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Accident causes delays for Falmouth drivers
There were long delays for drivers in Falmouth and Penryn after a vehicle overturned on the A39 early this morning. The incident forced the emergency services to close lanes at the roundabout at Ponsharden, where Falmouth Road joins the A39.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:25A
Burnaby Mountie pleads guilty in 2007 car crash that killed 2
lesser charge for a 2007 car accident that killed two young men. RCMP Const. Petina Kostiuk was charged in 2008 with two counts of dangerous driving causing death. The charges stemmed from a crash in 2007 that claimed the lives of Albert Haczewski,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:25A
Media adviser fined over hit and run
A former Bligh Government media adviser has been issued with two traffic infringement notices over a hit and run crash that triggered his resignation. David Murdoch, a senior adviser to Child Safety and Sport Minister Phil Reeves, quit a week and a
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:24A
JPO defends no-fault divorce, hits out at PM's comments
The proposed divorce law gave grounds for no-fault divorce because it was based on a four-year period when separation would already have been made legal and therefore fault and its consequences would have already been established.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:24A
Nuclear risk
It is the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl 25 years ago. In the last few years debate on nuclear power has been quite lively. Increasing energy consumption and diminishing oil reserves are leading us to an energy crisis which, according to many
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:24A
UBS investigated over Libor manipulation claims
UBS confirmed the Securities Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department for Justice had all been in contact over the allegations, which refer to submissions the bank made the
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:23A
Owner of bus in fatal New Jersey crash had safety citations
Monday's accident came days after a tour bus traveling from a Connecticut casino to New York's Chinatown ran off the highway in the Bronx, NY, killing 15. The vehicle, operated by World Wide Travel, was sheared in half by a sign pole.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:23A
Beazer directors sued over compensation
In doing so, the company did not act in shareholder's best interests lawyers for two Teamsters pension funds claim in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court. In February, Beazer reported a $48.8 million net loss in the first quarter.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:23A
Lack of Thai interpreters stalls court cases
Justice Department spokesman Tlali Tlali said the department viewed the problem seriously. “It is concerned that incidents of this nature negatively affect the administration of justice in general and the criminal justice system in particular.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:22A
Overland police settle suit over death of man
(AP) - The St. Louis County town of Overland has agreed to a $1.2 million settlement of a lawsuit over the death of a man who died after falling down stairs during an argument with police. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Overland's insurance
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:22A
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