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Two-truck crash in Newport sends 3 to hospital
Crews clean up the scene of a two-truck accident on Newport Road in Newport that occurred at about 6:30 am Thursday, March 17, 2011, and sent three people to the hospital. By ROCCO LaDUCA State police believe speed and icy road conditions were factors
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:34P
One dead in Bothell collision
The two-car crash happened just after 7 am One of the drivers of the cars was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. All northbound lanes of the highway are blocked as State Patrol troopers conduct an investigation. State Patrol Trooper Keith
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:34P
Japan is truly a disaster on a biblical scale, but are we right to worry about
The accident at the eponymous nuclear plant in Pennsylvania took place on 29 March 1978. That day, a partial core meltdown in Reactor Core No 2 led to local then national panic. There was talk of a China Syndrome, the title of a schlock disaster movie
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:34P
Verdict reached in Southfield homicide trial, but sealed for now
A jury weighing the fate of a man accused of a Southfield homicide has reached a verdict, but a judge has ordered it sealed while the jury for the man's co-defendant deliberates. “I really don't want the jury that's deliberating to be
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:34P
Lawmaker and 15-year-old constituent seek higher cap on damages stemming from
By AP | Associated Press | 10 minutes ago in US One of the youngest victims of a 2008 commuter train crash in California is taking aim at a federal law that caps legal settlements involving rail accidents at $200 million. Fifteen-year-old Mackenzie
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:34P
Accused driver going to trial
Parthapratim Nath, 47, will appear in court for his trial on April 26, court records show. The injured man, 76, remained in critical condition at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto for weeks following the July 23, 2009 crash at Cawthra and
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:33P
Accused driver going to trial
Parthapratim Nath, 47, will appear in court for his trial on April 26, court records show. The injured man, 76, remained in critical condition at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto for weeks following the July 23, 2009 crash at Cawthra and
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:33P
Luck of the Irish Won't Get You Out of a DUI
Law enforcement across the state will be out actively looking for impaired drivers. The Kansas Highway Patrol's Breath Alcohol Unit will be active in numerous communities throughout the state Thursday and this coming weekend assisting various agencies
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:33P
JPMorgan stake in Tribune may violate FCC rule
US Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey must decide which of the two plans to approve. In court filings, New York-based JPMorgan and Angelo Gordon claimed that their ownership stakes don't violate FCC ownership limitations. Should the FCC rule against them,
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:33P
Uptown area leads 2010 crash list
The intersections of Monroe Street and Whittlesey, Benedict and Shady Lane Drive, Washington Street and Whittlesey, and Benedict and Elm Street were the crash leaders in 2009, but remarkably had none in 2010. The business district, which runs from
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:33P