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Cal Poly player hit on head by flying baseball bat during Opening Day
The Mustangs lost a pair of one run games in the USC Tournament and a freshman suffered a concussion in a freak accident. In Cal Poly's second game of the day, freshman infielder Jordan Brower was hit on the head by a flying baseball bat while standing
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:30P
Six hospitalized in crash involving ambulance
The ambulance had its lights and siren on at the time of the crash, he added. One EMT drove the ambulance, while another was in the rear with a patient and two relatives, Langford said. He didn't know what the patient's malady was.
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:29P
Conn. man arrested after crashing into cruiser
Police say 37-year-old Ronald Pires of Norwich hit the driver's side of the cruiser at about 1:20 am on Saturday while officers were investigating a prior accident. Norwich Sgt. Chris Ferace said one officer was inside the cruiser, but he wasn't hurt.
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:29P
Conference participants discuss ending capital punishment
The conference entitled "Matters of Life and Death: Alternatives to the Death Penalty" and held at the Canterbury United Methodist Church featured speakers and workshops on improving Alabama's current justice system, but with an ultimate goal of ending
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:29P
Browning named to succeed McKenna at Family Court
AP - February 19, 2011 3:24 PM ET HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald has selected R. Mark Browning to succeed Judge Sabrina McKenna as the senior judge of the First Circuit Family Court. The state Judiciary said in a
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:28P
Chicagoans Dish on Giordano's Pizza Bankruptcy Filing
However, a major player and pioneer in the deep-dish pizza empire in the Windy City has announced it is filing for bankruptcy. Giordano's pizza chain officially announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to obtain legal protection from
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:28P
Gov't to probe demonstration violence: Minister
Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Taher Adwan along with Public Security Directorate (PSD) chief Lt. General Hussein Majali on Saturday told reporters that the security forces will bring to justice the persons who were behind the
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:27P
BC girls married to American polygamist: court docs
VANCOUVER — Justice officials believe three girls from the polygamous sect in Bountiful, BC, have been married to jailed American polygamous leader Warren Jeffs. An affidavit filed in a landmark BC court case on Canada's polygamy law says a 13-year-old
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:26P
Special Court to record statement of Jayalalithaa
Section 313 (1) (b), which empowers the trial court to examine the accused, states that for the enabling the accused to explain any circumstances appearing in the evidence against him, the court shall, after the witness for the prosecution has been
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:26P
Wis. boy, 12, killed in ski accident in Duluth
Duluth police say a 12-year-old boy from Wisconsin was killed in an apparent skiing accident while on a church trip. The Duluth News Tribune reports Saturday that ski patrol officers at Spirit Mountain found the boy lying in a tree line about halfway
Updated: 02/19/2011 04:26P