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DOJ-authored bills signed into law
Senate Bill 28 creates the Delaware Address Confidentiality Program, which allows victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, as well as people in the witness protection program, to apply to the state Justice Department for a substitute
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:10A
Thief dies when get-away truck flips
Prison records show he was convicted of forgery and identity theft in Sedgwick County in 2008, and involuntary manslaughter in Lyon County in 1998. Herzet said investigators are still trying to identify the man killed in the crash and determine who was
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:10A
UN opens probe into Fukushima plant
The team of UN nuclear experts met with Japanese officials Tuesday and planned to visit the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in coming days to investigate the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986 and assess efforts to stabilize the complex by Tokyo's
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:10A
Petition drive seeks support
If we do not succeed, Maryland taxpayers will spend millions subsidizing illegal immigration, Maryland will be in violation of federal immigration law, and we'll continue to be a destination state for people who are in the United States illegally.
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:09A
Driver in I-70 fatal wrong-way crash was drunk
Joseph Pena, 27, of Corpus Christi, had an alcohol level of .213 at the time of the accident near Wilson in Ellsworth County, said Lt. Scott Herrington. The legal limit is .08. Troopers say Pena was driving the wrong way on I-70 on March 23 when he
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:09A
Housing crisis creates renters who can't afford or don't want to own home
Many of the new renters are former owners who lost homes to foreclosure or bankruptcy. For others who could afford one, a home now feels too costly, too risky or unlikely to appreciate enough to make it a worthwhile investment.
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:09A
Lion Brewery settles soda lawsuit
T he Lion Brewery has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed against it by a beverage company that alleged the brewery provided it with a faulty product. Good-O Beverage Inc., of the Bronx, NY,
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:09A
Juvie bills merit swift approval
IT LOOKED LIKE a little thing in Tuesday's Times Leader, literally labeled a “brief”: Four bills offering reform of the juvenile justice system were unanimously approved by the state Senate Appropriations Committee. • Senate Bill 815 assures all
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:09A
Absent parents
According to a Justice Department report, between 1991 and midyear 2007 there was a 79 percent increase in parents in state and federal prisons. At that point in 2007 there were almost 810000 prisoners in the US who were parents of minor children.
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:09A
Troubled housing market creates rise in apartment construction
Many of the new renters are former owners who lost homes to foreclosure or bankruptcy. For others who could afford one, a home now feels too costly, too risky or unlikely to appreciate enough to make it a worthwhile investment.
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:08A
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