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Hair lawsuit against Paris Hilton is cut
A $35 million lawsuit against Paris Hilton which alleged she failed to promote a range of hair extensions has been dropped. The 30-year-old socialite was accused of missing a launch party for HairTech International products in 2007, and was also seen
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:35A
Mike Tyson torn apart by daughters death
The former heavyweight world champion boxer was left devastated when little Exodus - whose mother was the sportsman's second wife Monica Turner - died in a horrific accident in May 2009 after a cord from a treadmill became wrapped around her neck and
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:35A
Houston contract worker killed in accident at Valero's St. Charles Refinery
St. Charles Parish, LA — A Houston contract worker has died following an accident at Valero's St. Charles Refinery on Sunday, March 7, 2011. The fatal construction accident occurred at around 6 pm, at Norco refinery, as reported by NOLA.com.
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:34A
US EPA proposes adding Ill. zinc site to Superfund
After the site was closed in 1985, the company declared bankruptcy, leaving behind heavy metals including zinc and lead on the plant site that also may have blown onto residential property. The EPA said Tuesday that it added 10 hazardous waste sites to
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:33A
'Illegal' Spanish homes to be legalised
GENA president, Rafael Yus, told the Olive Press that it allowed people to “break the law”. “It sets a very dangerous precedent and gives people a free reign to build on land listed as protected land,” he said. “It is a bad day for the environment.”
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:33A
Gangland widow convicted of murder
She clasped a tissue between her hands and bowed her head as the jury delivered the verdict after seven days of deliberations at the Supreme Court. She has not yet been sentenced. It was alleged during the trial in Melbourne that she plotted with a
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:33A
Jim Michaels D.D.S. Orders Hundreds of Girl Scout Cookies For US Troops Overseas
Jim Michaels DDS purchased hundreds of Girl Scout cookies from local girls this spring sending them to US Troops overseas as his support ramped up having survived a Rockies plane crash with his daughter. I was fortunate to have survived the small plane
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:33A
Former French President Jacques Chirac, 78, to go on trial
A French court Tuesday suspended the trial of former president Jacques Chirac on charges of embezzling public funds as mayor of Paris in the 1990s, following a constitutional challenge. Mr Chirac, 78, the first former French president ever to go before
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:33A
Van Persie: Sending off was a joke
Arsene Wenger's side went on to lose 3-1 to crash out of the competition, and after the game, the Dutch international striker was furious with referee Massimo Busacca. “It is a joke,” van Persie told Sky Sports. “How can I hear the whistle with 95000
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:32A
Police Briefs 3/9/2011
Edward Winters, 63, of Wyalusing, has waived driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance and other charges to the Bradford County Court of Common Pleas for a one-vehicle crash Nov. 13 on Brewer Hollow Road in Wyalusing Township,
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:32A