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Man killed in fall from tower at water plant
Jefferson County Sheriff Chief Deputy Randy Christian tells WBRC-TV the accident happened Friday morning. Birmingham-based BL Harbert International said in a statement that the victim was a subcontracted employee who was working on an upgrade project
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:31P
Spell out action on cops: SC toTN
A Bench of Justices B. Sudershan Reddy and SS Nijjar also asked the state to produce before it the chargesheet filed in a Chennai trial court against the unruly students. The Bench passed the direction after Prashant Bhushan, counsel for the
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:30P
Capitol Alert: Investor group asks court to force state building sale
Jerry Brown pulled the plug last month on selling 11 state office properties to raise $1.2 billion in cash, but the investor group in line to buy the buildings has fired back this week with a lawsuit asking for the deal to proceed.
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:30P
Libya: Gaddafi's jets break bodies but not the rebels' spirit
Then the inevitable crash of the first bomb smashing into a brick building where the rebels were hunkered down, showering desert sand around the panicking fighters as they dived for cover. A second explosion sent a fireball roaring over oil storage
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:30P
Police 'did not probe Deepcut list'
A coroner recorded a verdict of suicide for Pte Benton but the inquests into the other three returned open verdicts. The Devon and Cornwall review also found: "While acknowledging the large quantity of work conducted by Surrey Police with an
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:30P
Patient, hospital reach deal
Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Generosa Labra of Branch 23 helped facilitate a settlement between Eric Avila, 68, and the hospital after the patient's daughter filed a petition for habeas corpus because the hospital would not release the patient.
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:30P
Cancelled sale of Calif. buildings prompts lawsuit
A group of investors who formed California First announced Friday they had filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County. They had offered to buy the properties for $2.3 billion. The investors say "a deal is a deal." The suit says the state failed to meet its
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:30P
Libya: Gaddafi's violent crackdown after Friday prayers
Then the inevitable crash of the first bomb smashing into a brick building where the rebels were hunkered down, showering desert sand around the panicking fighters as they dived for cover. A second explosion sent a fireball roaring over oil storage
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:29P
Police seek witnesses to head-on truck crash
The car driver was uninjured in the collision. No charges have been laid, but police investigations are continuing. Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact Chifley Crash Investigation Unit via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:29P
HCU directed not to regularise lecturers
Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao admitted a writ petition challenging the appointment of two Urdu lecturers contending that the authorities appointed them without following rules. Mr Parvez Ahmad, one of the applicants, filed the petition.
Updated: 03/11/2011 08:29P