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Violent Crimes Fall For Fourth Straight Year, Says FBI
Attorney General Eric Holder (L) speaks while Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano looks on during a news conference at the Justice Department on August 3, in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Across the United States,
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:13P
California, US Settle Suit in San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
19 (Bloomberg) -- California and the US Justice Department reached a $44.4 million civil settlement with Regal Stone Ltd. and Fleet Management Ltd., whose ship struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007. The subsequent 53000-gallon
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:12P
TPS board meets about lawsuit
Board members met behind closed doors for more than an hour, then declined comment after emerging about whether the district or board is subject to a pending lawsuit. Board member Larry Sykes and vice president Lisa Sobecki deferred questions to board
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:11P
Our View: Dodgers should not follow through with Chinese investment
The Los Angeles Dodgers may finally be out of their bankruptcy troubles, but the money is coming from a very unlikely source. Last Thursday, it was reported that a $1.2 billion offer was made to owner Frank McCourt from an Los Angeles businessman named
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:10P
$1 billion toll lanes would ease Cobb, Cherokee congestion
The fees would rise and fall with congestion, always aiming to stay high enough so that traffic would remain free-flowing. Although the point of the toll fee is to keep out people unwilling to pay for it -- and thus to provide reliable free flow -- the
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:10P
$1 billion toll lanes would ease Cobb, Cherokee congestion
The fees would rise and fall with congestion, always aiming to stay high enough so that traffic would remain free-flowing. Although the point of the toll fee is to keep out people unwilling to pay for it -- and thus to provide reliable free flow -- the
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:10P
Man accused of killing mother found incompetent for trial
An Indio man accused of beating his mother to death was today found mentally incompetent to stand trial on a murder charge. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas N. Douglass ruled that 27-year-old Daniel Castro was unable to assist in his own
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:08P
'It was stupid and childish': driver in hit-and-run
Brent Parent is on trial for charges including criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing death in the March 13, 2008 incident that left 21-year-old O'Brien dead on the side of a Langley road. In BC Supreme Court, Parent testified that he was
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:08P
DeKalb city crime blotter (9/20)
The deputy performed a traffic stop and found the driver, Lauren J. Stone, 21, of Genoa, was driving under the influence of alcohol. During a search of the vehicle, the deputy found drug paraphernalia and a small amount of cannabis.
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:08P
Book Review: The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking by Michelle
“I'm not very good in networking situations,” I once admitted to a new employee as we entered a conference where networking was going to be a major activity. She then shared with me that a former boss of hers had once noted that this employee had
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:08P
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