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New Jersey boat manufacturer files for Chapter 7
A Mays Landing, New Jersey, yacht-building company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, and will pursue liquidation. A Mays Landing, New Jersey, yacht-building company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection,
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:05A
One in three hospitalised in Brighton after drinking are not from city
Almost one in three people visiting accident and emergency in Brighton and Hove with drink-related problems during the summer does not live in the city. Scores of visitors are inundating the Royal Sussex County
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:05A
Texas Republicans Stall On Repealing Anti-Sodomy Statute
Eight years after the Supreme Court deemed Texas' anti-sodomy statute unconstitutional, the state's penal code still lists "homosexual conduct" as a criminal offense--and Republican lawmakers are fighting to keep it that way. A pair of identical bills
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:04A
Lawsuit against District 86 may move forward today
A status hearing for a lawsuit filed by District 86 board member Dianne Barrett against the board president and the district's superintendent is scheduled for 9 am today in the DuPage County Circuit
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:04A
Moped driver dies after being struck by school bus on Stock Island near Key West
Monroe County Sheriff's spokeswoman Becky Herrin says the accident happened Wednesday morning. She says several of the students on the bus suffered minor injuries. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office notified parents and sent a bus to take the uninjured
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:04A
Two Pulaski Co. men killed in car accident
State Police are investigating the role that excessive speed and alcohol played into a fatal accident in Pulaski County. Two men were killed early Wednesday morning on Parrott River Road. William King, 25, of Parrott died at the scene of the accident.
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:04A
Child porn reported on official's computer
Apr. 13, 2011 (United Press International) -- South Florida's customs and immigration chief is on leave after child pornography was found on his home computer, law enforcement sources say. The FBI and the Broward County Sheriff's Office raided Anthony
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:04A
St. Vincent's sale is OK'd; Alternative plan was vague
US Bankruptcy Judge Cecilia Morris approved the sale of St. Vincent's Hospital's Greenwich Village campus last week in a deal allowing Rudin Management to develop luxury residential condos and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:04A
City Settles Indiana Electrocution Death Lawsuit
A second lawsuit has reportedly been filed against Carriage House Apartments and Gene B. Glick Management, which claims that supervisors at the apartment complex should have been performing regular safety checks on the transformer.
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:03A
Florida Man Wins $3 Million in Lawsuit Against State Farm Insurance Over 2008
The lawsuit claimed that Bowdler had $2 million in underinsured motorist coverage, but that State Farm had refused to pay. The company had reportedly offered to settle for less, but still refused to pay. After a four-day trial, a Lee County jury agreed
Updated: 04/13/2011 11:03A