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Herald Column: Helmet Laws & The Nanny-State
If criminal code sanction is not enough to deter foolish young men from consuming alcohol before riding, what makes us think that helmet laws will be any more effective? For example, despite the fact that Nova Scotia has a mandatory helmet law,
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:09A
Cops: Mom DWI With Son in Car in Calverton
A woman was arrested for driving while high on drugs with her 12-year-old son in the vehicle in Calverton on Monday evening, Riverhead Town Police said. Officers pulled over the 51-year-old Wading River woman and
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:07A
Arnold Schwarzenegger could say goodbye to $100 million or $200 million after
Since the California State where they live is considered a “community property state”, the law requires that a couple going to divorce should divide their property settlement equally. Thus Maria Shriver has a right to Arnie's half property,
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:06A
Thursday: Illinois
“The state was careening toward bankruptcy, to fiscal insolvency,” Quinn explained shortly after Illinois legislators voted for the higher rates. “Even in the last couple of months, we got seriously much more dire. The idea here is a temporary income
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:06A
Hurt Locker goes for dubious award
Now they have sued 20000 more, making the film the largest BitTorrent lawsuit in history/ According to TorrentFreak most of those sued are subscribers of Comcast (10532), followed by Verizon (5239), Charter (2699) and Time Warner (1750).
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:06A
Medfield: Fasten Your Seat Belts!
Other local police and state are sharing a federal grant to conduct this Click It or Ticket heightened enforcement. If you are pulled over for violating traffic laws, law enforcement will check to make sure drivers and passengers are wearing seat belts
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:06A
Fed's Hoenig Says Banks' Business Should Be Limited to Avoid Crisis Repeat
In another change, lenders financing shadow banks would be allowed to liquidate mortgage debt used as short-term collateral in the event of default, rolling back a change in a 2005 bankruptcy law, Hoenig said. The changes would “increase the stability
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:06A
Do the people of the Middle East not deserve it? by Cneyd Er*
many of them, such as Syria, Qatar, Morocco, Jordan, Algeria and Egypt, are already applying laws mainly based on French, Spanish and even Dutch civil law systems, but of course based on Islamic law in particular for matters regarding family.
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:06A
ATV rider's dad disputes police on Md. crash
Health News from AP Entertainment News from AP AP - May 24, 2011 10:04 AM ET MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP) - The father of an all-terrain vehicle rider from Mount Airy is disputing the police version of his son's collision with a Frederick County sheriff's
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:05A
Prisoner escapes from Pa. hospital via helipad
Health News from AP Entertainment News from AP AP - May 24, 2011 10:05 AM ET CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - Police are searching for a man who escaped from a Pennsylvania hospital by jumping from a helicopter landing pad after freeing himself from handcuffs.
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:05A
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