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Shooting death called a tragic accident
(Staff photo by Mike George) FALL RIVER - A man accused of killing his friend's mother in Attleboro in 2009 was addicted to pain killers and accidentally blasted the 62-year-old woman with a shotgun when he stepped on a pet cat and was spooked,
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:26A
UN lashes Australia over asylum-seeker swap with Malaysia
She said she had told Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Immigration Minister Chris Bowen that a deal agreed May 7 but yet to be signed may violate international law. Canberra says the exchange is not in breach of its undertakings under UN conventions
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:26A
Police blotter - 5/25: Men arrested for weapon and drugs
Two county men were arrested by city police over the weekend when drugs and a stolen firearm were found in their car. Jose Correa-Andujar, 23, Lebanon, and Angel Franqui-Pagan, 22, North Lebanon Township, were arrested at 5:57 pm Saturday after their
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:26A
China Considers Rules Allowing Risk Hedging
That would be in line with global CDS practice and mark a change from the Chinese versions, which have restricted the definition of a "credit event" to default or bankruptcy. The banking regulator plans to ask nonfinancial contract underwriters to
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:26A
Ensco approves Pride merge condition change
The board of Ensco yesterday supported the changes, which were made as part of the settlement of a Pride shareholder lawsuit brought against the company, amid claims the bid was undervalued. Under the changes, Pride would pay $195 million,
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:24A
Man confessed to killing wife, officer tells murder trial
Darin Goldenberg testified Tuesday at Negasi's murder trial in Court of Queen's Bench. Goldenberg's partner walked to Negasi's blue Oldsmobile, opened the trunk and saw several garbage bags inside. Court has heard the bags contained the body of
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:24A
Model airplanes hobbyists under attack at Muncie's Academy of Model Aeronautics?
While real-estate agents could use unmanned aircraft to fly over buildings, and paparazzi could use them to take candid photos of celebrities, "we are hobbyists," Brooks said. "But the FAA is saying, 'Everybody out of the pool.' We object to that,
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:24A
UPDATED: Manilla pleads no contest in hunter's death (video)
After Manilla went to look for the deer, he yelled “Man down in the creek,” and the three found Groh's body face down in the creek with blood coming from the left side of his body. None of the three called 9-1-1 immediately, and none told police or
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:24A
PIATCO wants CA to reverse ruling on $176-M compensation claim
But the amount the Pasay Regional Trial Court (RTC) awarded to the firm was only one-fifth of what it wanted. In a phone interview with GMA News Online on Wednesday, PIATCO vice president for legal and public affairs Moises Tolentino Jr. said the
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:24A
Court: No lawsuit in dance injury
HARTFORD — The state Supreme Court ruled against a Watertown student who cut her foot at an eighth-grade dance in 2006. In a ruling that was released Monday, the high court upheld a lower court's ruling that found Sarah Coe could not sue the town of
Updated: 05/25/2011 03:23A
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