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Immigration status snags bid for Alabama water service
After a Mexican immigrant's application for water and sewer service was denied earlier this month, the manager of an Alabama water and sewer board said the group was only trying to follow the state's strict new immigration law — which hasn't yet taken
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Justice Department?'s $16 Muffins
The Justice Department and several of its agencies engaged in “extravagant and wasteful” spending on food, beverages and event planning for law enforcement conferences, including paying $16 each for muffins, $76 per person for lunch and more than $8
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
Deadly Crash Puzzles Police
POCATELLO, Idaho -- Police are in the middle of an investigation into Tuesday's mysterious traffic accident that took the lives of two local teenagers. Seventeen-year-old Micah Story and 18-year-old Jacob Colbo died when their car
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
Lawmakers get steamed over $8 coffee, $16 muffins
Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is steamed over a Justice Department inspector general audit that found apparently "extravagant and potentially wasteful" expenses at conferences, including $16 muffins and
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, Representing Shareholders of JBI, Inc
The securities fraud class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. The Complaint charges JBI and certain of the Company's current and former executive officers with violations of federal securities laws.
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
Kayaker drowns in North Fork
Although the river is flowing relatively slowly at this time of year — only about four feet deep where the drowning occurred — the accident occurred on a stretch where the river narrowed considerably, Curry said. “The hydraulic pressure and the current
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
Woman drives through bar
“We heard the crash and my husband ran out to see what happened,” Larson said. According to a release from the Rock Springs Police Department, 31-year-old Angela Vieyra allegedly crashed the vehicle into building, resulting in damage to the structure
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
Ga. board rejects clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis
CNN quotes Anneliese MacPhail, the officer's mother, as saying, “The only thing I can think is justice has been done. That's the way we look at it.” She tells CNN that “after all the facts, she is very convinced that he (Davis) is guilty.
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
OUR VIEW: Media obliterates Obama's campaign
“His company that made him rich, Berkshire Hathaway, itself is a sophisticated tax shelter,” wrote Peter Ferrara, general counsel of the American Civil Rights Union and author of “America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb” (HarperCollins).
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:32P
In doctor's trial, focus is on Michael Jackson
People v. Conrad Murray will be televised and streamed on the Internet. Court officials granted seats to celebrity news outlets including Access Hollywood, Radar Online and TMZ.com. The judge estimates the trial will take five weeks.
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:31P