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Calm down. Japan's nuclear crisis poses no risk to BC
The accident site is separated from Vancouver by 7500 kilometres of ocean, about the same distance that separates Toronto from Chernobyl. Yes, the disaster could get worse -in Japan and particularly for the 12 million people who live in Tokyo,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13A
'NJWeedman' has his day in court
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: 03/16/2011 05:13A
NBA referee sues over Twitter post
In a federal lawsuit filed Monday in Minneapolis, veteran NBA referee William Spooner claimed AP sports writer Jon Krawczynski defamed him in the Twitter message, sent while he was covering the Jan. 24 Rockets-Timberwolves game. In the second period,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13A
Bus in fatal crash flagged for safety
In Monday's accident, driver Wei Wang, a 50-year-old Taiwanese national who lived in Forest Hills, NY, was thrown through the windshield, and several passengers were badly injured, state police Sgt. Stephen Jones said. Passenger Troy Nguyen, 20,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13A
Sticky sodomy case has Botswana gays flustered
Normally tranquil Botswana has plunged into a fierce public debate about whether homosexuality is "un-African", sparked by a new lawsuit against the country's sodomy law. Wedged between liberal South Africa, which allows gay marriage, and conservative
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13A
Official: Health care law bad for business
State Banking and Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Considine told a business roundtable Tuesday that the health care law signed by President Barack Obama is like the story of the boy wishing for a pony. Finding his room full of horse manure,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13A
Police examine wreck in bus crash
In Monday's accident, driver Wei Wang, a 50-year-old Taiwanese national who lived in Forest Hills, NY, was thrown through the windshield, and several passengers were badly injured, state police Sgt. Stephen Jones said. Passenger Troy Nguyen, 20,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:12A
Insurer liable for fraud in cops case
27, 2005, while investigating an accident on Route 13 in Croydon, when they were hit by a speeding drunken and uninsured driver, records show. The two were crushed against their own patrol car. Egan's leg was amputated and Buzby suffered permanent
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:12A
Seniors shouldn't pay certain school costs
The dissenting opinion was written by Chief Justice Warren Burger. He did not deny education's importance, but the importance of education does not elevate it to the status of a fundamental right. Regarding school bus fees: On June 24, 1988,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:12A
Plane crash victim 'a true gentleman'
Detective Inspector Jeff Handley from Morriston CID said: “This is a tragic incident and together we are determined to establish what caused this crash. “It is clearly important for the family to know what brought about the untimely death of Mr Claxton
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:12A
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