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Vincent Carroll: TABOR suit misreads the Founders
In a federal lawsuit filed this week, TABOR opponents say the measure is incompatible with a republican form of government because it strips lawmakers of the vital authority to raise taxes and "provide services that are essential for a state.
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
Editorial: End incentive for fleeing scene of a bad accident
A 31-year-old man was arrested in Pueblo after fleeing the scene of an accident that injured three people. Police suspect he was driving under the influence of alcohol. And a 10-year-old in west Denver miraculously escaped injury this month when he was
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
Editorial: End incentive for fleeing scene of a bad accident
A 31-year-old man was arrested in Pueblo after fleeing the scene of an accident that injured three people. Police suspect he was driving under the influence of alcohol. And a 10-year-old in west Denver miraculously escaped injury this month when he was
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
Biomass plant gets go-ahead in Lode
SAN ANDREAS - The settlement of an environmental lawsuit means that the long-awaited Buena Vista Biomass Power plant will soon begin hiring workers and gearing up to generate 18.5 megawatts of power, a Calaveras County official
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
Norway. GL at Nor-Shipping : Advanced ship design exceeds EEDI requirement
Germanischer Lloyd has developed a design concept for a crude oil tanker with improved energy efficiency, reduced CO2 emissions, increased cargo capacity, and minimized oil outflow in case of an accident. The design concept, the Aframax BEST-Plus
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
Fiery crash snarls I-5 for hours
The impact of the crash caused the truck's diesel fuel to spill and catch fire, sending a plume of black smoke across north Stockton and reducing the vehicle to an unrecognizable pile of metal. Stockton firefighters doused the big-rig fire by 8:45 am,
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
Walter Williams: FAA: When safety is too safe
There's a non-zero probability that our automobile hydraulic brake line system has a just-about-ready-to-fracture crack that could cause a serious accident that could be easily prevented by a routine daily inspection. Yet how many of us bother to
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
Editorial: Kicking down your door gets easier
We strongly disagree with the court because, in the words of dissenting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it "arms the police with a way routinely to dishonor the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement." The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution explicitly
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
Fort Bend County Awards High-Density File Storage Shelving to Southwest
Southwest Solutions Group was awarded contract to install three powered high-density mobile filing systems into the newly built Fort Bend County Justice Center. Richmond, TX, May 25, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Southwest Solutions Group was awarded a contract to
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A
DOJ Threatens to Turn Texas Into a "No Fly Zone"
In a development which may be the first constitutional crisis to come out of the growing state sovereignty movement, the federal Department of Justice has threatened to shut down air travel in Texas if the Texas legislature follows through with passage
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:04A