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woman admits to being hit-and-run driver
Gattuso's vehicle had broken down on South Broadway, and the victim's father had arrived with his tow truck when the accident occurred, officials said. Gattuso's condition was "very, very critical" on Monday, a family member said.
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:24A
US says TV producer should be extradited to Mexico
By AP (AP) -- US Justice Department officials say former "Survivor" reality television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman should be extradited to Mexico to stand trial for the killing of his wife during a Cancun vacation last spring.
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:24A
Bay Area Municipalities Ordered to Protect San Francisco Bay from Sewage
106 SAN FRANCISCO – The US Environmental Protection Agency, Justice Department, California Water Boards and San Francisco Baykeeper today announced a stipulated order that will settle a Clean Water Act enforcement action against seven municipalities in
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:23A
Driver in NYC bus crash was a convicted killer
Williams, 40, was due to be questioned Tuesday by officials, who already doubt his tale that the horrific crash was caused by his vehicle being clipped by a tractor trailer. Witnesses and passengers had reported that Williams -- who later passed a
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:23A
Fukushima rates six on seven-point scale of gravity: watchdog
PARIS: The accident at Japan's Fukushima plant now rates six on a seven-point international scale of gravity for nuclear accidents, the head of France's Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) said Tuesday. The 1979 accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:23A
Magnitude 6 aftershock hits quake-ravaged Japan
A French nuclear safety authority has said the accident at the Fukushima plant could now be classed as level 6 out of an international scale of 7. The ASN had previously rated the accident at the plant as a 5 or 6. Level 7 was used only once for
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:23A
Notre Dame fined $77500 for lift death
The fine marks the end of a near five-month investigation conducted by the state agency, which has classified the accident as a preventable workplace fatality. “Notre Dame did not establish and maintain conditions of work that were reasonably safe for
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:23A
Japan orders thousands indoors for leaking radiation
Meanwhile, France's ASN nuclear safety authority said on Tuesday the accident at the plant could now be classed as level six out of an international scale of one to seven. On Monday, the ASN had rated the ongoing accident at the plant as a five or six.
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:22A
I-75 Closed in Middletown For Crash
An accident involving a semi-truck has closed most of Interstate 75 in both directions in Middletown. Officials are only allowing one lane of traffic to pass in the northbound direction near State Route 122, or exit 32. Officers on the scene from
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:22A
Family drops suit in Illinois killings _ for now
Attorneys have dropped a wrongful-death lawsuit against a southwestern Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and their two sons but plan to re-file it after the man's trial scheduled to begin next month. Jack Carey represents the family of Sheri
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:22A
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