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John Edwards to Be Indicted Over Use of Campaign Funds
Last month, the United States Department of Justice green-lighted the prosecution of the former presidential candidate. The federal government had been investigating for two years the circumstances of how hundreds of thousands of dollars from heiress
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:33A
Ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick reflective in prison
With all of the talk lately regarding our justice system and the need for competent defense... Michigan has a vital economic opportunity in a new Detroit-Windsor crossing. During the past year that Kwame Kilpatrick has spent in Michigan prisons,
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:33A
City wins appeal in school-share holy war
In a long-running legal battle, a Manhattan federal appeals panel yesterday ruled the city's Department of Education can bar congregations from conducting religious services in public-school buildings on weekends. The free-speech lawsuit
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:33A
Plains, Baytown company named in Pemex cartel suit
Plains All American Pipeline LP and Joplin Energy LLC are among nine corporate defendants in a federal lawsuit brought by the state-owned Mexican energy giant Pemex, which seeks damages for illegally purchased gas condensate that it claims was stolen
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:32A
Political expert: Opposition Party differences Must be Overcome
Referring to the upcoming elections Shobaki stated that he believed the newly formed Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party will not win more than 50 percent in the upcoming elections. He refused the notion of postponing the parliamentary
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:32A
Sisulu symbolised all that is good about SA, says Zille
She was unwavering in her [commitment] to justice for all and the values that she lived are now embedded in our Constitution.” The best tribute to her sacrifices was to sustain and defend democracy. Sisulu died at her home in Linden, Johannesburg,
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:32A
Police: Man kills 5 then shoots self
Victim Jerrold Shelley was a prominent attorney who represented Dyess's ex-wife in their divorce. He was found dead in his downtown law office, Yuma Police Chief Jerry Geier said. Shelley was one of the lawyers representing seven young men - three sets
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:32A
McAdory: Local bills make rounds in Legislature
Lost between the state education budget, approving the General Fund and squabbling over the teacher tenure bill, a number of bills impacting Lee County have quietly made their way through the Legislature.
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:32A
One is killed when vehicle is rear-ended along Interstate 78 in Readington
By The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk Google mapsA map view of Interstate 78 in Readington, where a two-vehicle accident has killed one person. READINGTON — One person died in a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 78 east in Readington this morning,
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:32A
Baby's skull fractured by sitter
He told the jury that it was just an accident and said that her head had bounced off the door. Throughout his trial Cooper protested his innocence and claimed that the injuries had been caused by the child falling from his arms and hitting her head on
Updated: 06/03/2011 07:31A