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Penis-burning wife Rajini Narayan walks free
Justice John Sulan ruled there was good reason to release Narayan into the community on a three-year, $1000 good behaviour bond. The 46-year-old woman had previously admitted she snapped and in a momentary loss of control threw petrol and a lit candle
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:55P
Fukushima Accident Upgraded to Severity Level 7
After a month of widening disaster at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant, the Japanese government today raised the severity rating of the accident. The Fukushima Dai-1 crisis is now rated a 7 on the International Atomic Energy Agency's scale--that's
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:54P
Arrest Made In Encinitas Fatal Hit And Run
Police determined Fernandez's vehicle, a Dodge Ram 1500, was similar to a vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash which happened last Sunday on Highway 101 in Encinitas. James Steven Swarzman, 47, of Encino, was riding with two other cyclists
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:54P
Lessons to be learned from Wisconsin judicial race
There still is no declared winner in the race between incumbent Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, yet their backers combined to spend more than $4.53 million on the campaign. This is important to Minnesota because unless cooler
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:54P
Burke County Sheriff
The following arrests and citations were reported by the Burke County Sheriff's Office for the past week: Saturday, April 2 Randy Maurice Hanton, 43, of Cherry Street, Waynesboro, was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident (hit and run),
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:53P
Jury to Continue Deliberating in Bonds Perjury Case
Jurors, eight women and four men, will return Wednesday to try to reach an agreement on the charges against Bonds — three counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice. Their deliberations have already lasted the longest of
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:53P
Jury to Continue Deliberating in Bonds Perjury Case
Jurors, eight women and four men, will return Wednesday to try to reach an agreement on the charges against Bonds — three counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice. Their deliberations have already lasted the longest of
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:53P
Divorces rise as taboo falls in urban India
While it's not clear when or if Parliament will pass the legislation, it's a definite breakaway from the current, more stringent, divorce laws, guided by religious family law. Hindus, who form nearly 80 percent of the country's population,
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:53P
Indio Considers Police Layoffs
Right now, Indio has .72 police officers per one thousand people, well below the 1.8 per thousand reccommended by the Justice Department for a city its size. Last year, the department lost four officers to early retirement, and nine support staff were
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:52P
Google Authorized to Buy Travel Software Company ITA
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Google Inc. has gained approval from the US Department of Justice for the $700 million takeover of ITA Software, whose software is employed by online travel sites such as Expedia, TripAdvisor, and Kayak,
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:52P
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