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Jury deliberates neighbor killing case
By press time, the jury had not returned with a verdict for Vernon Leroy Shifflett, who has admitted to shooting Gifford “Trix” Crawford, claiming it was in self-defense. Shifflett was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:30P
Bus company allowed to operate during appeal of 'unsatisfactory' rating
Tuesday's bus crash on Interstate 95 unfolded after federal regulators allowed an unsafe bus company to continue operating when they should have ceased its operations, the US transportation secretary said Wednesday.
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:30P
Death in Cherry picker accident
A worker at Meridian's wind farm in Makara has been killed and another seriously injured when the machinery they were using rolled down a hill. Co-workers attempted CPR on one of the men, but he died at the scene. Life Flight Trust's Dave Greenberg
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:30P
Bus Accident in Southern Peru Kills 20
The bodies were badly mangled in the accident and only eight of the victims have been identified so far. The bus was traveling from Lima to Ayacucho, a city located 575 kilometers (357 miles) from the capital, when the accident happened.
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:30P
Teacher, 2 others die, 7 hurt in Sipalay
Three persons, including a teacher, were killed and seven were injured in a vehicular accident in Sitio Campisana, Brgy Montilla, Sipalay City at about 5 pm yesterday. A tricycle headed for Barangay San Jose figured in a collision with a Hope van
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:30P
Christie Blasted for Helicoptering to Son's Baseball Game
Christie, who has asked workers to give up benefits as part of “shared sacrifice” in cutting the cost of government, used the chopper to travel to Montvale yesterday to watch his son play catcher for Delbarton School. The helicopter is “occasionally
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:30P
Zimbabwe: Association Loses Case
Justice Tedius Karwi ruled that the application lacked urgency and that it was flawed with irregularities. The association contends that council took over the land from them when land development was almost complete. In the chamber application filed on
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:29P
Zimbabwe: Magistrate's Application Thrown Out
She is facing charges of obstructing the course of justice after she allegedly harboured wanted criminal suspects. The case will be transferred to Rotten Row Magistrates' Courts for the convenience of the presiding magistrate.
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:29P
Small plane crash near Utah-Nevada border kills 4
The crash follows another fatal accident involving a Cessna 172 that killed three north of Reno, Nev., on Saturday. The wreckage was found Tuesday with the bodies of two men and a woman inside. The pilot has been identified as 47-year-old Eric Ling,
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:28P
ADVOCACY MINDANOW: My disastrous moments: Cebu Pac Flight 387 (Part 2)
DAVAO CITY (01 June) — I have to hurriedly write this after my first story about the plane crash of Cebu Pacific Flight 387 was published yesterday. Instead of the next episode
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:28P
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