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Police Blotter: Police Take Two Repeat Drunk Drivers Into Custody
A 24-year-old man was taken into custody for alleged possession of cocaine during a traffic stop in the 3300 block of West Loomis Road at 5:15 pm Sept. 12. A 55-year-old man was taken into custody for allegedly driving drunk at the corner of South 27th
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:17P
Group of Ohio business executives asks voters to uphold law restricting public
AP COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of Ohio business executives is urging voters to uphold a new state law that places restrictions on public employee unions. The Ohio Business Roundtable is endorsing Issue 2 on the November ballot, urging a yes vote to affirm
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:16P
Police Report: Rental Car Strikes Rental, Dog Bites Dog
The man told police he realized it was a scam and told the caller he didn't have a niece with a Spanish accent. The woman hung up. A Norhardt Drive woman told police Saturday she has been getting harassing phone calls from Jamaica saying she had won
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:16P
Watchdog asks Justice to probe ex-SEC official
AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The inspector general of the Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a former top SEC official who benefited financially from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme violated
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:16P
Watchdog asks Justice to probe ex-SEC official
AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The inspector general of the Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a former top SEC official who benefited financially from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme violated
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:16P
APNewsBreak: Ind., IBM blame other for suit costs
AP INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's legal bill in its lawsuit with IBM Corp. over a canceled welfare outsourcing contract could grow by more than half its original value, but representatives for the administration of Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels defended the
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:16P
US state board rejects last-ditch clemency for Troy Davis 1 day before
"Justice was finally served for my father," said Mark MacPhail Jr., who was an infant when his father was gunned down. "The truth was finally heard." The decision appeared to leave Davis with little chance of avoiding his execution date.
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:15P
US, SC chambers of commerce join others in suing over NLRB poster rule
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in South Carolina by the US Chamber of Commerce and the state Chamber of Commerce. The National Federation of Independent Business and the National Association of Manufacturers have also sued the National
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:15P
Willis Police identify dead woman found at construction site
"As far as I can tell," he said, "she was homeless." Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Lanny Moriarty pronounced Wachtel dead at the scene and ordered her body taken to the Montgomery County Forensic Center in Conroe for autopsy.
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:15P
Demonstrators to rally late today against transportation cuts
In Oakland, members of Urban Habitat, ACCE, Genesis, the Transportation Justice Working Group and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 192 will gather at 4:45 pm at 14th Street and Broadway for a "Call to Action." Their demonstration is part of what's
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:15P