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First-time Waikato voters keen to have their say
Providers say internet traffic has slowed dramatically since it was enacted. Cath: "I don't like it at all. It affects a lot of people, especially younger people who aren't aware of what they are doing. They will just be downloading the latest tunes
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:19P
Russia Cites Drinking in June Crash
7 crash of a chartered Yak-42 plane that killed 37 players, coaches and officials of a leading professional ice hockey team, along with seven of the eight others aboard. Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical failure in that accident but
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:18P
Lawsuit accuses cop of beating suspect
Click here Lawsuit accuses cop of beating suspect Published: September 19, 2011 10:11 PM By ZACHARY R. DOWDY zachary.dowdy@newsday.com A Riverhead police officer is accused of beating a handcuffed suspect in a $1 million lawsuit scheduled for trial
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:18P
Keith Locke Blog: Retrospective surveillance laws
Even worse, the Police have been consciously breaking the law, as Chief Justice Sian Elias pointed out in her judgement in the Operation 8 case, which saw charges against 13 defendants dismissed. She said: “In circumstances where the police officer in
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:18P
Court gives Metcash green light in Franklins takeover
According to Sky News, Justice Peter Jacobsen dismissed the ACCC's application to hold the Franklins purchase until its appeal has been heard between 24 and 27 October. “The interlocutory application brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:18P
Truck crashes into tree in Billings
and missed a turn before slamming into the tree. According to Billings police the man may have suffered a medical condition which forced him to lose control of the truck. At this time speed and alcohol are not considered factors in this crash.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:17P
Tomatoes litter roadway after train hits truck
No one was injured after an Amtrak train hit the trailer of a big rig carrying tomatoes just east of Turlock, but the accident left the area covered in the red fruit. The Modesto Bee reports ( http://bit.ly/n4YsTI) that the train carrying 163 people
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:17P
Ex-Wis. teacher dies days after sentencing
(AP) -- A former Fond du Lac High School teacher and coach has died in a bicycle accident just days after he was sentenced in a student sex case. A spokeswoman for Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee confirms to The Reporter newspaper late Monday afternoon
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:17P
Italian PM in court for graft hearing
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has showed up in court in Milan for a hearing into claims he paid a lawyer 416000 euros ($A555,000) for false testimony about his business dealings. The embattled Berlusconi, who faces a string of other court
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:17P
Judge mulls whether Loughner should attend hearing
AP Entertainment News Video AP National News Video More>> AP Newsminute: Remembering 9/11 PHOENIX (AP) - A judge is considering whether to require the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage to attend a court hearing to determine whether he's mentally
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:16P
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