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Late southern Ill. teacher's estate sues refinery
Debra Ochs' widower filed the lawsuit in Madison County on behalf of himself and their daughter. The (Alton) Telegraph reports that Debra Ochs was serving as a Roxana school district teacher and principal when she was exposed to cancer-causing benzene
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:44A
Final words on doomed jet heard
The twin-engined Cessna Citation 500 was given permission by air traffic control to ascend to 2400ft after it took off from Biggin Hill airport in Kent to Pau in south-west France. But about a minute after take off, pilot Michael Roberts asked to make
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:44A
Act now on m-commerce to unlock £1.3bn boost to economy
Despite the future potential of m-commerce, the research by retail experts Verdict, warns that the market is currently being held back by unreliable mobile broadband. UK retailers are missing out on at least £1.3bn as a result of consumer frustrations
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:44A
16 years for man who killed teen girl 'by mistake'
“It's both a good and a bad result,” defence lawyer Leif Silbersky summed up the verdict to news agency TT. In February the man had been charged with murder and disturbing the peace of the dead, as well as with child rape in connection with a separate
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:43A
Satlites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. Announces Emergence from Chapter 11
As previously announced, Satmex, together with its subsidiaries, Alterna' TV Corporation and Alterna' TV International Corporation, filed a prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code on April 6, 2011.
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:43A
Satlites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. Announces Emergence from Chapter 11
As previously announced, Satmex, together with its subsidiaries, Alterna' TV Corporation and Alterna' TV International Corporation, filed a prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code on April 6, 2011.
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:43A
John Ashcroft Lawsuit Thrown Out By Supreme Court
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued over his role in the post-9/11 arrest of an American Muslim who was never charged with a crime. By a 5-3 vote Tuesday, the court said Ashcroft did not
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:43A
5 Manila cops deny stealing ransom money
Police Senior Insp. Peter Nerviza, Police Officers 3 Ernesto Peralta, Jefferson Britanico, and Mike Ongpauco and PO1 Rommel Ocampo entered "not guilty" pleas before Judge Armando Yanga of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 178 for qualified theft
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:43A
Victims come first
ACCORDING to members of the Committee for Melbourne (Comment, 31/5), all we have to do to cope with a big population is to have a plan for traffic. What about the carbon footprint for each of these people? What about water? What about food?
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:42A
High court voids lawsuit against former law chief
AP The US Supreme Court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued for his role in the arrest after the Sept. 11 attacks of an American Muslim who was never charged with a crime. The court said in a 5-3 decision Tuesday that
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:42A
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