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MDOC inmate who was convicted of Fenton drug crime loses lawsuit over
An inmate from the Michigan Department of Corrections convicted in 1998 for delivering drugs in Fenton has lost a lawsuit over making international calls from prison, according to a report. Daulys Chico-Polo, 53,
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:21A
Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE:BKS) Settles Nook Lawsuit
Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE:BKS) Settles Nook Lawsuit Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE:BKS) has announced that it has settled a lawsuit over its Nook e-reader filed by Spring Design Inc., maker of the Alex e-reader, ending more than a year of litigation.
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:21A
Man pleads guilty to fatal DWI wreck
Gaston County District Attorney Locke Bell says 29-year-old Howard Clay Pasour will spend between 21 and 28 years in prison. Pasour also pleaded guilty Monday to habitual driving while intoxicated and two counts of serious injury by a vehicle.
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:21A
How Does a Convicted DUI Killer Keep Getting Back Behind the Wheel?
Yet Hargrove asked whether it was really the state's DUI laws that needed strengthening, not its immigration laws. "Even before the program, Davidson County's sheriff's deputies would have known Reyes had a lengthy string of priors upon booking," he
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:21A
State of the state address
It also cuts taxes but eliminates 6700 state jobs. Senate President Mike Haridopolous says lawmakers have a lot to consider in the next few weeks. "This is going to test the metal of every member of the House and Senate. Republican and Democrat alike.
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:20A
French court suspends trial on former President Chirac
By BNO News PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- A Paris court on Monday suspended the corruption trial against former French President Jacques Chirac for embezzling funds while being mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995, Radio France Internationale (RFI) reported.
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:19A
Two men arrested for DWI
A truck driver and other motorists stopped and held James F. Roach, 36, Holts Summit for law enforcement officers on Sunday. On Saturday Michael Adams, 39, of Fulton was arrested by Fulton Police for his sixth driving while impaired
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:18A
Good guys finally get a break
It appears the federal government is serious about restoring some sanity to the self-defence provisions of the Criminal Code and in a move that must be absolutely horrifying to so-called progressives, has actually sided with law-abiding citizens over
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:18A
Domino effect could start with Phoenix
The Goldwater Institute has threatened a lawsuit against the city of Glendale, Ariz., which has supported a Chicago businessman's attempt to buy the struggling Phoenix Coyotes, which play in an arena in Glendale. The Goldwater institute says that the
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:18A
Verdict expected today in child cruelty trial
A decision by the jury is expected today in the case of a Cathedral City woman accused of letting her husband burn and beat their 10-month old daughter, who survived the assault. Jury deliberations began Monday afternoon in the trial of 21-year-old
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:16A