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ECU will conduct survey on city crime
By Kathryn Kennedy Criminal justice experts at East Carolina University are set to launch a survey this summer polling city residents on their perceptions of crime in the community and police service. The Greenville City Council voted unanimously on
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:58A
New evidence into 1994 Chinook crash prompts calls for pilots' names to be cleared
An official inquiry blamed the two pilots for the crash - which was the RAF's worst peacetime accident. All four crew and twenty-five passengers died on the flight from Belfast to Inverness. The dead included 25 of Northern Ireland's most senior
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:58A
Four die in accidents
In the first accident, 60-year-old Rafiq Khan died in an accident near Bihari village. According to reports, two mourners identified as Saidullah and Siddiq, who were on their way to take part in the burial of Rafiq, also died when their motorcycle was
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:58A
Judge gives 'whiplash' claim scaffold firm a £9000 bill
“Judge Shaw ruled the accident had not given rise to any injuries or to significant damage. She also dismissed a legal bill of more than £50000.” Wigan Council's corporate services director Paul McKevitt added: “It's particularly disappointing,
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:58A
Ex-journalist praised by town coroner
Mr Morgan's body was discovered in the bedroom of his home at St Thomas Court, Bury, on July 1 last year. He had been working as a call handler with Greater Manchester Police after taking voluntary redundancy from the Bury Times in December, 2008.
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:58A
Lawsuit filed over truck stop tiger
Warren Triche Jr. are among plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed Monday in state district court in Baton Rouge. The suit says the permit issued in 2009 and renewed last year violates state law. The permit was issued to Michael Sandlin, owner of the Tiger
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:58A
Judge tosses merger challenge
District Judge Tim Kelley ruled against a group of Southern students who challenged the constitutionality of the Board of Regents that oversees higher education in Louisiana, who had argued the panel was unconstitutional because the governor hadn't
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:57A
[So Queer] Coconut Man
But the manner that race matters have been, and continue to be, played out in this country's politics is rather concerning and does not do our "rainbow nation" any justice. However, what got me really thinking about race is a series of unrelated events
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:57A
Gay dads lose birth certificate lawsuit
The state contends that putting both men's names on the birth certificate would violate state law. Adoptive parents Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith, former California residents now living in the Orlando, Fla., area, sued to get both their names on the
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:57A
Cloutier sues club owners
The suits allege that the men owe Cloutier about $297000, plus interest. Cloutier was an owner of the large downtown Lafayette nightclub until 2009, when he was arrested on multiple criminal charges, including several financial crimes.
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:57A
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