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Health groups support graphic smoking labels
By Michael Felberbaum AP RICHMOND - Several public-health groups are weighing in on a lawsuit about graphic cigarette warning labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker, saying the federal government has a strong interest in informing people
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:11P
Judge to decide future of Jewish Times ownership
On the witness stand, Buerger said Roebuck "almost destroyed our business." For his family, he said, the Jewish Times is "our mission and our legacy." Marc Terrill, president of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, said the history
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:11P
Auxiliary police force will be formed in Carmi
The police department would often use ESDA and CD personnel to provide extra manpower for Corn Day security, Halloween security patrols and traffic direction at parades and other holiday functions. However, as Young said, new state and federal
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:11P
Justice Dept. Quizzes News Corp. On UK
The letter of request, sent last week, is part of a Justice Department investigation, the sources said, into whether the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a US law that prohibits companies from bribing foreign officials.
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:10P
Louisiana's seat belt use ties a record
View full sizeJohn McCusker, The Times-PicayuneThis Kenner traffic stop was photographed in 2002. "We've come a long way since the mid-1980s, when only 12 percent of motorists (in the state) were using their safety belts," commission Executive Director
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:10P
Michael Haywood suing University of Pittsburgh for $4 million
The lawsuit states that the university breached its agreement with then head coach Michael Haywood when they fired him back in January. The lawsuit also says Pitt rushed to judgment and fired the coach hours after a disputed domestic incident in South
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:10P
Your Views: Cars, bikes, complaints, Big O
Instead, I was forced to drive to work and sat fuming in traffic to avoid the $52 ticket I would have received had I left my car at home on the wrong side of the street. So much for my efforts to stay fit by walking to work and reducing my carbon
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:10P
Attorney general blocks sale of Victorville hospital to Ontario healthcare company
VICTORVILLE - California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced today that her office will not allow Ontario-based Prime Healthcare Services to purchase Victor Valley Community Hospital. "We have concluded that this
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:10P
Former Ukrainian Nazi, 90, Loses Deportation Appeal In Michigan
Washington (CNN) -- A 90-year-old Michigan man who officials say rounded up and shot Jews in Nazi death camps during World War II is a step closer to being deported, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. In January, a judge found John Kalymon of
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:10P
Trial under way in Hylla's court over Collinsville accident
A lawsuit involving a car accident between two Collinsville women was heard Tuesday in Madison County Circuit Court. Jurors sat in Judge Dave Hylla's courtroom to hear arguments over a March 23, 2007 accident. Betty A. Weckmann, 58, represented by Mark
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:09P
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