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Why New Roads Take Years
It talks about the purpose and need of the project, the traffic and all those things.” Projects using federal funds must follow the guidelines of the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act. This NEPA process evaluates whether a project would
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:13P
Kansas AG wants to join lawsuit against casino
Schmidt on Wednesday asked to join a federal lawsuit involving the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma's plans to build the casino. The Wyandotte Nation sued this summer to seeking to force Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to approve the tribe's
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:12P
A look back at controversial death penalty cases
mob demanding the surrender of the teenagers outside the jail before the trials — and only lawyers who would defend the accused included a retiree who hadn't tried a case in years and a Tennessee real estate lawyer unfamiliar with Alabama law.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:12P
Prosecutors looking into messy divorce that raises questions
That's a violation of Florida law. And it has led to questions about how easy it is to dissolve a marriage, whether the husband was competent to sign off on the divorce, and why the state attorney is concerned with what appears to be a family dispute.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:11P
Noblesville teachers sue school district over labor contract
Noblesville Teachers Forum has filed a lawsuit against Noblesville Schools to force the district to give certain teachers a raise before a new labor contract has been negotiated. The lawsuit -- filed Sept. 8 in Hamilton County Superior Court 2 -- was
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:10P
Feds: Revoke alleged Lakewood Ponzi schemer's bail
5:38 pm Real estate developer Eliyahu Weinstein is escorted by FBI agents from his home on Seton Circle in Lakewood in August 2010. / Press file photo Alleged Ponzi schemer Eliyahu Weinstein should have his bail revoked because he has continued to
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:10P
Feds say Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme, plan to seize Glendora property
NEW YORK - An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the US in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was "not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme," federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:10P
APNewsBreak: CA police officer charged with murder
Since the confrontation, the officers were put on paid administrative leave, the police chief went out on medical leave and the embattled city council hired a law enforcement expert to investigate the police department's practices.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:10P
Battery-run autorickshaws ignore rules
It is very difficult for both the passers-by as well as the law enforcement agencies to identify them when these autorickshaws occur any accident. The illegal vehicles are plying the city roads managing the on-duty traffic sergeants, sources said.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:09P
Body of missing helicopter pilot found at crash site
A resupply helicopter from Wildcat Helicopters had been doing unrelated work in the search area when the pilot noticed the crash scene. “We would like to thank the communities for their support through phoning in with search tips and for their respect
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:09P
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