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SC scrambles to make changes
Proposed changes to South Carolina's immigration laws would require all businesses to check their workers' legal status by using a federal database, a move that is receiving little resistance from the
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:02A
SC scrambles to comply with new immigration law
Proposed changes to South Carolina's immigration laws would require all businesses to check their workers' legal status by using a federal database, a move that is receiving little resistance from the
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:02A
African-Americans drivers more likely to be pulled over in Missouri, report shows
The figures, submitted by 630 law-enforcement agencies from across the state and compiled by the attorney general's office, compare the proportion of traffic stops for drivers of a particular race with that race's proportion in the overall population.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:01A
Author: John F. Wasik (Reuters)
There are number of reasons why it might crash. If you're overweighted in gold or commodities, the warning is the same: A stronger dollar, strengthening US economy or rising interest rates could derail the epic yellow metal mania. Who knows?
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:01A
Tragic news darkens mood at Connellsville Area High School
That was how Connellsville Area High School Principal Nicholas Bosnic described Habina on Wednesday, a day after the high school student was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Donegal Township. Habina, 18, was in the last week of his junior year as a
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:01A
Jury acquits McKeesport man of rape charge
An Allegheny County jury that listened to a 911 call prosecutors said captured the audio of a rape deadlocked Wednesday on the rape charge but announced a split verdict in other parts of the case. The jury convicted Jacquay Hall, 31,
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:01A
Roll Over Accident on Highway 9
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - The Santa Cruz Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle rollover at Highway 9 and the Rincon crossing near the railroad tracks Wednesday morning. Crews found a vehicle on its side with one person inside.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:00A
Police: Alcohol suspected in Tarrytown fatal hit-and-run
By Patrick George Alcohol is now suspected to be a factor in a fatal hit-and-run crash last week in which a state legislative employee was charged with failing to stop and render aid, police said Wednesday. Gabrielle Nestande, 23, was arrested Friday
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:00A
Bristol County officials to look into marketing plan for vacant Superior Court
Most of its operations moved to the Fall River Justice Center, 186 South Main St., one year ago. Offices, courtrooms and judges chambers are being painted and renovated to prepare for new tenants. The agenda for Tuesday's county commissioners' meeting
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:00A
Prison parole opportunities would increase under bill OK'd by Louisiana House
It also would require the inmates to have completed a general education diploma or literacy program, have a clean in-prison record for 12 months prior to applying for parole, and have completed 100 hours of "pre-release programs" offered at the prison
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:00A
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