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Sarasota woman seriously injured in collision
SARASOTA COUNTY - A 57-year-old woman is in serious condition after a vehicle accident on Webber Street. At 5:20 pm Tuesday, Suzanne Cole Bellan of Sarasota was driving westbound on Webber when she lost control of her car. Her car crossed the median,
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:09A
Fairfax County police arrest illegal immigrant in fatal drunken driving crash
Authorities say an illegal immigrant who previously had been deported has been charged in a fatal drunken driving crash in Fairfax County. Police say 33-year-old Carlos Sanchez-Ramos of Springfield has been charged with aggravated involuntary
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:09A
Baltimore County man, 41, killed in crash on Interstate 70
A Baltimore County man was killed Monday when his truck struck a guardrail and he was ejected on Interstate 70 in Frederick County, state police said. Elmer Smith, 41, was headed west on I-70, near Route 75 in New
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:09A
TERRIBLE DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE LAW AND COMMON SENSE
Over the past five years, the Decatur Police and Macon County Sheriff's departments combined, have made over 3700 DUI arrests and according to the Illinois Secretary of State DUI Fact Book, more than 91% of all DUI offenders gets their driver's license
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:08A
Upstate NY man, 23, pleads guilty in fatal crash
AP - March 16, 2011 7:55 AM ET SYRACUSE, NY (AP) - A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in a multi-vehicle fatal crash on a suburban Syracuse highway last summer. The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports Matthew Stephan of
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:08A
NYPD Ticket Blitz Targets Red Light-Running Cyclists
Capt. Philip Wishnia of the Central Park Precinct says a bike is a vehicle and the traffic law applies. "There is a reason the law was put in place. One injury to pedestrians is one injury too many," Wishnia told the New York Post.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:08A
Cyclists Ticketed for Running Lights in Park
Capt. Philip Wishnia of the Central Park Precinct says a bike is a vehicle and the traffic law applies. "There is a reason the law was put in place. One injury to pedestrians is one injury too many," Wishnia told the New York Post.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:08A
Political Cornflakes: Romney tops local officials poll
Herbert signs immigration bills. Sen. Buttars' daughter seeks his spot. Romney tops surprise straw poll. Happy Wednesday. Gov. Gary Herbert surprised some, impressed others and ticked off a few yesterday when he signed HB116, which creates a state
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:08A
Birds are seen along shore of Susquehanna River near Three Mile Island nuclear
Birds are seen along the shore of the Susquehanna River near the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, where the US suffered its most serious nuclear accident in 1979, in Middletown, Pennsylvania March 15, 2011. US regulators should press ahead with
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:07A
A mand looks at a screen displaying stock prices in Tokyo
Japan's Nikkei average rallied 4.4 percent on Wednesday after the worst two-day selloff since the 1987 crash, with some investors scooping up shares even as many fretted that a further deterioration in nuclear crisis could undermine the market.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:07A