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Radiation leak 'low enough'
In Europe, environmentalists seized on the accident to press for an end to nuclear power. Up to 60000 protesters formed a 45-km (27-mile) human chain in Germany to denounce the government's policy of extending the life of nuclear plants.
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:47A
Fukushima Power Plant Tragedy
The emergency cooling system at a second #nuclear# reactor at the Fukushima power plant has failed, raising fears of serious #accident# but officials have said the low #radiation# levels pose no risk to human health. Japan is now struggling to take
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:46A
Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend still plans to sue him
TMZ.com had reported in September 2010 that Grigorieva would file a lawsuit alleging battery, emotional distress and defamation. “Our position hasn't changed,” her lawyer Daniel Horowitz told the website when asked if Gibson's no contest plea in any
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:45A
Marmolejo murder trial: Prosecution rests case
David Marmolejo's trial was moved to San Antonio after an El Paso jury deadlocked on a verdict during his first trial in October. Prosecutors, who include District Attorney Jaime Esparza and assistant district attorneys Denise Butterworth and Jennifer
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:45A
Missoula equality ordinance, education funding on Legislature's agenda
Larry Jent, D-Bozeman, creates the crime of aggravated DUI, and SB42, from Sen. Jim Shockley, R-Victor, would allow law officers to get a warrant to force a DUI suspect to give a breath or blood test. Room 137 at the Capitol, 8 am Gay rights: On Monday
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:45A
Dent woman critical after two-car crash
A woman was listed in critical condition at Fargo's Sanford Hospital on Saturday night after being injured in a two-car head-on crash on Highway 78 near Perham Saturday morning, the Minnesota State Patrol reported. A woman was listed in critical
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:44A
Driving too fast bigger factor in fatalities than alcohol
Lightburn's family lives with the consequences of a 2008 street-racing crash on Old Highway 10 in Turah that killed one man and left one of Lightburn's daughters, Parischia Ask, brain-injured and in a wheelchair. Both Parischia and her sister, Xiara,
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:44A
BRIEFS - Countryman wins top safety award
The Mini Cooper Countryman, a four-door small car, earns the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) top safety accolade after achieving good ratings for front, side, rollover, and rear-impact protection. It is the first Mini to win,
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:44A
War-mington, Lightbourne and civility
Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer Dorothy Lightbourne, the minister of justice, was penitent Friday in withdrawing her claim against cross-examiner KD Knight. - Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer The nation had hardly absorbed the latest round of
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:44A
Dorothy's testimony may create problems
Some of the justice minister's remarks during cross-examination have highlighted the likelihood of strained relationships with her staff in the offices of the director of public prosecutions (DPP) in the future. Only Lackston Robinson, the deputy
Updated: 03/13/2011 01:44A
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