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Council approves union award in face of lawsuit
Council decided 6-2 Thursday night to reverse two earlier votes and approve a contract that increases salaries for about 60 employees about 3.5 percent a year for three years. The contract will cost taxpayers an
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:24P
Man with Wash. ties kills 5 before taking own life
Prominent attorney Jerrold Shelley was killed in his downtown law office. Shelley represented Dyess' ex-wife in their 2006 divorce, which was Dyess' fifth. Vida Florez, a Yuma attorney who knew Shelley, said she learned of the shooting after leaving
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23P
Sex Trafficking
We never see anyone out of the house, not a lot of traffic in or out," said Shannon Wilson. Thursday afternoon, Davis appeared in court for an initial appearance. He is now behind bars awaiting a federal court hearing next Tuesday.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23P
Former Bronx ADA Aquitted In Case That Upended Ticket-Fixing
for friends and loved ones when they cleared a former Bronx prosecutor on felony DWI charges, Thursday. It took all 12 members of the jury in Bronx Supreme Court, 45 minutes to clear, Stephen Lopresti, 60, a personal injury attorney of all counts.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23P
Former Bronx ADA Aquitted In Case That Upended Ticket-Fixing
for friends and loved ones when they cleared a former Bronx prosecutor on felony DWI charges, Thursday. It took all 12 members of the jury in Bronx Supreme Court, 45 minutes to clear, Stephen Lopresti, 60, a personal injury attorney of all counts.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23P
Former Bronx ADA Aquitted In Case That Upended Ticket-Fixing
for friends and loved ones when they cleared a former Bronx prosecutor on felony DWI charges, Thursday. It took all 12 members of the jury in Bronx Supreme Court, 45 minutes to clear, Stephen Lopresti, 60, a personal injury attorney of all counts.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:23P
The Economist writes about the Si Se Puede! movement in Arizona: Recalling
A Republican and a Mormon from a city, Mesa, that has lots of both, he shot to fame last year after sponsoring SB1070, a state law that would, among other things, require local cops to enforce federal immigration laws whenever they suspect an
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:21P
Arkansas: Evangelist Loses Suit Over Beating Order
A jury on Thursday found the evangelist, Tony Alamo, liable in a civil lawsuit in Texarkana. Mr. Alamo's lawyer, John Wesley Hall Jr., called the sums “outlandish” and said he would ask that they be reduced. A version of this brief appeared in print on
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:21P
GM Executive Foresees Higher Gasoline Prices
"It's perfect because it has minimal grade crossings, lots of open space, minimal traffic, and you're connecting two areas of very high activity that have little such activity in between," he said. "You'd have hands-free automated driving,
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:21P
Joplin to Announce Two Funds to Help Tornado Victims at Friday News Conference
The City of Joplin, in collaboration with the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri, will host a Press Conference at 11 am on Friday, June 3 rd at the Dr. Donald E. Clark Public Safety and Justice Center. The meeting will take place in the Joplin
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:21P
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