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Group replacing handicaps with new abilities, pursuits
“Today, I work as a counselor for the Department of Assistance and Rehabilitative Services, and I focus on people with hearing loss. We have two offices in Lubbock, and serve a lot of people with disabilities. We are willing to help people with
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:24A
Bonds jury still deliberating
With each passing hour Wednesday, speculation mounted as to whether the jury even will be able to reach a verdict on the four charges: three counts of making false statements to a grand jury in 2003 and one count of obstruction of justice.
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:24A
Students raise change with chains
A “Loose Change to Loosen Chains” table will be present on campus all week to accept donations for the International Justice Mission. The mission works with other nations' state departments to restrict slavery and also takes undercover video of
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:23A
Ontario court strikes down Canada's pot laws
Mr. Justice Donald Taliano of the Ontario Superior Court struck down the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations, arguing they aren't doing enough to ensure patients can obtain the necessary approvals to use the drug. Simultaneously, he ruled two sections
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:23A
Man trapped in van for 45 minutes
Bridgham was taken by helicopter to Maine Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries. His service dog was not hurt, but it took a lot of coaxing by a family friend who arrived on the scene to leave his charge and go with someone else.
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:23A
Williams' petition to be admitted to the federal bar is denied
According to the federal decision written by Justice John Woodcock Jr., a lawyer who has been disbarred by another court is subject to the same discipline in federal court and cannot be admitted to practice in federal court if “under any order of
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:23A
But for the grace of ... something
Every time I find myself at a deadly crash involving young people, I get a strange little chill. It's not that it could have been me and my adolescent friends inside all that twisted metal. It's that it almost certainly should have been.
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:22A
Fredonia Man Dies In Crash
Bankosh was flown from the scene by Starflight to Erie County Medical Center for treatment, where he died Tuesday. The Forestville Fire Department, New York State Police and Alstar Ambulance also assisted at the scene.
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:22A
Family wants weightier charge in crash case
The family of a Hebron man killed in a crash in July wants the man accused of contributing to his death to face a weightier charge, they said Tuesday. Timothy Dean White, 45, was driving a motorcycle and struck the driver's side door of a vehicle
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:22A
Letter: If we tax at 100 percent, we still must cut spending
Over 40 additional states are also on the verge of bankruptcy. Of course, our federal government is already bankrupt but, unlike Texas, it can simply print more money. The City of Lubbock is also bankrupt, but all it needs to do is call the Lubbock
Updated: 04/13/2011 01:22A