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Sales tax exemptions unconstitutional: Lawsuit Says
South Carolina sales tax is unconstitutional and must be completely renewed the state legislature, two Columbia lawyers argued in a lawsuit filed Monday, the Supreme Court of the State. In the lawsuit, first reported by The South Carolina State
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:02A
Trooper Involved In Crash With Semi
An Indiana State Trooper is lucky to be alive after a serious crash involving a semi. The wreck happened Tuesday night on eastbound Interstate-70. Police said 39-year-old Trooper Patrick Etter was turning from westbound I-70 to the eastbound I-70 when
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:02A
Orange prize for fiction 2010: the longlist
But when son and heir Nur suffers a near-fatal accident, his hopes of a glittering future are dashed. Patriarch Mahmoud's first wife is confined to her open-air kitchen, while his second, a modern Egyptian woman, is intent on dividing the household.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:02A
258 arrested at anti-brutality protest
Six of those people were charged under the Criminal Code, 13 for breaking municipal laws, and 239 for road-safety violations. It was the second-largest number of arrests at the annual event since its inception in 1997. Only 2002's march yielded more
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:02A
Facebook, Google Must Obey EU Data-Protection Law, Reding Says
16 11:45:00 GMT 2011 Facebook Inc., the most-visited US website, Google Inc. (GOOG) and other US-based companies would have to comply with stricter data-protection rules being planned for the European Union, the region's justice commissioner said.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:02A
After 4.6-million Miles, Manchester Man Keeps on Truckin'
Without an accident. “I don't know,” Joe says when asked how he did it. Then he knocks on the wooden conference room table at CRST Inc., in Cedar Rapids. He'd hauled plate glass to Owatonna, Minn., the day before and was to leave soon with another load
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:01A
Hundreds arrested during Montreal protests
Police said numbers tallied after Montreal's notoriously raucous annual anti-police protest showed six people were arrested for alleged violations of the Criminal Code, 13 under municipal bylaws and 239 under the Highway Safety Code.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:01A
Barry Minkow Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading Scam Against Lennar (LEN)
After the release of the report in which Minkow made unsubstantiated allegations against the company and its executives, Lennar filed libel and extortion lawsuit against Minkow in Miami. Lennar wanted to force Minkow to verify his allegations,
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:01A
Mum tells of bid to revive tragic son
A hysterical mum had to give her baby mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when she found him lying lifeless on the floor after being electrocuted, a fatal accident inquiry heard. Claire Hughes discovered 21-month-old Liam Boyle in his toy room on February 28,
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:01A
Nebraska inmate serving life sues attorney again
KWBE Radio in Beatrice reports that 46-year-old Richard Griswold filed his latest lawsuit on Monday in Gage County District Court. In the handwritten lawsuit, Griswold claims negligence, misrepresentation and malpractice by his attorney.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:01A
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