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Engineers disagree about damage, danger of 99-year-old Margate firehouse
All this, meanwhile, comes after a lawsuit over renovations at the city's other firehouse left that project in limbo and even inspired legislation in Trenton. So how did all this come to pass - and what will happen now?
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
Mobile phone study puts spotlight on US safety lawsuits
A working group of WHO cancer experts suggested on Tuesday that cell phone use should be classified as "possibly carcinogenic" after reviewing of all the available scientific evidence. The classification puts mobile phone use in the same broad cancer
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
Law could make texting while driving illegal
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said "distracted driving," including cellphone use, was responsible for 20 percent of US traffic deaths in 2009, up from 10 percent in 2005. "Drivers simply do not realize the dangers that are posed
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:34P
Flagler 911: The Live Crime Blotter
She suddenly made a left turn onto Palm Coast Parkway while the light was still red, causing westbound traffic to brake, according to the deputy's report. The deputy goes on: “I activated my emergency lights and siren in an attempt to stop the vehicle
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:34P
Illinois court orders American Airlines to put its listings back on Orbitz
In December, the Fort Worth-based carrier pulled its fares off the travel website as part of a contract dispute with Orbitz's parent company, Travelport. But the Illinois court decided that American must put its fares back on Orbitz while the parties
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:33P
House team to vet CJ finally chosen
The stalemate in the vetting of the Chief Justice has been broken. A parliamentary committee has now all but been given the green light to vet Dr Willy Mutunga, Ms Nancy Baraza and Mr Keriako Tobiko for CJ,
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:33P
South Florida teacher receives gun as gift; officials believe present was an
AP PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Authorities say a South Florida elementary school teacher received a loaded .22-caliber handgun in a package that was meant to be an end-of-year-gift from a student. The Palm Beach County School District reports that the
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:33P
Suspect in NY boy's hit-and-run death in custody
Cooney says Sanders was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He's being held in Rensselaer County Jail without bail. Sanders told the judge at his arraignment that he didn't have a
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:32P
Japanese Stocks Drop Most Since March as US Job Growth Slows
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks fell the most since the market crash that followed the country's March 11 earthquake after US manufacturing growth slowed and employers hired fewer workers than forecast,
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:32P
Pilbara chopper crash linked to fatigue
ATSB said it had found no evidence of pre-existing mechanical problems with the helicopter and concluded that the accident may have resulted from pilot fatigue, carburettor icing, night flight or a combination of these factors.
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:32P
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