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Two-year ban on public drinking a failure, finds City of Yarra report
The report said police had been under strong pressure from businesses and residents to take a more hardline approach and to enforce the law more often. Smith St Business Association's Joe Arcuri said traders were angry that drinkers flouted the law.
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:39A
Dan Gross: O'Connor at the Center: Beaned there, done that
Not only for being the first female Supreme Court justice, but for returning to the National Constitution Center where she was nearly crushed by a falling beam at its opening ceremony in 2003. O'Connor, who is actually a member of the NCC's board of
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:38A
Iowa trucker driver killed in weekend crash
The rig cross the center line, went into the ditch and rolled onto its top. Soukup was pronounced dead at the scene. A 3-year old passenger, Jolie Soukup, was treated for minor injuries at the Spencer hospital. The accident remains under investigation.
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:38A
Celebrating Hispanic heritage
The future was a primary focus of the discussion, and recent events like the DREAM Act and the marches against Arizona's immigration law brought up questions about preserving cultural history and identity. The attendees also discussed how young Latinos
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:38A
Two-day DUI conference begins today in Wichita
WICHITA - More than 100 prosecutors and law enforcement officers are scheduled to attend the sixth annual DUI conference for Kansas prosecutors and law enforcement officers in Wichita. The two-day conference gets under way this morning
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:38A
Norway attacks suspect wants to address court
Police spokesman Roar Hansen told The Associated Press that police will seek another eight weeks of pre-trial detention, including four weeks in isolation, as they prepare formal charges against Breivik. The district court initially ordered an open
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:38A
Liberals Get Smoking Mad
No other Nation on earth has happiness written into its founding documents, so people from all over the world flood our borders trying to crash the party. But it seems that the agents of “Change” have stumbled onto a solution: by making America just as
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:38A
AT&T offers assets to Sprint, others to save T-Mobile deal
In late August, the US Department of Justice sued to block the AT&T/T-Mobile deal because of antitrust concerns. Sprint followed up by filing a similar suit. Sprint (NYSE: S) has been a vocal opponent of the proposal to combine the nation's No.
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:38A
Lanes Reopen After Accident Shuts Down I-64 Eastbound in Kanawha County
Emergency dispatchers said both eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 between Nitro and Cross Lanes were closed for several hours due an accident. The eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 near mile marker 47 between Nitro and Cross Lanes are open again.
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:37A
State worker killed in accident at power plant
A Rivesville man has died in an accident at a FirstEnergy power plant in Harrison County. The accident occurred around noon Sunday in the coal-handling area at the Harrison Power Station near Lumberport. The Times West Virginian reports that the man
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:37A