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Bristol man pleads no contest to DUI
He's now in the custody of the Department of Corrections, the Attorney General's Office confirmed. Ground rules for posting comments: No profanity or personal attacks. Please comment on the subject of the story itself. If you do not follow these rules,
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:10A
Jake Gyllenhaal Caught In The John
Mel Gibson will sue ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva for extortion if she continues with her lawsuit. Despite much speculation, John Stamos does not want to replace Charlie Sheen on CBS™s hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. And Lindsay Lohan has quit
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:08A
Defense fights priest abuse charges
It's a stretch," said lawyer Thomas Bergstrom. Bergstrom, a dean of Philadelphia's criminal defense bar, confirmed that the archdiocese is paying for him and co-counsel Jeffrey M. Lindy to defend Lynn. Our rules: No profanity, vulgarity, racial slurs,
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:08A
Tributes paid to 'wonderful dad' who died in fire
Last week, an open verdict was recorded at an inquest into the death of Darren Seaman who died near Milton Country Park on January 5. Speaking for the first time since the popular bus driver's death, his family said yesterday they were convinced he
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:08A
Guide urges new Canadians to leave old prejudices behind
That's the blunt message contained in the revised citizenship study guide Discover Canada, launched in Vancouver on Monday by Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:06A
RCMP charge man in Carrot River ambush
Five years after an off-duty RCMP officer was shot at his home, investigators have arrested and charged a 21-year-old man in connection with the incident. On Jan. 16, 2006, Greg Toogood stepped
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:04A
Court rejects call to throw out charges, allows retrial
Superior Court agreed with Lunsford that the prosecution's error was not a deliberate attempt to deny Rogers a fair trial. The court also noted that when a “defendant secures a new trial based on his own motion, he cannot later plead double jeopardy on
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:01A
France's far-right leader rides on anti-migrant wave
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives are in disarray over immigration, Islam and law-and-order after far-right leader Marine Le Pen sailed past him for the first time in an opinion poll. The poll, published in the daily newspaper Le
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:01A
Squireses appeal receivership judgment
The city and the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office filed a lawsuit against the Squireses in January alleging there were “ongoing and pervasive code violations” at the 26 Eureka properties that pose a threat to tenants and the public and that
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:00A
BNY Repays $494M Lehman Unit Debt
Earlier, BNY had paid Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy estate $480.3 million to close out a series of securities and foreign-exchange transactions. The trustee's team has shifted 110000 brokerage accounts with a value of nearly $92 billion out of Lehman
Updated: 03/15/2011 03:58A
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