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Woman guilty of P charges
Lee Sara Haira was supposed to stand trial in the High Court at Rotorua this week, but yesterday pleaded guilty. On Monday, the 41-year-old pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of supplying methamphetamine, 12 charges of possession of methamphetamine for
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:42P
Former President Clinton: Green movement needs money
based Solyndra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month and laid off its 1100 employees. The Silicon Valley company was the first renewable-energy company to receive a loan guarantee under a stimulus-law program to encourage green
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:42P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMSurvivor testifies again about Conn. home invasion
Petit testified Tuesday in New Haven Superior Court in the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, a 31-year-old ex-con who faces a possible death sentence if convicted. The physician also testified at the trial of Komisarjevsky's co-defendant, Steven Hayes,
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:41P
Lawsuit recalls unequal funding
Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, agrees in principle that the system needs changing, but wants to avoid a lawsuit. Indeed, it's not at all certain that a winning lawsuit is going to settle this matter. Recall that a San Antonio-area school district sued the
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:41P
Manistee County Man Gets 24 Years for Child Pornography
But when police searched his computers they found child pornography. Battice plead guilty to one count of making child pornography. The case was prosecuted as a part of "Project Safe Childhood" a nationwide program designed to protect children from
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:40P
Former Army Corps of Engineers Employee Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes from
Iraq, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to receive bribes from Iraqi contractors involved in the US-funded reconstruction efforts, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, US Attorney Neil
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:40P
Downtown Abbey Director Brian Percival Dedicates Emmy Award to Hillsboro
Percival told the Liverpool Echo, "I wanted to dedicate the award because any publicity for that cause and anything that gets these families justice has got to be a good thing. "I've been a Liverpool fan all my life. I go to as many home games as I can
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:40P
Society better off fixing problems, not filling jails
It's a point highlighted in 2007 by the present Justice Minister Simon Power. As opposition spokesman on law and order, he warned of the dangers of locking up youngsters such as Godsiff. Addressing the National Party conference in Auckland,
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:40P
All is not well: SC summons top law, police officials
Sources privy to the development said that the court was concerned over the increasing incidents of violence in the city and the abduction of the son of a distant relative of the chief justice of the Sindh High Court, Justice Musheer Alam.
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:40P
Chinese trial opens in murder of Amanda Zhao
His mother called the trial a travesty as she exited the Beijing court. "My son is being treated unfairly," she said through a translator. "All the evidence showed he is innocent." The hearing is closed to the public, but an official from the Canadian
Updated: 09/20/2011 05:39P