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Lawsuit Rapture
by Burt Likko on June 1, 2011 As a threshold matter, I have to concede that Camping's belief was likely sincerely misguided, as opposed to maliciously misguided. That may well be a factual defense to a criminal prosecution for most kinds of fraud.
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:23A
Road accident kills 3, injures 19 in China
The accident happened at about 6:30 am in the district of Pinggu of Beijing, when students were heading for school, the police said. The injured students have been rushed to nearby hospitals. An investigation into the cause of the accident is under
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:23A
Woman pleads to drug charge
sugar beet truck accident in 2009 pleaded guilty last month to a felony drug charge. Cathleen Mary Dean, 54, of Barney pleaded guilty last August to the negligent homicide charge linked to a crash in Wahpeton that killed 18-year-old Annie Gjesdal.
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:22A
Profile: Doug Burgum: Entrepreneur and philanthropist
FARGO – In the fat years of the tech boom, the tradition among entrepreneurs who hit the big time was to buy sports cars. In one morbid instance, a Silicon Valley executive died in a high-speed crash of his new Ferrari on the day of a successful
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:22A
Two-vehicle accident on Illinois 316 in Coles County kills two girls
The accident is still under investigation. State police reported that Harley Madigan, Tanisha Madigan, Sandra Ross, Reda Wilson, and the 8-year-old boy were not wearing seat belts. The 2-year-old boy was restrained in a child safety seat,
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:22A
10 die in Memorial Day weekend crashes in Virginia
Three were young people who were killed in a crash on Bealeton Road in Fauquier County, according to state police. Two were described as women in their early 20s and the third as a teenage male. The crash occurred in the Bealeton area, a state police
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:21A
Missouri police still stop blacks disproportionately
Blacks were about 61 percent over-represented in state traffic-stop figures, compared with their population. Whites were about 5 percent under-represented, Hispanics about 22 percent, Asians about 46 percent and American Indians about 84 percent.
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:21A
U.S. Reps. Sandy Adams and Bill Posey Guest columnists
What he does not say is that we are the only ones offering a plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy. The sad fact is Medicare is going broke. Not our words, but those of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the Medicare Board of Trustees,
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:20A
U.S. Reps. Sandy Adams and Bill Posey Guest columnists
What he does not say is that we are the only ones offering a plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy. The sad fact is Medicare is going broke. Not our words, but those of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the Medicare Board of Trustees,
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:20A
Pomona escapee caught
Campos had been arrested on Friday for misdemeanor warrants, including petty theft, fleeing the scene of a vehicle accident and battery. Police officers contend Campos was the first inmate to escape from the jail, which opened in 1966.
Updated: 06/02/2011 01:20A
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