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Cox addresses gas price increase
Justice of the Peace Tom Hasty looks over 2010 census figures during Tuesday's meeting of the Arkansas County Quorum Court. By Sarah Morris Rising gasoline prices are prompting concerns over the county's road department budget.
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:53P
A Rockland jury today acquitted a 40-year-old Brooklyn man of felony charges
Stanley Epperson spent eight months in the county jail in New City on $100000 bail before being freed this afternoon after the jury verdict. He had been charged in an 11-count grand jury indictment with third-degree rape, third-degree sexual abuse and
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P
River Oaks architect sued over Heights project
Washington 4600 Ltd. filed a lawsuit on March 7 in the Harris County District Court against Hermes Architects of River Oaks, alleging negligence, gross negligence and breach of contract. The plaintiff says that Hermes agreed to provide architectural
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P
WECT TV6 - WECT.com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - Illinois governor
Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty Wednesday, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men.
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P
International Women's Day call to read the Bible 'through a gender lens'
By ENInews Global commemorations of International Women's Day have included a public call for reading the Bible "through a gender lens" - writes Chris Herlinger. In a statement issued in the run-up to the 8 March IWD events, the World Communion of
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P
Jury returns verdict in Royals' hot dog throwing case
Plog readers totally called it back in February 2010, when Coomer filed his lawsuit. Classic case of "assumption of risk." This lawsuit will go nowhere, unless the Royals settle to mitigate lawyers fees. Am I wrong in that you can't sue the team if you
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P
Jury returns verdict in Royals' hot dog throwing case
Plog readers totally called it back in February 2010, when Coomer filed his lawsuit. Classic case of "assumption of risk." This lawsuit will go nowhere, unless the Royals settle to mitigate lawyers fees. Am I wrong in that you can't sue the team if you
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P
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The Magnitude of the Cyberthreat Writing in the September/October 2010 issue of For- eign Affairs magazine, Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn discussed what he characterized as the most significant breach of US military computers ever,
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P
Sen. Scofield wants to push immigration reform
He said he has met with other legislators to spell out a strategy on immigration reform that should stand up to scrutiny from other legislators and give local law enforcement the ability to enforce some of the federal laws. “We want to make sure we get
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P
Mel Gibson to plead no contest to battery
"I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price," Blair Berk, Gibson's lawyer, said in a statement cited by People. "That is particularly so for Mel, whose right to due
Updated: 03/09/2011 05:52P