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Former taoisigh to lose state cars
Once the arrangements are implemented, state cars and Garda drivers will be provided only for the President, Taoiseach, Tnaiste, Justice Minister, Chief Justice and Director of Public Prosecutions. Other Cabinet ministers will no longer be entitled to
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:34P
Maid abuser to be tried again
A Saudi woman who was sentenced to three years in prison for severely torturing her Indonesian housemaid will be tried again after her lawyer appealed the verdict, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Wednesday. The appeal court in the western
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:33P
Crash shuts down eastbound Broadway
A vehicle crash has shut down the eastbound lanes of Broadway near Tucson Boulevard, authorities said. Tucson police officers are rerouting traffic into neighborhood streets. A car reportedly crashed into a power pole. Westbound traffic on Broadway has
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:33P
Mexico Backs Emigrant Workers in Suit Against US Firm
MEXICO CITY – The government of Mexico announced its support for a lawsuit filed by 21 Mexican workers against Nevada-based Peri & Sons Farms, Inc. alleging breach of contract. “The legal action seeks to recover salaries that were not paid by the
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:33P
New woman comes forward in SDPD traffic cop sex case
Arevalos is currently free on bail after a different woman claimed he sexually battered her just last week during a DUI stop, also in the Gaslamp Quarter. That woman did not receive a citation during the March 8 incident, according to SDPD officials.
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:32P
Fla. Supreme Court to hear smoking case
The RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Tuesday asked the justices to reverse a $28.3 million verdict won by the family of a deceased smoke in Pensacola. The 1st District Court of Appeal affirmed the verdict in December, siding with the family of Benny Martin,
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:31P
Mine Accident Kills 9, Injures 2 in SW China
The accident happened at 1:06 am in a pit of Jiala Coal Mine in Huangnihe Town of Fuyuan county, the county government said in a press release. It said 85 workers were in the pit, of whom 74 escaped, eight were killed at the scene and three were
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:31P
Lisa Cropp to return riding Thursday
Cropp had been in great form since basing herself in Melbourne last spring, riding 16 winners from November until the time of her accident on December 7. She rode trebles at Sandown and Kyneton in late November but hasn't ridden since the Caulfield
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:31P
Marijuana Possession Arrests Cost Tax Payers $75 Million
(Amal Chen/The Epoch Times) NEW YORK—City officials joined representatives from the Marijuana Arrest Research Project, the Institute for Juvenile Justice Reforms and Alternatives, the Drug Policy Alliance, and other community advocates on the steps of
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:30P
Bus and vehicle collide in Hudsonville
The school bus driver, 62-year-old Susan Mannes of Grandville, was not injured. None of 36 students on the bus at the time of the crash were injured. The students were transferred to another bus after the accident and taken home.
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:30P