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Judges rules against Shawnee Mission parents in school funding case
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a constitutional challenge to a key provision of the Kansas education funding system. US District Judge John W. Lungstrum agreed with the defendants, Gov. Sam Brownback and other state officials,
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:56A
Tears flow as Hazel's children beg for mercy
Hazel Stewart's daughter Lisa and son Andrew urged Justice Anthony Hart to show leniency when he comes to announce the minimum number of years she must serve in prison after being convicted of killing her policeman husband Trevor Buchanan and Lesley
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:55A
'At first I thought there had been a car crash'
"At first I thought there had been a car crash," he told the Irish Independent. Then he realised he recognised the injured pair -- Virgis Aleksiunas (38) and his 17-year-old son -- were his next-door neighbours. The Lithuanian family have been living
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:55A
Maryland Gay Marriage Justice is Delayed
The decision by the House of Delegates to send a bill legalizing gay marriage back to the House Judiciary Committee -- a move designed to prevent the measure's outright defeat -- is a crushing disappointment to the thousands of Marylanders who lobbied,
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:54A
Police Log: Barrington Driver Charged With Reckless Driving, Injuries Resulting
violations and speeding after dispatch received a report that an motor vehicle accident occurred on Warren Avenue at approximately 2:10 am on Wednesday, March 9. National Grid and rescue personnel responded; injuries from the crash were reported.
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:54A
Khanani and Kalia case: Challenging acquittals, FIA chief records statement
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Choudhry had ordered the inquiry after Ahmed raised doubts about acquittal of the four KKI directors and four bankers involved in the case. Ahmed was asked to appear before the inquiry officer at SHC Friday
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:54A
Police apology for corruption as murder trial collapses
Two other defendants, James Cook accused of murder and former Detective Sergeant Sid Fillery, charged with perverting justice, were discharged after supergrass witnesses were discredited. The judge, Mr Justice Maddison, said the police had "ample
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:53A
2 siblings, unaware of tsunami threat, caught in surge in Ore.
Waves crash against the shore at Lincoln City, Ore. during a tsunami warning Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Statesman-Journal, Danielle Peterson, Statesman Journal) CURRY COUNTY, Ore. -- Two siblings who were camping on the Oregon coast and had no
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:53A
LAPD limits impounding of unlicensed drivers' cars
The change, which the department announced in a news release late Friday afternoon, is likely to anger groups that support strict enforcement of immigration laws. Efforts to contact representatives of several of those groups for comment were
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:52A
God sees the big picture that we cannot
And I will reminisce about what might have been had he not been killed in a car accident 24 years ago. The circumstances don't really matter. He left us far too soon. I wouldn't say that his death was a turning point for me, but I would say that in the
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:50A
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