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One woman injured in early morning rollover
According to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, a 36 year-old woman was taken to the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's after a rush hour accident this morning on the Manuels Access Road. RNC Const. Karen Didham said the woman's injuries are
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:26P
Marathon winner killed in Maricopa bike accident
Meyerhoff, a resident of Maricopa, won the women's division of this year's PF Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials. She was a 2002 graduate of Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:26P
Inky truck crash to shut down ramp from Route 128 to I-95 North for up to 8 hours
By Globe Staff A tractor-trailer hauling industrial printer cartridges rolled over this morning on the ramp from Route 128 North to Interstate 95 North in Peabody, spewing ink across the roadway. The ramp could be closed for up to eight hours while the
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:26P
City Room: One Person's 'Special Interest' Is Another's 'Stakeholder'
The group, the Center for Justice and Democracy, which opposes the Medicaid committee's proposal to limit medical malpractice claims, sent a letter to the state's Commission on Public Integrity on Tuesday seeking an investigation.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:26P
Fox News: Did Woman Beaten Over Parking Spot Deserve It?
As you can see in Kelly's Court (or not, if you have better things to do with your brief time on this earth), a criminal defense attorney thinks Fuller may have a good self-defense claim, if he can prove the force he used was proportional.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:26P
Seniors Group Sues US Over Reverse Mortgages
The loan balance on the home is not due until one of several triggering events takes place, including the sale of the home, the homeowner moves out or death of the last remaining homeowner. A key provision of the reverse mortgage, known formally as
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:26P
Health care reform ruling appealed
With just two days to spare, the US Department of Justice has appealed a Pensacola federal judge's ruling that found the health care reform law unconstitutional. Last week, US District Court Judge Roger Vinson gave the Obama administration seven days
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:26P
APNewsBreak: Ohio speeds attorney access for condemned during execution
The change in the state's execution procedure settles part of a federal lawsuit that had challenged how Ohio puts inmates to death. It will take effect with Thursday's scheduled execution of a Toledo store owner's killer. Ohio prisons spokesman Carlo
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:26P
Man accidentally shoots himself at gun class
“It was an accident,” said Degase. “It was a tragic event.” Degase said Seymour was one of multiple students taking the class at the Shooting Iron, a facility located about a mile north of Vanzant when the accident occurred Saturday afternoon.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:25P
Lawsuit: Florida EMT Took Severed Foot to Train Dog
His lawsuit said her action was '"outrageous and went beyond the bounds of decency...was odious and utterly intolerable in a civilized society." It accuses Economou of "removing the leg rather than delivering it to the hospital where it could have been
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:25P