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Minister keeps mum at Curragh Camp visit
THE Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter, TD who visited the Defence Forces Training Centre at the Curragh on Friday last, April 8, could not be swayed on any future plans that the new government may have earmarked for the Curragh
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:45P
Butcher jailed for stabbing wife to death
Sentencing Lubik, of Noble Park North, Justice Ross Robson rejected his defence that his wife had come at him with the knife. He said it was only Lubik who had the knife. "Your deliberate stabbing of Barbara involved a deliberate intention to harm her
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:45P
Driver rolls car ten times and lives
The accident happened near Perry in Box Elder County. Utah Highway Patrol are not sure why the driver veered off Interstate 15 into a field. Her air bag did not go off, but she was using a seatbelt. A trooper said it saved her life.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:45P
Lawsuits filed on behalf of students injured in North High stove explosion
The lawsuit names the Torrance Unified School District and two companies that played a role in manufacturing and distributing the stove, Sunmax Corp. and Global GSU Inc. The three defendants are accused of negligence, while the lawsuit seeks to hold
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:44P
Sunrise taps outgoing City Attorney Stuart Michelson to handle lawsuit
In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, commissioners tapped Michelson to handle a lawsuit stemming from construction defects in the city's 50-meter Olympic pool. Commissioner Sheila Alu made the motion and won support from Commissioners Don Rosen and Joey Scuotto.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:44P
International News Roundup for March 28 - April 11
Japan continues to battle the increasingly hazardous nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. April 11 - Japanese officials increased the threat level at the Fukushima Daiichi
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:44P
Capital gains' higher tax rate in 2013 raises value of prior-year losses
Public accountant Howard Davis said he had a lot of clients who are still carrying forward tens of thousands of dollars in capital losses on their tax returns stemming from the stock market crash in 2008. No matter how much an investor lost,
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:43P
Anti-immigration Bills Advance Amid Criticism
A state House committee approved three anti-immigration measures Tuesday night, including one which critics say is modeled on a controversial Arizona law. Murfreesboro Representative Joe Carr got his bills out of the House State and Local Government
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:43P
Georgia Senate Approves AZ-Style Immigration Bill
While the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Monday a stay on the most controversial provisions of Arizona's anti-immigration law SB 1070, the Georgia senate approved its own version of the anti-immigrant law, reports Al Da.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:43P
DOC settles inmate's First Amendment suit
By Tasha Kates Virginia Department of Corrections inmates will have more access to religious media, according to a settlement in a prisoner's First Amendment lawsuit against the DOC. Kyle Mabe filed suit Feb. 3, 2010, against the state,
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:43P