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Day after brother's death in road mishap, girl ends life
A day after her brother died in a road accident in Northeast Delhi, 22-year-old Tabassum allegedly committed suicide early on Tuesday morning. Though family members and relatives rushed her to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, she died a few hours later.
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:23P
Ninth Circuit Says Idaho Primary Lawsuit is Moot
Opponents of the closed Republican Party in Idaho are free to file a new lawsuit, alleging that the new law is unconstitutional, although such a case would probably lose. The new law permits parties that wish to retain open primaries to do so,
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:23P
Celebrating abilities in Portland
On their feet and playing hockey, after accident and illness. A group of amputees celebrated their abilities Tuesday during national rehabilitation week, playing a hockey game. Some lost limbs because of tragic accidents, others are victims of
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:23P
BC-US--Air Show Crash, 8th Ld ,712
Texas man among 11 dead in air show crash This is the PMer. By CRISTINA SILVA Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A Texas man who volunteered at an annual Martin says Salerno was an avid racing pilot. plane crash. He was 74 years old and was flying a
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:23P
Environmental Groups Sue Over Seeley Timber Sale
"During our planning we were thinking a lawsuit would be an issue," said Seeley Lake Fire Chief Frank Maradeo. A group of environmental groups have sued the US Forest Service over a timber sale near Seeley Lake. The US Forest Service wants to thin
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:23P
Jones Won't Face Charges In Connection With Fliers
HOUSTON -- Houston City Council Member Jolanda Jones will not face criminal charges over allegations that she used city employees and resources to facilitate her private law practice. Jones had been under investigation by the Harris County District
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:22P
Fear Index at the highest level since 1987
It is the highest level since the months immediately following the October 1987 stock market crash, signalling today as it did back then, the gravity of the financial and economic worries that beset the world. Before the US housing bubble burst in 2007
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:22P
newReno air crash death toll hits 11
A spokesman for the medical examiner's office said officials have been trying to identify body parts since the Friday afternoon accident. The unexplained crash came midway through a race at the popular aviation competition when a 74-year-old pilot
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:22P
New EU rules on jobs 'can't be challenged' says Cable as he admits agency
The agency workers' deal will mean 1.3million temporary staff could be entitled to the same salaries, holidays and overtime pay as their full-time counterparts after 12 weeks in a job. The move was agreed by the last Labour government as a sop to the
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:22P
Solyndra Executives to Plead Fifth at Congressional Hearing
Smith wants to know whether politics played a role in the decision to grant the loan and why the administration agreed to restructure it earlier this year. Issa said his committee will take a "broad" approach. "We're looking at the system," Issa said
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:22P