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Pak will face pressure: India
What comes as a positive development for the Indian security establishment is the fact that the disclosures made by Headley are likely to strengthen the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in New York, by the family of 26/11 victims Rabbi Gavriel Noah
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:50P
Court Orders More Funding For N.J.Schools
Cahill, the New Jersey Supreme Court rules that allocating money based on property-tax revenues doesn't give poor students equal access to a 'thorough and efficient' education as required in the state constitution. The ruling leads to a new statewide
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:50P
No jail for mother who helped cover up hit-and-run
A 66-year-old New Westminster, BC woman convicted of obstructing justice for covering up a fatal hit and run allegedly committed by her son will not spend any time in jail. Allyne Fitzgerald has been handed a 15-month conditional sentence after she
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:49P
Mondays Blue for Pets, VPI Says
More pets are treated for accidental injuries on Mondays than any other day of the week, according to Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) of Brea, Calif., which recently analyzed its database of more than 485000 insured pets to find the most dangerous days
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:49P
'Noddy's' family still hope for justice, five years on from murder
THE family of David 'Noddy' Rice are still hoping his killer will one day be brought to justice – on the fifth anniversary of his murder. The 42-year-old father-of-seven was shot dead as he sat in his car at the Marsden Lea coastal
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:49P
NZ truckie 'blew up like balloon'
A hospital spokeswoman confirmed details of the freak accident, which she said could have killed McCormack. "It's fair to say he's lucky to be alive, it was a potentially life-threatening situation," she told AFP today.
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:49P
Bond-bound investors may face greater risk
"This is part of the engineering of the Fed," said James Swanson, chief investment strategist for MFS Investments, who recently cut exposure to high-yield bonds as the economy's growth rate appeared to slow. "They are forcing people to take on more
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:49P
Legislation to help Cleveland Park victims likely tabled for this session
Nathan Ellis is Gaffney's fire chief and the youth pastor at Corinth Baptist Church, which had 15 members injured in the crash. Benji, the 6-year-old son of the church's pastor, Dwight Easler, was killed in the accident, while Easler's two other
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:48P
NC Senate budget would move SBI, crime lab to new agency
AP RALEIGH — The proposed budget by NC Senate Republicans presented Tuesday would move the State Bureau of Investigation and its embattled crime laboratory under a proposed Department of Public Safety, a plan the attorney general opposes.
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:48P
More public housing for Hamilton Co. suburbs?
The cooperation agreement is the product of a 1986 lawsuit that accused county commissioners and several communities of racial discrimination for interfering with efforts to expand public housing beyond Cincinnati. A settlement of that lawsuit required
Updated: 05/24/2011 10:48P