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Cigarette Tax Deserves Attention
A bill that would jump the state's cigarette tax by $1 per pack is getting support from Health Officer Done Williams, Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb and several other health organizations, according to the Association Press. Currently, Alabama's tax is
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:34P
Where There's Smoke There's Fire
The massive apartment fire on Kelglen Crescent in Kelowna appears to be just an accident. The Fire Department says it looks like a cigarette or other smoking material sparked the blaze, though private insurance investigators are
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:34P
The Music Beat: F for Fake has authentic feel
Charlie Roadman has practiced criminal law in Austin since 2002. But the San Antonio-tempered guitarist, songwriter and record producer never stashed his guitars and his amp in a closet. "I just continued to write music and play with whatever friends
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:33P
Queensbury woman arrested for alleged hit and run, DWI
Gail M. Cook, 49, was charged with aggravated DWI and leaving the scene of a personal injury motor vehicle accident after allegedly running off the road and hitting Tyler H. Carey, 35, of Queensbury, according to the Warren County Sheriff's Department.
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:33P
Japan ups Fukushima nuclear crisis level to 7, equal to the Chernobyl disaster
Japanese authorities have officially upgraded the level of their nuclear disaster to a grade 7 - the highest level on the nuclear accident scale and the same level as Chernobyl catastrophe. Watchdogs and activists have doubted the statements from
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:33P
Federal court continues hold on Arizona immigration law
The Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals has upheld a preliminary injunction against the most controversial parts of the Arizona anti-immigration law that some Michigan legislators want to copy in this state.
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:32P
Disabality Standards for Death Row Set
Justice William C. Koch Jr. wrote in the unanimous opinion that lower courts have interpreted those four rulings to mean that there is a “mandatory requirement that only raw IQ test scores may be used to determine whether a criminal defendant” is
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:32P
Disabality Standards for Death Row Set
Justice William C. Koch Jr. wrote in the unanimous opinion that lower courts have interpreted those four rulings to mean that there is a “mandatory requirement that only raw IQ test scores may be used to determine whether a criminal defendant” is
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:32P
Disability Standards for Death Row Set
In four Tennessee Supreme Court rulings over 16 years, attorneys, trial court judges and lower appellate courts thought they had established the standards for judging whether the death penalty can be applied in a capital murder case where
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:32P
Driver Errors Explain Most Teen Crashes, Experts Say
That's defined as the critical error that occurs right before the crash. For instance, while negotiating a left turn, a teen driver may not ''scan" enough to the left and be hit by oncoming traffic. For parents with teen drivers or those about to drive
Updated: 04/12/2011 05:32P
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