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1 dead, 2 injured in fiery head-on crash in Lacey
Three people were injured, two critically, in a car crash on Wednesday afternoon. Two cars collided, head on, in the 3500 block of Carpenter Road SE just before 4:30 pm One of the cars was engulfed in flames when medics arrived. Two people were flown
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:02A
Mel Gibson will not go to jail over his altercation with Oksana Grigorieva
While Mel – who has seven other children with his ex-wife Robyn - felt he was in a strong position to win the case, his lawyer, Blair Berk, said he accepted the plea deal to escape the pressure of a long court fight. Blair said in a statement: "I know
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:02A
Supreme Court voices concern over security in 2G licencing
"Record suggests that some people knew in advance (about the preponing of the date). We still don't understand how the prime minister's advice was bypassed. How is it possible that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommendations of
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:02A
Lawsuit Demands a Refund For Every Person Who Purchased a Four Loko
Now, not only has it been stripped from shelves and replaced with a decaf version that's totally lame, the company that makes it has been smacked with a massive class-action lawsuit that demands, among other things, "a refund for every person who
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:01A
Nevada man convicted in fatal Billings crash
(AP) — A 26-year-old Nevada man involved in a fatal crash in downtown Billings has been convicted of vehicular homicide and two counts of negligent vehicular assault. A jury on Wednesday found Francisco Gabriel Flores-Jorge of North Las Vegas guilty in
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:01A
Hearing on appeal against 13th amendment verdict adjourned
The seven-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque passed the adjournment order after second day's hearing on the appeal. Barrister MI Farooqui, counsel for the appellant, verbally prayed to the court to take
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:01A
Hearing on appeal against 13th amendment verdict adjourned
The seven-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque passed the adjournment order after second day's hearing on the appeal. Barrister MI Farooqui, counsel for the appellant, verbally prayed to the court to take
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:01A
Welfare management 'discriminatory': Gooda
Social justice commissioner Mick Gooda thinks the practice of quarantining half the welfare cheques of all vulnerable people in the Northern Territory arguably affects indigenous people more than others. "I reckon somewhere down the track someone will
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:00A
Former Lompoc woman gets six years for fatal wrong-way crash
A Cabrillo High School graduate who killed two women in a head-on crash while driving drunk on an Orange County freeway has been sentenced to six years in state prison. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jessica Lynn Shekell of Anaheim was sentenced Wednesday
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:00A
Soldier from Lexington Dies in Afghanistan
The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that 19-year-old Pfc. Kalin C. Johnson of Lexington died March 8 in Kandahar province of injuries suffered in a non-combat accident. Johnson was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment,
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:00A