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Judge refuses to expand lawsuit against Mo. plant
A southwest Missouri judge has denied a motion by two Carthage women to expand their lawsuit against a local biofuels plant into a class action. Cynthia Sundy and Tricia Orr are suing Renewable Environmental Solutions for damages they say they suffered
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:20A
Justice for son, 13 years later
A MAN arrested and charged for a murder 13 years ago and released due to insufficient evidence is back in the dock and is expected to plead guilty to the crime. Jerome du Plessis, 35, of Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, appeared in court yesterday in
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:19A
Global regulators toughen up trading risk rules
World leaders want more financial transactions cleared and settled so there is an eletronic audit trail showing who is exposed when anything goes wrong, as it did with the crash of US bank Lehman Brothers in 2008. Clearing houses will have to increase
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:19A
Fatal Crash Shuts Down Poinciana Blvd In Kissimmee
An fatal overnight crash has caused Poinciana Boulevard to be shut down in Kissimmee. Officials say at least one person was killed in the crash. The crash is near Indian Point Boulevard. No further details are available. Florida Highway Patrol is on
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:19A
Gibraltar's territorial waters made clear in new law
The result is that the Civil Guard have been applying Spanish law in the area and forced the salvage company to comply with the rules and regulations of the Junta de Andalucia. This is totally unacceptable and the United Kingdom has to act in order to
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:19A
Race car driver Greg Biffle not injured in plane crash
NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle was involved in his second crash of the season Wednesday, this time on a Lexington airport runway. Biffle and two pilots were not injured when a landing-gear malfunction caused his plane to partially collapse while landing at
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:19A
Briscoe's lawyer wants three separate trials
He's also charged with kidnapping and sexual assault in Courtepatte's case. Briscoe's lawyer wants three separate trials to deal with the charges, but the Crown says, let's just do everything at once. The justice will let us know what he thinks
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:19A
NSW Income Management Scheme Criticized by Gooda
The fears have been raised by none other than the Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda, who said that the scheme does affect indigenous people in the state. Talking to reporters on Thursday, Mr. Gooda said that he felt that someone might soon pay a
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:18A
New regents for University of Minnesota to be sworn in Thursday
The chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Lorie Gildea (GIL-day), is set to swear in incumbent David Larson and new regents Steve Sviggum, David McMillan and Laura Brod on Thursday morning. Sviggum and Brod are former Republican lawmakers.
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:18A
5 boys who called female officer 'PC Nipples' hauled to police 'justice' meeting
The group of 13-year-olds were forced to attend the 'restorative justice conference' after calling the officer names behind her back. Police forces usually use the conferences to allow the victims of serious crimes to come face-to-face with the
Updated: 03/10/2011 06:18A