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Michael Mann and Paul Haggis to Develop GOLD
Director Michael Mann ('Public Enemies,' 'Collateral,' 'Heat') and writer/director Paul Haggis ('Crash,' 'Million Dollar Baby,' 'Casino Royale') are to team up and develop 'Gold.' While plot details are scarce, the thriller is said to be in the vein of
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:20A
IBM Training Computers to Predict Traffic
AP By JORDAN ROBERTSON AP Technology Writer Traffic websites, with their color-coded maps of clogged streets and freeways, are good at telling commuters when congestion is already awful. But what if they could know not only where you drive,
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:20A
Baroda man convicted of sexual assault
By DEBRA HAIGHT - HP Correspondent That was the message a Baroda man, convicted of sexual assault, heard Monday from Berrien County Trial Court Judge Sterling Schrock. Schrock sentenced Anthony Russell Pappa, 20, of Snow Road for assault with intent to
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:20A
Speedway Buying Gas City Sites
CHICAGO -- Gas station chain Speedway LLC will buy most of Gas City's sites in the Chicago area, according to documents in Gas City's bankruptcy case cited by The Southtown Star. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. also will pick up a handful of stores.
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:20A
Nuke crisis on par with Chernobyl
Officials from Japan's nuclear agency reclassified the ongoing emergency from Level 5, an "accident with off-site risk," to Level 7, a "major accident." The reassessment comes at a time when the International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant is
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:20A
Dust cloud
Who's at fault in the event of a crash? What about hazards to people with respiratory problems or kids or the elderly? I've noticed the military bases put water trucks ahead of their sweepers to mitigate dust. Why doesn't DOT?
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:20A
Apathy on the Streets
Today I learned of yet another unsettling detail of people in financial despair, a fact that screams for health care reform in the US: nearly two-thirds of people who filed for bankruptcy protection in 2007 cited illness and medical bills to be,
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:19A
Widener Law program examines innocence within the criminal justice system
“What happened to Kirk Bloodsworth is shocking, and disturbing for what it says about the American justice system. Yes, Bloodsworth was eventually released, but after losing nearly a decade of his freedom – and very nearly his life while on death row,”
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:19A
UPDATE: Carthage community leader dies in car crash
A local business owner and community leader in Carthage died on Monday in traffic crash on US Highway 71 in Newton County. Richard Campbell, 57, owner of Trees Unlimited and Four-State Supply, located on County Route FF east of Joplin
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:19A
Derry woman hurt in I-93 rollover
The car came to rest on the drivers side, its back end against the guardrail, following the 1:30 pm crash. Methuen firefighters cut the roof from the car and freed Capozzi, who was placed on a backboard and hoisted over the guardrail in the median
Updated: 04/13/2011 12:19A
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