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What Can We Do to Lower Risk of Severe Injury in Motocross Supercross?
In fact legislation has been adopted here in Colorado to require training in head injury identification for your sports coaches/officials. I believe that better helmets and gear need to be developed to better protect riders from serious injury.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:38P
Japan Stocks Rise for First Time in Three Days Led by 'Oversold' Carmakers
Tokyo Electric surged 13 percent, the biggest gain on the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, after a report that the government may ask other utilities to share the cost of the accident at its Fukushima nuclear plant. Inpex Corp, Japan's No.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:37P
Kenya: Kiplagat Probe Team Trio Seeking More Time
THE tribunal established to probe the suitability of Bethuel Kiplagat serving as the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission chair is seeking three months' extension. The Star has learned that the tribunal, whose mandate is supposed to expire on
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:37P
Taiwan's Dollar Declines for a Second Day on Japan's Crisis
Overseas funds sold more local stocks than they bought for the first time in 12 days yesterday as Japan raised the severity rating of the accident at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant to the highest level. Damage stemming from the crisis may reduce
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:37P
New Details Emerge on Sokol and Lubrizol Deal
“I think someone could look at this set of facts and say there's a potential problem here,” said Richard L. Scheff, a former federal prosecutor who is now a criminal defense lawyer at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads. “This raises a concern for
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:37P
Dignity for dying child: officer commended
Leading Senior Constable Kathleen Dunklet-Jones was called to a property at Tipperrary, west of Nabiac in January 2009 where two children had been crushed underneath a quad bike. Amber Lovell, from Davistown on the Central Coast, had been riding the
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:36P
The Commons: Take your pick
Only Len from Gibsons, who asked about justice policy, seemed to receive something like a proper and full statement of positions—an odd twist given how insipid the discussion of crime is often made to be. So perhaps Len is to be declared the winner of
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:36P
After Rio School Shooting, Brazil Govt Goes Gun Collecting
The Ministry of Justice will anticipate a gun retrieval program following the April 7 shooting at a middle school in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's Ministry of Justice is calling on gun owners to turn in their arms. The government's disarmament campaign is
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:35P
Compromise Clears Path for Nevada Online Poker Bill
Horne also said that Nevada's online poker bill would allow the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada Gaming Control Board to have regulatory structure in place for a future online gambling climate with blanket federal laws.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:35P
Study praises Texas for prison reforms, but comes with warning
Texas was praised Tuesday for adopting wide-ranging prison reforms that have dramatically cut the state's recidivism rate — and warned that repeat incarcerations and criminal justice costs could rise again if budget-burdened legislators
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:35P