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New trial ordered for convicted murderer
The North Carolina Supreme Court ordered a new trial for one of the men convicted of killing a former Appalachian State student, according to the Associated Press. The court Friday decided to order a new trial for Neil Matthew Sargeant,
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00A
Driver Sentenced in Fatal Sunset Strip Crash
Ryan Bowman's booking photo. Courtesy of the Sheriff's Headquarter's Bureau An Australian businessman was sentenced Friday morning at the Beverly Hills Courthouse to just under a year in jail for a
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00A
Fatal accident at Junee
Police are attended a single vehicle accident at the railway crossing on the Olympic Highway at Junee. The incident occurred at 9.25am on Saturday, March 12 north of the Jail Break Cafe. The highway is closed at Goldenfields Way and a crime scene was
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00A
Bruins' slide lives on in NY
Boston criminal and personal injury lawyer William Kickham said prosecutors and police will have to scrutinize video of the hit and interview witnesses to get a clear picture of whether Chara crossed the criminal line by going beyond his duties as a
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00A
House Bill proposes moving TDCJ headquarters out of Huntsville
Jerry Madden, R-Plano, filed House Bill 2844 Thursday, just weeks after 258 Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees in Walker County lost their jobs as part of a strategy to address the state's estimated $27 billion budget shortfall.
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00A
Grand Rapids Catholic Central hockey team advances to Division 3 state
the Grand Rapids Catholic Central hockey team has made a habit of signing a puck and delivering it to the hospital room of Mary Lefere, the junior from the girls basketball team who was seriously injured in a car accident March 5.
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:59P
Extra police patrols scheduled for St. Patrick's Day
Twenty DUI arrests were made in last year's St. Patrick's Day emphasis patrols in Cowlitz County, according to the commission, which also reports that 54 percent of the 491 traffic deaths on Washington's roadways in 2009 were linked to impaired drivers
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:59P
Players file antitrust suit against NFL
Shortly after the union decertified, 10 NFL players put their names on an antitrust lawsuit filed in federal court and the sport's first work stoppage in 25 years loomed as a possibility. NFL officials said the union turned down "a very good deal,"
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:59P
ANALYSIS-Nuclear power growth at risk if Japan plant leaks
of a significant radiation leak at two Japanese nuclear power plants following Friday's earthquake and tsunami threatens to hurt an industry that has enjoyed a rebirth since the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 and the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:59P
Brady, Manning, Brees top names in NFL antitrust suit
AP MINNEAPOLIS -- Star quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees were among 10 players who filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL on Friday to prevent a lockout. Just after the players' union decertified, the star trio and seven other
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:58P
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