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Another Fremont councilman resigns
Two other council members, the mayor and the city administrator have resigned since Fremont enacted a controversial immigration ban last year. The voter-approved measure prohibits hiring or renting to illegal immigrants. The law is on hold pending a
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:16P
Lib Dems reveal overcrowded prisons compensation cost
Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Robert Brown said: "Our figures show a new cost to overcrowding. "That £8.5m should be going into investing in tough and effective community sentences rather than a sticking plaster to keep overcrowded prisons
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:16P
Cyclist wins bronze despite splinter
The Malaysian rider managed to get back on his bike after a dramatic crash in Saturday's Keirin final and stagger across the line, but it was only afterward that the full extent of his injury became clear. Pictures showed a large splinter of wood had
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:16P
Recap: UNC-Asheville vs. Northeastern
By Sports Network Jonathan Lee scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Northeastern Huskies to an 83-82 win over the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs in a BracketBuster event at the Justice Center. Allen Chaisson also added 24 points for the Huskies (10-18),
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:15P
Lobbying group picks up costs of Florida's health-care legal challenge
"They have dedicated a tremendous amount of resources to the lawsuit," Bondi said Feb. 10. "We're thrilled, because that's saving our state money. That's saving the 25 other states money as well." Not so thrilled: Advocacy groups supporting the health
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:15P
Stiffer regs sought for scrap dealers
That would change if legislators adopt a bill, HB 2312, which is working its way through the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee. Miller, Klumpp and assistant attorney general Kyle Smith testified before that committee Friday in support of
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:15P
Smith: I hope I do new plot justice
"A few years ago my first kind of hard-hitting storyline was when Maria had the stillborn baby and it sort of makes you really hyper-aware that other people have been through it, so you kind of want to do it justice," Samia said.
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:15P
Judicial Commission puts extension case on hold
The commission was expected to recommend a rare second one-year extension for veteran judge Khalilur Rehman Ramday, who retired on Thursday, and a two-year first extension to Justice Rehmat Hussain Jafferi, who retired in November, as ad hoc judges.
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:14P
Traffic tip: If lights are out, intersection becomes 4-way stop
Why the emphasis on this particular traffic law? Many times, people don't realize that this situation - in which the signal lights are completely out at an intersection - merits a complete and total stop before proceeding through the intersection.
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:14P
COMPANIES IN DOCK OVER POTTERS BAR CRASH
NETWORK Rail and rail maintenance company Jarvis are due to appear in court tomorrow to face health and safety charges over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash which killed seven people. The case, which is being brought by the Office of
Updated: 02/19/2011 07:14P
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