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Low paid workers receive pay rise
But tribunal president Justice Geoffrey Giudice said it would not defer the date at which the increase in the minimum wage would come into effect, despite a number of parties seeking a delay on the basis of exceptional circumstances.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:01P
Alabama budgets wait while immigration, redistricting pass
(AP) — The Alabama Legislature passed an Arizona-style immigration law and approved new congressional districts on its next-to-last meeting day, but the state budgets won't be completed until the final day next week. The House and Senate agreed on an
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:00P
Pedestrian killed on Highway 365, driver identified
Q. Hobbs confirmed one person died, but said he did not have any information about the circumstances. Sadler said more information would be available after authorities meet with the victim's family and complete a preliminary crash summary report.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:00P
Jurors find man, 19, guilty of manslaughter in Oahu taxi driver's beating death
AP HONOLULU — A jury has found a 19-year-old man guilty of manslaughter in the beating death of a taxi driver. Hawaii News Now reports jurors found Michael Robles guilty Thursday. Robles had been charged with second-degree murder in the death of
Updated: 06/02/2011 09:59P
Guilty Plea in Coast Guard Hoax
Back in March of last year, Craig Sanders called the US Coast Guard to report a boating accident. That was his mistake. The Coast Guard determined it was all a hoax. Sanders himself has now admitted it was a hoax. And, he could spend 6 years in prison.
Updated: 06/02/2011 09:58P
Spending far from equal among state's school districts, analysis finds
How those funds are allocated is coming under increasing scrutiny by education leaders, advocacy groups, school districts and lawmakers. In April, Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, D-Santa Monica, chairwoman of the Assembly Education Committee,
Updated: 06/02/2011 09:58P
Hickenlooper signs changes to sweeping pot rules
Colorado's new pot law was signed hours after US Attorney General Eric Holder promised to clarify the Justice Department's position on state medical marijuana laws. Federal attorneys in Colorado and other marijuana states have warned state authorities
Updated: 06/02/2011 09:57P
Man killed in construction mishap ID'd
By Star Staff, The Windsor Star June 2, 2011 9:46 PM WINDSOR, Ont. -- The worker who was killed in a construction accident in Windsor Wednesday has been identified as Takis Escoto. Family and co-workers of Escoto are mourning a hard working,
Updated: 06/02/2011 09:57P
Dallas-area businessman sentenced to 11 years in prison for multimillion
A Justice Department statement says Eric Rulack Farrington of Irving was sentenced in Dallas on Thursday after his April 2010 conviction on 32 counts of fraud and other assorted crimes. He was the last of eight defendants convicted in the case to be
Updated: 06/02/2011 09:57P
Man arrested in scuffle with trooper
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) ” A man scheduled to be sentenced next week for driving under the influence in a 2010 crash has been arrested after a scuffle with a state trooper. Twenty-six-year-old Cory Kuczynski was charged with second-degree assault,
Updated: 06/02/2011 09:56P
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