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Michael and Jackie Woelfel faced that pain last year, when their son suffered a traumatic accident. The hospital labeled him terminal, the Woelfels said, and gave him three days to "look alive." When he didn't, the parents sat by their son's bedside
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:26P
Fukushima Vs. Chernobyl: Still Not Equal
The only other nuclear incident to earn that rating: the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. The decision to bump up the rating from 5 to 7 was prompted by new data on the amount of radiation released at the plant in the early days
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:25P
Market falls as Japan raises crisis level, Alcoa earnings disappoint
Markets also fell in Asia and Europe after Japan said the crisis at its crippled nuclear plant was as serious as the 1986 Chernobyl accident, though much less radiation has leaked. The plant in northern Japan was damaged in the March 11 earthquake and
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:24P
Man sentenced to jail time for helping accused killer flee
Bird died after being stabbed in the chest early last July 31 at a home in east Edmonton. Ashley Rose Sinclair, Klinaku's former girlfriend who he has a child with, was charged with second-degree murder. According to the agreed statement of facts
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:24P
Inches from death
Alan Parkinson was travelling north along George Bass Drive with his father Howard when the accident happened at about 10.30am. He estimated the impact speed of the wheel hitting the windscreen was about 200km/h. “We had just gone over the bridge and
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:24P
Legal aid revamp would reduce choice: critics
Justice Minister Simon Power today revealed proposals to reduce legal aid costs by $138m over four years. The changes, to be introduced to Parliament by mid-year, include introducing a $100 user fee, charging interest on debt, tightening the
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:24P
Judge re-seals Bergstein docs
A day after revealing a bombshell report that condemns the business practices of embattled financier David Bergstein and his sometime-business partner Ron Tutor, a federal bankruptcy judge resealed the docs -- but not before the
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:24P
House Speaker's Plan Would Rein In the Judiciary
Cannon, a Winter Park Republican and attorney, says he wants to speed along justice, offer accountability to citizens and "add transparency to what is an obscure system." Retired Supreme Court Justice Gerald Kogan, appointed by Republican former Gov.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:24P
Dance crews lay down the moves
Australia's Got Talent champions The Justice Crew won the adult division two years ago. They were placed 14th overall at the World Hip Hop Dance Championships in 2009. "It's getting bigger and better each year," said publicist Kay Valino.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:23P
Bradley Cooper the Frontrunner for The Crow Remake
The original film was released in 1994 and starred Brandon Lee as Eric Draven, a musician who returns from the dead with supernatural powers to avenge his and his fiancee's murder. Lee was killed in a tragic accident during production, but the film was
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:23P
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