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Clearwater police trying to ID hit-and-run driver
The victim, Ellen Sweeney, 79, of Largo, remains in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hospital after the Tuesday crash. The suspect's vehicle was described as a silver or gray pickup, possibly a 2005 or 2006 Dodge, with tinted windows.
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:47A
Elderly Florida man locked out of home, dies trying to get in
Volusia County sheriff's deputies said a passer-by found Johnnie Crews on Tuesday. He was kneeling on a chair and it appeared a heavy window fell on his back. He was unable to free himself. A medical examiner has ruled the death an accident.
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:47A
Bill seeks to decriminalize pot in Maine
The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee takes up the bills sponsored by independent Rep. Benjamin Chipman of Portland on Thursday afternoon. One of his bills would remove criminal penalties for possession of up to five ounces of marijuana,
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:47A
BC-US--Sunshine Week-Whistle-blower Demoted, 4th Ld-Writethru,1092
A senior Justice Department official in charge of Obama's openness policy, Melanie Pustay, told senators on Tuesday, "Certainly if the statements in the (AP) article are true, it would be very serious, and we would have very serious concerns with that.
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:47A
Youth justice facing change
(CNS): Consultants contracted to help overhaul the local youth justice system have arrived in Cayman to begin working with government and related agencies to start addressing the country's youth rehabilitation problems. The community services minister
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:47A
'Ruthless and savage' killer jailed for life over kidnap and murder of man
Ordering 35-year-old Paul Devalda to serve a minimum of 21 years behind bars the judge, Mr Justice Royce, told him: "I have no doubt that Paul Brady's nearest and dearest would think this is no more than you deserve." As Devalda , who showed no emotion
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:46A
'American Idol' Contestant's DUI Arrest Revealed
this wasn't Langone's first run-in with the law. In 2008, Kent police cited him for marijuana possession, but the case was dismissed in court. We really hope Langone has gotten his act together because, after his moving performance of "If You Don't
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:46A
Manchester City star dashes to side of critically ill father
57-year-old Jorge Ruben Zabaleta had been seriously hurt in a car crash in Buenos Aires on Saturday and Pablo was immediately granted leave to withdraw from the squad to face Reading. He and he and girlfriend Christel Castano flew to Argentina to be at
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:46A
Ex-Downers Furniture owner sentenced
The previous owner of the Downers Furniture Outlet was sentenced to 14 days in the Tazewell County Justice Center for writing bad refund checks to customers to repay them for furniture he never delivered. John G. Namoff, 48,
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:46A
Jub Jub case delayed again
hours after the crash. Motloung called Mabute's testimony into question when he accused her of a having used media reports about the accident and questioned her about her relationship with a captain who was at the scene on the day of the accident.
Updated: 03/17/2011 09:46A
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