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Johnson: New laws will help kids, keep more out of jail
HB 1032 is a restorative-justice measure that allows adults and juveniles to make amends with their victims instead of being put behind bars. The tale of the boy and the punctured tire might help explain it. The tale was told to me by Jeannette Holtham
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:12A
Family names state troopers in wrongful-death lawsuit
The family of a Grand Junction man shot and killed by a Colorado state trooper has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in federal court. Connie and Keith Kemp filed the suit Tuesday, with help from attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:12A
Dionne: John Boehner's Catholic lessons
But when the headline is "Catholic Progressives Challenge Conservative Politician on Social Justice," this is something new and complicated. It's far easier to write the 10th story of the week about Newt Gingrich. Oh yes, and there is also a problem
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:12A
Egypt's Mubarak to be tried over protesters' deaths
By AP Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's ousted president, shown here in 2010, will stand trial in criminal court on charges of corruption and conspiring in the shootings of protesters. ( Associated Press file ) CAIRO — Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:12A
Man electrocuted while working on tree
Russell Culver of Old Hickory was working on a tree at about 5:30 pm at 8514 Newsom Station Road when the accident happened, according to a news release issued by Metro police on Tuesday. The accident was not storm related, police said.
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:12A
Inmate ruling to reverberate
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, said the state had little choice but to reduce its inmate population because of the squalid conditions of the prison system, which violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:12A
Power struggle over TN Court of Judiciary stalled
Samuel M. Simpkins / The Tennessean The Tennessee Court of the Judiciary consists of 16 members, 10 of them judges appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Supreme Court appoints three appellate court judges, three trial court judges,
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:12A
Samsung is Defeated by Apple in The Lawsuit
The federal judge who handling the case of patent rights between the two ordered Samsung deliver a series of smart phones and tablets that have not been released to Apple. Judge Lucy Koh grant the request of Apple's top five examples of prototypes that
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:12A
Chrysler retires loan, eyes future
On Tuesday, it retired a $5.9 billion balance on the US loans and $1.7 billion to the governments of Canada and Ontario. To pay off the governments, Chrysler raised $3.2 billion through a bond sale and took out $3 billion in lower-interest bank loans.
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:11A
Long weekend a calm one for emergency crews
By JASON HEWLETT An afternoon car accident aside, the May long weekend proved a relatively calm one for Kamloops emergency personnel. Police, firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to a collision between a Porsche and a Dodge pickup at about 4:20
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:11A
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