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K.C. case on smoking ban revisited
The lawsuit has two parts: a preliminary injunction that would keep the ban from going into effect and the larger suit, which claims the city's ban violates state law. If a judge rules against the city in the larger suit, the smoking ban would be
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:09A
Strauss won't write off Sri Lanka
Strauss will be unsurprised if there is telling response from the likes of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene - who did not do themselves justice in the dramatic first Test defeat - with the tourists are set to carry on at Lord's on Friday with a
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:09A
Target locked in name dispute
The mediation, which began Thursday in Toronto under Federal Court of Canada Justice Roger Hughes, is closed to outsiders and the participants were prevented from talking to reporters. If a settlement isn't reached, the Federal Court trial isn't
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:08A
Fairfield man arrested in fatal-DUI case
Fairfield police arrested a 22-year-old Fairfield man on Wednesday wanted in connection with a fatal drunken driving crash that claimed the life of another Fairfield man in January. Joshua Marquise Crouseite was taken into custody by officers from the
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:08A
Court rules search of man in Vacaville violated his rights
The appellate justices said the trial court argument "turns Fourth Amendment jurisprudence on it head. If hiding contraband diminished the expectation of privacy in the area searched, then the results of a search would determine its constitutionality.
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:08A
MOC satisfied and happy with encouraging results and positive performances
Addressing a news conference at the Press Centre, the president, Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco said Malta had a treasure of athletes. “They have showed they really love their country. They are committed to their task. They are all united in sport,
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:07A
Oil Blast: a "tragic industrial accident"
Four maintenance workers have been killed in an explosion at an oil refinery in Pembroke Dock, Wales. At 6.20pm Milford Haven coastguard reported a "blast large enough to shake the windows". An explosion in a 730 cubic metre tank triggered a fire that
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:06A
Prague's Stromovka caves in again
Prague, June 2 (CTK) - Another landslide occurred in Prague's Stromovka park late in the afternoon yesterday, causing no injuries, City Hall spokeswoman Tereza Krasenska told CTK, adding that the accident most probably has nothing to do with the
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:06A
Karadzic bumped by Mladic from main Hague court
Karadzic, arrested in 2008 and on trial for the past 18 months, usually sits in Courtroom One at the Hague tribunal. He was moved to Courtroom Three to make way for the arraignment of Mladic, the tribunal's latest catch. Mladic takes his place in court
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:06A
John Edwards' Case Comes To Juncture
By Kevin BohnCNN Senior Producer WASHINGTON (CNN) -- John Edwards' lawyer Greg Craig was in North Carolina on Friday amid signs that the former senator and 2008 presidential candidate likely either will be indicted or he and the Justice Department will
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:06A