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Raleigh to halt red-light camera program
City traffic engineers say the cameras have helped reduce serious T-bone crashes by discouraging people from running red lights. But critics say the cameras are inherently unfair because vehicle owners automatically receive tickets in the mail without
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:13A
East Coast man jailed for 25 years for carnal knowledge
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Local | Thursday, September 22, 2011 Tyrone Mortley was yesterday sentenced to 25 years each on two counts of carnal knowledge, which will run concurrently, when he appeared in the High Court before Justice Winston
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:13A
Ex-official convicted of resisting police
A jury convicted a Hamburg Township woman Tuesday of failing to obey police when officers responded to complaints she was blocking traffic on Island Shore Drive. Mary Ann Lamkin, who was convicted of resisting police, faces sentencing Oct. 27.
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:13A
Protesters urge passing of human trafficking bill
WHEN a human trafficking victim tried to escape being enslaved on drugs and prostitution, her madam fetched her from a safe house saying: “You owe me, I cared for you and took you off the streets when no one cared.
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:12A
Former Tory charged in N.S. scandal in court
The Crown says it hopes to begin selecting trial dates. Hurlburt is one of three former politicians and one current member of the legislature charged following a lengthy police investigation into alleged spending abuses.
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:12A
Report implicates Armstrong
Without naming its sources, Corriere reported that a total of 30 people are under investigation in a widespread doping ring co-ordinated by Ferrari, including former Giro d'Italia and Spanish Vuelta winner Menchov and Giro runner-up Scarponi.
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:12A
Dueling lawsuits over Whatcom Middle School fire working their way through two
BELLINGHAM - Whatcom Middle School is back open and filled with students and staff, but two civil lawsuits over a November 2009 fire that destroyed the school are still working through courts in Whatcom and Snohomish counties.
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:11A
Joel Pink takes legal expertise to Pink Larkin
"I'll be there to serve their clients and also to assist them in teaching their younger lawyers the art of litigation," said Pink, who announced Wednesday his decision to join the prominent Halifax law firm Pink Larkin. "I'll be using their junior
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:11A
Joel Pink takes legal expertise to Pink Larkin
"I'll be there to serve their clients and also to assist them in teaching their younger lawyers the art of litigation," said Pink, who announced Wednesday his decision to join the prominent Halifax law firm Pink Larkin. "I'll be using their junior
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:11A
WAOW - Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, SportsWis. Innocence Project gets $1M
Innocence Project co-director Keith Findley says some of the money will be used to place an Innocence Project attorney in the state public defender's office. He says that attorney can help screen cases for potential DNA evidence that could be used to
Updated: 09/22/2011 05:11A