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Local Law Enforcement Trains to Keep Kids Safe in Cars
Today, law enforcement and public service agencies in Middle Georgia spent the day learning how to properly protect kids in cars with the help of the Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute. "It's pretty common for there to be misuse associated
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:03P
Ruben Navarrette: A good idea that has become deportation machine
No doubt, the people at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are good at their jobs. But what's their secret? Two words: Secure Communities. When first unveiled in 2008, the program was marketed to local governments and law enforcement
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:03P
Celebrities call for decriminalisation of drugs
Dame Judi Dench, Sting and Julie Christie have urged Prime Minister David Cameron to decriminalise possession of all drugs. In an open letter to him they call for "a swift and transparent review of the effectiveness of drug policies".
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:02P
Top New York lawyer takes legal action to stop fracking
The New York attorney general filed a lawsuit against the American government for failing to carry out an environmental risk assessment into a controversial new drilling operation known as "fracking" on the same day that it was
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:02P
Decriminalise possession of drugs, celebrities urge government
Dame Judi Dench, Sir Richard Branson, and Sting have joined an ex-drugs minister and three former chief constables in calling for the decriminalisation of the possession of all drugs. The high-profile celebrities together with leading lawyers,
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:02P
JP Morgan, Lehman Settle Row Over $222 Million In WaMu Claims Bloomberg
(JPM) and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. have settled a dispute over $222.3 million in claims on Washington Mutual Inc., which JP Morgan inherited after Lehman's September 2008 bankruptcy, Bloomberg News reported, citing a Wednesday court filing.
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:01P
Peace in our time? UK's most famous protest passes a 10-year milestone
Nor can the cigarettes, a presence almost as ubiquitous in Brian Haw's left hand as the megaphone through which he has spent a decade speaking truth to power – and the traffic circulating Parliament Square. Now Mr Haw, the protester and thorn in the
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:00P
What price nature? Report puts financial value on UK's ecology
That is the verdict of the first report to place a monetary value on the economic, health and social benefits of the UK's environment – a report commisioned by the Government and sponsored by the Department for the Environment's chief scientist,
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:00P
MSP reports decrease in traffic fatalities during holiday
The Michigan State Police (MSP) Tueday announced the results of preliminary reports that indicate 10 people lost their lives in eight separate traffic crashes during the 2011 Memorial Day holiday weekend. In comparison, 15 people died in traffic
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:00P
Update: Complaints Lobbed on Both Sides After Death of Cyclist
So far Ward's family has filed a lawsuit against the driver and the trucking company blaming them for Ward's death on Nov. 4, as well as a complaint against the county that claims both dangerous road conditions and an unsafe lane change by the driver
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:00P
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