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Meltdown looms as errors mount at Fukushima
“They're optimistic about everything: how fast they're going to do things, the cost, the idea of whether you are going to have an accident or not.” Ms. Keen – who chaired an international safety panel during her tenure – said that the industry can be
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:56P
NU's Capocci back on his feet for NIT
ending his college basketball career the way he wanted after missing last week's Big Ten tournament because of a concussion, but at least he has recovered enough from a freak accident to see some playing time in the National Invitation Tournament.
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:56P
Chernobyl hero Iouli Andreev accuses Japan of putting profits before nuclear
As the radiation leaks from the stricken Fuskushima power plant parked panic buying of iodine pills, Russian nuclear accident specialist Iouli Andreev said that greed in the nuclear industry and corporate influence over the UN's nuclear watchdog,
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:56P
Trial set for Barnes on rape charges
Barnes was convicted of two charges of second-degree rape and one charge of unlawful imprisonment in a 2009 Clallam County Superior Court trial. He was sentenced to just less than 10 years in prison but successfully appealed his conviction and got it
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:55P
Judge rules traffic stop on NJWeedman was legal
He says the state's criminal code — the one under which he was arrested and charged — reads that marijuana has no medicinal value. “The state of New Jersey recognized that marijuana has medicinal value, so they can no longer claim it's (an illegal
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:55P
Judge rules traffic stop on NJWeedman was legal
He says the state's criminal code — the one under which he was arrested and charged — reads that marijuana has no medicinal value. “The state of New Jersey recognized that marijuana has medicinal value, so they can no longer claim it's (an illegal
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:55P
Offender levy nets $2 million in first year
Justice Minister Simon Power says the money is used to fund eight additional entitlements and services for victims of serious crime. "The Ministry of Justice estimated that $2 million would be collected in the first year, based on the assumption that
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:55P
North Port Teen dead, another injured in fatal crash
A teenage driver was killed and another teenager is in serious condition after they lost control of their vehicle while driving on Interstate 75, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release. Marcus Alan Freeman, 16, of North Port and passenger
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:55P
Janet Jackson inks Lionsgate deal
Lionsgate noted that Jackson has sold over 100 million records worldwide and began her film career in John Singleton's "Poetic Justice." She's currently on a 35-city tour, entitled "Number Ones: Up Close And Personal." Jackson is managed by Jaime
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:54P
SHGs will supply food to anganwadis, HC told
The bench, headed by Chief Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya, on Monday instructed the government to expedite the process of doing away the contract system of food supply and submit a progress report by June 28. Acting suo motu, the high court took notice of the
Updated: 03/15/2011 07:54P