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RI News Digest: Family Court session suspended in memory of retired judge
ABC-TV has received approval for a $7-million tax credit for filming “Body of Proof” in Los Angeles, the director of the California Film Commission tells the Los Angeles Times. The production, which shot its first season in Rhode Island,
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:35P
Chrysler repays US, Canada
But government ownership doesn't end with the loan repayment. The US Treasury still owns 6.6% of Chrysler, part of the original stake it got in exchange for the bailout. About $2 billion of the government aid went to parts of Chrysler that were left
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:35P
DOJ warns Texas Senate against anti-groping-bill (UPDATE: HB 1937 pulled)
"I voted for it, and I know people have concerns ... but I get concerned when I see a letter from the Department of Justice" warning of the consequences," he said. LSR reviewed a copy of that letter but has not verified it by press time.
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:35P
Only if severity of crime demands it
Criminal justice cannot be put into a straitjacket system for universal application. The question of grant of bail depends on a variety of circumstances , the cumulative effect of which must enter the judicial verdict . Justice Dalveer Bhandari , a
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:34P
WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |No quick verdict in trial of
(AP) - Jurors in the Massachusetts manslaughter trial of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother have finished their second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Mark Kerrigan is charged in the 2010 death of his 70-year-old father,
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:34P
Nancy Grace To Be Replaced On TV By O.J. Simpson Judge
Las Vegas, NV -- The judge who sentenced OJ Simpson to prison plans to take over for Nancy Grace on the syndicated television show "Swift Justice." A clerk for Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass told The Associated Press that the judge who
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:34P
IWithdrawal of Contempt Claim in Philippines Massacre Case
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), an IFJ affiliate, urged press freedom advocates and the families of the massacre victims to “remain steadfast” in their quest for justice, as they gathered at a protest in Manila on May 23 to
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:33P
Summersville man hurt in crash
Bradley Shafer, 20, was flown to St. John's Hospital in Springfield after the 10:30 am crash on Route K almost two miles north of Summersville. Shafer was injured when his northbound 1996 Chevrolet pickup came upon a broken-down log truck and a
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:33P
Michigan Politics
To deliver on his campaign pledge to protect Michigan's environment, Governor Rick Snyder may have to overcome foot-dragging by fellow Republicans who rule the other two branches of state government. You must be an online subscriber to
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:33P
Team 4: ACCESS Crash Victim Struggles To Get Health Aid
If Ball owned car insurance, the policy's first-party medical benefit would provide enough coverage to help pay for a home health aide. "Eighty-five-year-old people normally don't buy insurance on cars, so, therefore, it moves under the statute to the
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:33P
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