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Ring's bribery sentence range lowered by judge
A federal judge on Tuesday dramatically cut the Justice Department's recommended sentencing range for a lobbyist with Placer County connections convicted of bribing public officials in the Abramoff scandal
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:27A
Advocacy group taking Sa'ar to court over 'Ethiopian ghetto'
The High Court of Justice is scheduled to hear a petition this morning against Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, his ministry and the city of Petah Tikva. The petition was filed by Tebeka, a legal advocacy organization for Ethiopian Israelis.
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:27A
Bungoma Cop Faces Arrest
Ng'arng'ar yesterday that the traffic police boss had defied the order and chased away the court server. Munyasia had argued that the police had unlawfully impounded his vehicle and the officer had failed to bring the case in court as required by law.
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:26A
Best Stupid Way to Learn About Our Justice System
Checking out the arrest reports is one of our favorite pastimes, and we couldn't help but notice a trend of drunken revelers deciding that it was a good idea to take a swing at a cop trying to break up a fight. Just for the record: That's never a good
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:26A
Selectboard mulls right turn on new bridge
BRATTLEBORO -- The Selectboard discussed traffic patterns on the Citizens' Bridge during its Monday night meeting, leading to possibly adding an extra right turn lane onto Western Avenue. After the Windham Regional
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:26A
Leeds Metropolitan University
It is currently delivered to professionals in Malawi and Swaziland. The aim of this course is to enable participants to develop the knowledge, skills and awareness that will enable African managers to transform their organisations by providing
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:26A
Airport reviews emergency plan
Air Traffic Control Manager Joe Soto found one minor error in the document. "We call one central office and they put everybody on the phone during an emergency," Soto said. "We don't call the individual agencies." Tuesday's meeting even laid out rules
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:26A
Plan to ban planking in the Phillipines
Castelo proposed the act after a nationwide transport strike over high oil prices, which involved a small group of people planking at a busy roundabout in Manila, stopping traffic. Castelo said that "unbelieving bus drivers and law enforcement
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:26A
Acquit Chirac of graft: Prosecutor
on Tuesday asked for French former president Jacques Chirac and nine other accused to be acquitted in a graft trial relating to his time as Paris mayor. "I seek acquittal for all the accused on all charges," prosecutor Michel Maes told the court.
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:25A
Suspect's sister charged in crash
Gretchen Pollosco said she and Elisha had made plans to go shopping for their mother's birthday last Thursday afternoon. When Elisha arrived somewhat frazzled and with minor damage to her Grand Am's front end, she said her sister passed it off as a
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:25A
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