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Pedestrians' deaths: whose fault is it?
Such a tragic scenario is difficult to imagine and, I'm sure, simply adds to her family's already immense pain. I wonder, however, whose fault the accident was. I know that investigations are opened in such cases to determine liability,
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:29P
Ohio treasurer encouraged to run for US Senate
Ohio's chief justice told reporters she would like to see changes in the way appointments are made to the state Supreme Court. Currently, the governor has the ability to appoint someone to fill a seat on the high court if there is a vacancy.
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:29P
Speed and swinging load led to crash
Excessive speed combined with a swinging load of pork caused a truck crash that killed a nine-year-old Christchurch boy, a coroner has found. Cohen Drayson Matariki Mackey-Harrison died on September 29, 2008 when a truck driven by his father,
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:29P
Windsor Woman on Trial
Fabrizius' Defense Attorney told the jury yesterday that the crash was nothing more than an accident, and that Fabrizius is not criminally responsible. The Greeley Tribune says the case will more than like continue on until Friday.
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:29P
Clear Commission Review of Illinois Criminal Code Steps Closer to Completion
Pat Quinn on Thursday signed Senate Bill 1310, which rewrites Criminal Code articles covering sex offenses, bodily harm offenses and deception and fraud. SB 1310 is the product of the Criminal Law Edit, Alignment and Reform (CLEAR) Commission,
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:29P
Clear Commission Review of Illinois Criminal Code Steps Closer to Completion
Pat Quinn on Thursday signed Senate Bill 1310, which rewrites Criminal Code articles covering sex offenses, bodily harm offenses and deception and fraud. SB 1310 is the product of the Criminal Law Edit, Alignment and Reform (CLEAR) Commission,
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:29P
NEW Michigan man hurt in rollover
James R. Helmstetter was driving east on Interstate 90 when the accident occurred shortly before 1 pm, the State Patrol said in a news release. Helmstetter suffered cuts and was taken by ambulance to Kittitas Valley Community Hospital.
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:29P
Blockbuster video chain headed for sale-UPDATE 2
They and other creditors including the US Trustee, a Department of Justice official, had asked the judge to convert the bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 liquidation, which essentially is a going out of business sale. The judge, Burton Lifland,
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:29P
Senate Republicans Receive Death Threats
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating emails threatening the lives of some Republican state senators. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says two death threats were emailed to Fitzgerald's office Wednesday night.
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:28P
US Sec of State Clinton urges Cuba to release contractor, calls his trial an
Clinton said in congressional testimony Thursday that the US government deplores "the injustice toward Alan Gross." She added, "We want him home." A panel of five Cuban judges has been deliberating Gross' fate since his two-day trial wrapped up
Updated: 03/10/2011 07:28P
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