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Pop star to face trial over £47000 benefit fraud
Sixties pop star PJ Proby today denied benefit fraud and will face trial next year, court officials said. The 72-year-old singer, whose real name is James Marcus Smith, is charged with cheating the benefits system out of more than £47000.
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:09A
Dan Wheldon Wins the Indy 500 Thanks to JR Hildebrand's Crash in the Final Turn
Dan Wheldon insists he wasn't thinking it, but it's impossible for me to believe him. Wheldon, who was racing in the Indianapolis 500 on just a one-race contract, sat in second place entering the final turns. If it were me, I'd have to be thinking that
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:09A
Strong Wind Flips Sailboat On Des Moines Lake
The Des Moines Register is reporting that the accident happened late Monday afternoon on Gray's Lake. Wind gusts were reported at more than 30 mph at the time. Witnesses say they noticed the overturned boat and saw the man either struggling or trying
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:09A
Teen charged with DUI after fatal accident
An affidavit said he had slurred speech and glassy eyes moments after the crash. Marshall checked his mailbox just before noon Sunday. Investigators alleged 18-year-old Samer Sakaan was driving under the influence at a high rate of speed.
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:09A
SpainPursues Salvadoran Killers of Jesuit Priests
A Spanish judge on Monday ordered the arrest of 20 soldiers from El Salvador over the 1989 murders of six Jesuits priests, five of them Spanish, and two women who worked with them, reports AFP. The order was the latest development to an action started
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:09A
Albert Haynesworth Traffic Assault Case Dismissed
The judge then dismissed the charge. Neither Haynesworth nor Velazques would speak to reporters who were gathered outside the courthouse. Under Virginia law, if the parties in an assault case can resolve the matter, judges may drop the charges.
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:09A
GMAC mortgage Extends Funds to More Distressed mortgage Borrowers
The Hardest Hit Fund program of GMAC mortgage seems to be a life saver for those suffering home loan borrowers. The Hardest Hit Fund aims at providing economical aid to affected home owners. Being established in February 2010, HHF funds are being
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:07A
Supreme Court Allows States To Mandate Use Of E-Verify
Opponents of the Arizona law, including the Obama administration (interestingly, current DHS Secretary Napolitano is the former Arizona governor who, in 2007, signed the Arizona law), argue that state laws imposing sanctions on immigration-related
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:07A
Supreme Court Allows States To Mandate Use Of E-Verify
Opponents of the Arizona law, including the Obama administration (interestingly, current DHS Secretary Napolitano is the former Arizona governor who, in 2007, signed the Arizona law), argue that state laws imposing sanctions on immigration-related
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:07A
31/05/2011Spain wants compensation, slams Germany in cucumber crisis
The situation is "extremely serious" for the agriculture sector, Spanish Agricultural Minister Rosa Aguilar said on her arrival at an informal meeting of EU agricultural ministers in Debrecen, eastern Hungary. She estimated the loss to vegetable sales
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:07A
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