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Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Convict, 45, slapped with dangerous-offender designation
Queen's Bench Justice Brian Midwinter cited Shorting's extensive history of violence and ongoing risk to the public in imposing the most restrictive sanction allowed by law. He would only be released if, not when, parole officials feel he can be
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Guilty plea in Utah bus crash
Hayase's parents have filed a personal injury lawsuit in Utah's 3rd District Court against Mikuni and the travel companies tied to the trip. Attorneys for the family said the Hayases and their daughter were also injured in the crash and that Akemi
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Guilty plea in Utah bus crash
Hayase's parents have filed a personal injury lawsuit in Utah's 3rd District Court against Mikuni and the travel companies tied to the trip. Attorneys for the family said the Hayases and their daughter were also injured in the crash and that Akemi
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Guilty plea in Utah bus crash
Hayase's parents have filed a personal injury lawsuit in Utah's 3rd District Court against Mikuni and the travel companies tied to the trip. Attorneys for the family said the Hayases and their daughter were also injured in the crash and that Akemi
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Speculators charged with manipulating oil market
The actions of those firms and two executives — Dyer and Nicholas J. Wildgoose — occurred well before President Barack Obama ordered the April 2011 creation of a Justice Department-led task force to look into energy price manipulation.
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Stow family sues Dodgers over stadium attack
The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles against the Dodgers and owner Frank McCourt charges that security cutbacks and out-dated facilities contributed to the attack. "The lack of security and inadequate lighting presented a perfect opportunity to commit a
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Hershey drops trademark suit against rival Mars
(AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by The Hershey Co. against rival candy company Mars. Inc. has been dropped. Hershey's trademark-infringement suit filed in the fall had alleged that new packaging for Mars' line of Dove candies too closely mimicked the
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Judge rules environmental group can pursue lawsuit
(AP) ” A federal judge has ruled that an environmental group can continue to pursue a lawsuit claiming the government violated environmental policies in approving oil drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:01P
Civil Unions To Rock Island County
He died in a traffic accident. It was a hard time for Brown made even more difficult, because even though the two lived like they were married, Brown had no rights. "We had property jointly and a variety of other things and just simply going to the
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:00P