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Car crash kills former top rider Tobie van Booma
South Africa: Former top jockey 'Tobie' van Booma has been killed in a head-on car crash near Johannesburg. He was 55. Tobias Wilhelums van Booma rode his first big race winner on Mirror Glow in the 1974 Germiston
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:21A
Summer Moll will Walk Like MADD
TAMPA - It was the accident that had all of Tampa Bay talking. A wrong way driver was drunk on the Crosstown and slammed head-on into another car. That car, had Summer Moll and her mother. Summer's journey to recovery been long and painful; but,
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:20A
Chief Justice launches etiquette book for lawyers
By VC Vijayan 'Lawyers have a proud and long history of mutual courtesy and respect in the discharge of their professional duties,' said Chief Justice Chan, pointing out that he had not come across any case of deliberate rudeness to him or his
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:20A
Illinois Drops Death Penalty; Clears Death Row
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (CBS) -- Illinois 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
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:20A
'Mutineer' Faeldon to apply for amnesty Friday
Before that, he posted a P100,000 bail each for pending coup d'etat and rebellion cases he is facing before the Makati City Regional Trial Court. Faeldon is facing trial before civilian and military courts for allegedly participating in two attempts to
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:20A
Smith wants border fence, end to benefits for illegals
“It is no secret illegal immigrants are using our emergency rooms like their own personnel healthcare clinics,” Smith said. “It is about time someone did something about this.” Smith added the bill would not result in hospitals denying service,
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:20A
America accuses Pakistani illegal nuclear exports
The US Justice Department said on Wednesday that a Pakistani national was arrested and accused of plotting to export nuclear materials illegally to his country from the United States. Nadeem Select accused (45 years) who lives
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:20A
Ex-cafeteria manager sentenced
State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia also placed her on probation for five years on her Nov. 16 guilty plea to grand larceny and a misdemeanor false instrument charge. Beginning May 1, Schueler also was ordered to make monthly restitution
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:19A
Microsoft Slams Apple on Lawsuit Font Size
Apple and Microsoft are butting heads again, the latest in a long line of disputes against the tech giants. This time out, the companies are doing battle over Apple's trademark claims on the admittedly broad term "App Store.
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:19A
Montana Legislature: Bill hopes to extend storage time of DNA evidence
Bill supporters said that's not enough time for the wrongfully convicted to go through the necessary procedure to clear their name and evidence storage needs to be standardized for equal justice among inmates. Opponents to the proposal say the reform
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:17A