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Trial opens for ousted beauty queen
Domonique Ramirez, 17, drew intense media attention last month when she filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Miss Bexar County Organization Inc., an offshoot of Miss America that runs the Miss San Antonio pageant. Her attorney, Luis Vera Jr.,
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:53A
Judge cuts offender in DWI death a break
Just this week during Spring Break the district attorney's office extended its no refusal blood draws on DWI suspects to weekdays. More can be done, but there needs to be a cultural shift in the community, Herberg said. Nobody sympathizes
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:53A
Judge cuts offender in DWI death a break
Just this week during Spring Break the district attorney's office extended its no refusal blood draws on DWI suspects to weekdays. More can be done, but there needs to be a cultural shift in the community, Herberg said. Nobody sympathizes
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:53A
MHS graduate heading to Rwanda
The program in the African country is designed to gather young leaders committed to promoting human rights and social justice. The program includes workshops, training and then a week of site visits. For Brown this means hands-on learning and an
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:52A
Developer told he is 'personally liable' for 10m
Legal sources said Mr Justice Frank Clarke's decision has significant implications for similar cases. The judge ruled that Mr Cunningham should be held personally liable for the costs orders against the Cunningham group of companies because he had
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:52A
MLAs demand release of 2006 Malegaon blast accused in Maha Assembly
youths arrested in the 2006 Malegaon blast case, Samajwadi Party MLAs Abu Asim Azmi and Rashid Tahir Momin, and Malegaon MLA Mufti Ismael March 16 raised the issue in the Maharashtra assembly and demanded for justice and their immediate release.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:50A
Also in Horse Racing
Verdict -- Tony McCoy could be the man to get a tune out of Noble Prince. A typically intricate renewal of this race, with a couple of particularly interesting raiders among the 24-runner field. Tom Cooper's Son Amix ran well to be fourth in the Fred
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:50A
Hamilton Board of Education cracks down on nepotism
Tola said the school board paid “more than $20000 on legal fees” — taxpayer money — to defend itself from the lawsuit Fisher filed last December against Joseph Tramontana and the board of education. Fisher was suing the board for promoting Tramontana
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:49A
Former Corvallis man killed in crash a suspect in California killings
But it's the details behind the crash that really have stunned friends of 32-year-old Tomas “Mas” Pitagoras Gouverneur: He was being pursued as a possible suspect after someone slashed the throats of two people and injured two others in California's
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:48A
Substitute lethal injection drug approved in Texas
After a nation-wide shortage of thiopental, one of three drugs used in lethal injections, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has found a substitute. The institutional division's director approved the use of pentobarbital in its place once the
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:48A