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Civil Identification Issues Online Criminal Record Certificates
Ondjiva, Mar 16, 2011 (Angola Press Agency/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The civil identification and criminal department of the provincial management of Justice in Cunene province, started March 07, issuing online criminal record certificates
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:07A
$30 million awarded in alienation of affection
RALEIGH -- The former wife of a Raleigh trucking company owner was awarded $30 million this week in an alienation-of-affection lawsuit in Wake County. The award is believed to be one of the biggest in North Carolina,
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:07A
Maintenance worker killed at Progress coal-fired plant
Cory Rogers, 24, was performing maintenance on the unit when the accident occurred just before 9 am No other employees were injured. The unit, which cycles on and off based on customer demand, was not in operation at the time.
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:07A
Nuclear plant setback looms
The nuclear accident unfolding in Japan is raising questions about whether Duke Energy and Progress Energy will get the legislation they say is essential to building nuclear plants in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:07A
NFL quarterbacks don't do teachers any favors
The National Football League Players Association dissolved itself as a union on March 11, changing to a trade association instead so that individual players could pursue an antitrust lawsuit against the league.
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:06A
Ex-attorney out of prison but back in court
Kenneth Ackerman, left, and his brother attorney David Ackerman appeared before Judge Paul Rasmussen on Tuesday afternoon. They were seeking clarification of Kenneth Ackerman's community service sentence stemming from his 1997 conviction for DUI
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:06A
Show me the records
Attorney Tom McGuire, who filed a lawsuit on Monday demanding all of the sheriff's records involving the Dec. 9 traffic stop, said he initially requested the information to determine whether there was any truth to a "courthouse rumor" that the
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:06A
Show me the records
Attorney Tom McGuire, who filed a lawsuit on Monday demanding all of the sheriff's records involving the Dec. 9 traffic stop, said he initially requested the information to determine whether there was any truth to a "courthouse rumor" that the
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:06A
Preacher to Preacher: An Interview with J. Alfred Smith
"The preachers in the African American tradition preach not because they can, but we preach because we must, and we shall preach until justice runs down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream." By Jenny Warner, March 15, 2011 Editor's Note:
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:05A
2 killed, at least 40 injured in New Jersey Turnpike bus crash
The fatal bus accident occurred at around 9:00 pm, as the bus was headed south on the turnpike from New York City's Chinatown to Philadelphia, reported the New York Times. According to officials the bus, which is operated by Super Luxury Tours of
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:05A