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Shadow minister in call to save station
MP Vernon Coaker, the Shadow Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice, visited Uttoxeter in support of a petition opposing police cuts which could see 500 police jobs lost across Staffordshire at a time when they are needed most,
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:25A
Man goes free after murder conviction is overturned
Then came the guilty verdict and a life prison sentence. Carrillo was behind bars when his father died in 1999. His son, born shortly after his arrest, grew to manhood outside prison walls. During a phone call, Carrillo promised his son that he would
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:24A
Court expects Casey Anthony jury to cost $361000
The Casey Anthony trial will cost the court system more than $361000 — the bulk of it to house, feed and transport sequestered jurors for eight weeks, according to an expense breakdown by court officials.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:24A
Acquitted man suing justice officials over Air India trial
One of the two men acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings is suing federal and provincial justice officials for damages and legal costs, saying his Charter rights were violated by the failed prosecution. Ajaib Singh Bagri filed a notice of civil
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:24A
'Out of control?': Europe questions Japan's handling of nuclear crisis
The partial meltdown at Fukushima appeared more serious than the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, the US energy secretary, Steven Chu, told Congress. China, which had been driving a global revival of the nuclear industry, announced it was putting
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:24A
Responding to shortage, Texas changes its lethal-injection mix
AP HOUSTON -- Texas is changing one of the drugs used to conduct executions because of a shortage of a sedative it has used for nearly three decades, officials said Wednesday. Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials said they
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:24A
East Brunswick bus crash involved company with poor safety record
The accident occurred barely three days after 15 people were killed in a crash of a bus returning to New York City's Chinatown from the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut. Susan Loyer writes for the Home News Tribune.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:24A
Allama Hassan Turabi: Wife of accused wants quick justice
By PPI Wife of Muhammad Akbar Khan files petition in the Sindh High Court, asking for quick justice. KARACHI: Nasreen Akbar, the wife of Muhammad Akbar Khan, who is charged with killing Allama Hassan Turabi, has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:24A
Guilty plea to reduced charge in Seattle music director's death
A 16-year-old Twisp boy pleaded guilty to reckless driving Wednesday for the crash near Winthrop last summer that killed George Shangrow, a Seattle music director. By KC Mehaffey OKANOGAN — A 16-year-old Twisp boy pleaded guilty to reckless driving
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:23A
Steubenville Professor Says No Comparison to Chernobyl
"On the Monday following the weekend accident, our professors pulled us into a classroom to point to a location in the Soviet Union where an explosion had occurred at a nuclear power plant. Four years later, I was chosen to lead a year-long high school
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:22A
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