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Inmate seen at Houston hospital hours after escape
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark says David Puckett was seen at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital at 10:45 pm Wednesday, hours after he escaped from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont. Clark said Thursday officials believe Puckett was
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:17P
Fairfax man arrested in December hit and run
(Photo courtesy of the Arlington County Police Department) ARLINGTON - A local man has been arrested for a hit and run accident in December that seriously injured a local woman. Arlington police say Fairfax resident Christopher Reynolds, 24,
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:17P
Pregnant driver, 2 others killed in Ohio crash
A woman who saw the accident Wednesday tells The Blade newspaper that the woman was on the phone with her boyfriend when she hit the van. The witness says the boyfriend heard the crash and came to the site of the accident. The two others killed were a
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:17P
Day laborers claim victory in settling civil rights suit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The city of Danbury, Connecticut, and federal authorities have agreed to settle a lawsuit by day laborers, officials said on Thursday, in a case spotlighting the debate over local authorities' role in
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:17P
TBIs remain an expensive and extensive public health risk
Wagenman has been going through therapy for brain damage for the past two months after a car accident in mid-January. ASHLEY FRANSCELL/Daily Herald Picture an egg yolk. This is your brain. Now give that egg a couple of good hard shakes, slamming it up
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:17P
Jury mulls verdict in Blackwater trial
The jury began deliberating about 11 am Wednesday after hearing about five days of testimony and closing arguments but were sent home at the end of the day without reaching a verdict, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported Thursday.
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:17P
10 injured in collision
The crash happened at 6.18pm at the intersection of Pukepapa Rd and Makirikiri Rd. None of the children was seriously hurt although one boy was believed to have been kept in hospital overnight for observation. The man, the driver of the station wagon,
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:16P
Alberta plans to give police power to tap private information; critics worried
Alberta Justice says the bill balances the need for the information with privacy rights, and police would have to keep the information confidential. Bill 8 comes up for debate in the legislature week and the government expects it will pass this spring.
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:16P
Abandoned home terrifies neighbors
What was once a beautifully kept Victorian home in Woodhaven has become the go-to place for drug dealers and other “derelicts” and is an accident waiting to happen, according to neighborhood advocates.
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:16P
Woman's bond set in felony DUI case
The accident happened at 4:26 pmon Friday, March 4 on Pumpkintown Highway, just outside the Pickens city limits, he said. Chrystal Nicole Harrison, 36, a social worker with the Pickens County Department of Social Services; and a passenger, Raven Alania
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:16P