaughter
Britains's top prosecutor announced today there were grounds for PC Simon Harwood to face a trial after reviewing an inquest jury's unlawful killing verdict. Jurors at the inquest into Mr Tomlinson's death ruled PC Harwood, a member of the Met's
Updated: 05/24/2011 09:22A