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Details emerge about jogger's death on Dallas' Katy Trail
Months after the accident, through two tape-recorded police interviews obtained by The Dallas Morning News using the Texas Public Information Act, a clearer picture is emerging of what happened that day, though questions remain.
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:15A
Quarter Million Dollar Verdict Overturned
It's because the jury at first issued their verdict in an incorrect format. In their first verdict they awarded about $9000 in compensatory damages which included $5000 for emotional distress and a quarter million in nominal damages.
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:15A
Fitchburg woman dies after crash
By Karen Nugent TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF LEOMINSTER — A mother of two whose car swerved into a tractor-trailer truck when it hit a patch of black ice Monday died from injuries suffered in the crash. Heather L. Furbay, 33, of 7 Autumn Drive, Fitchburg,
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:15A
`Clear Evidence' of Citic Pacific Fraud, Hong Kong Court Told
Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg Citic Pacific Ltd. (267) directors asked for loans from banks without disclosing that the company had lost money in 2008, a lawyer for Hong Kong's Justice Department said today. “There is clear evidence of fraud,”
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:15A
Woman runs red light, strikes bus
Senior Officer Chad Faken of the Minot Police Department said the accident occurred at the intersection of 11th Avenue and 16th Street Southwest. Tiffany Smith, 24, told police she was leaning back talking to a child in her vehicle when she ran the red
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:15A
No indictment on negligent homicide: family reacts
Entertainment News from AP By Michael Slother - email LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - A Lubbock County Grand Jury said there is not enough evidence to pursue felony charges against a woman involved in a deadly accident this past October. Jury members declined to
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:14A
Sterling's latest blunder should be his last
The first lawsuit was filed in 2003 by a group of 19 plaintiffs that included the nonprofit Housing Rights Center. Sterling was accused of discriminating against black and Latino tenants. The case led to settlement with the plaintiffs for $5 million.
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:14A
Legislative Notebook: Bill would make deer baiting legal
Right now they're simply obligated to put a legal advertisement in the newspaper. One of the sponsors is state Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon. When politicians file their campaign finance disclosures, many of the donors turn out to be other politicians'
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:14A
Supreme Court rules: First Amendment vs. Homophobia
It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and — as it did here — inflict great pain," Chief Justice John Roberts said as the verdict was delivered. "On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:14A
Supreme Court rules: First Amendment vs. Homophobia
It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and — as it did here — inflict great pain," Chief Justice John Roberts said as the verdict was delivered. "On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the
Updated: 03/09/2011 01:14A
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