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Susman Godfrey's Cycling Team "Swift Justice" Rides to Fight Multiple Sclerosis
Team Susman Godfrey will field newly designed jerseys sporting its new motto "Swift Justice." Team Susman Godfrey first rode in this event two years ago with 11 riders. Last year, the team doubled in size to 22 riders. This year, the team has almost
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:30P
HPD officer injured in crash with school bus
The accident occurred around 2:15 pm in the 7900 block of Harrisburg near South 79th Street as the officer was en route to work. "He was in his personal vehicle, off duty, when a school bus driver ran a stop sign and hit our officer," Houston Police
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:30P
Who to trust on nuclear?
In the continuing disaster at Fukushima, Japan's nuclear safety agency has now raised the crisis level to seven: the highest category of nuclear accident. The government is widening the evacuation zone. The unpalatable truth is that the legacy of
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:30P
State police to discontinue mail-in crash report requests
Beginning June 1, the Louisiana State Police headquarters in Baton Rouge will no longer accept mail-in requests for crash reports or service walk-in customers. All incoming mail requesting crash reports postmarked after May 31, 2011 will be returned to
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:30P
US disables 'Coreflood' botnet, seizes servers
WASHINGTON — The US authorities have disabled a vast network of virus-infected computers used by cyber criminals to steal passwords and financial information, the Justice Department and FBI announced Wednesday. The "Coreflood" botnet is believed to
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:30P
Government Speakers Present on I-9 and E-Verify Issues
In addition, ICE is now using the debarment process against companies found to be violating the immigration laws (either criminally or civilly). Debarment essentially involves preventing a company from getting government contracts, loans, grants,
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:29P
Senate approves change to Texas Youth Commission
John Whitmire said the new Texas Juvenile Justice Department will work within local communities and emphasize probation for youth. The bill comes out of recommendations from the Sunset Advisory Committee, which determined that consolidating the
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:29P
National action to clean up illegal drug labs
Federal Minister for Justice Brendan O'Connor and Queensland Police Minister Neil Roberts today launched new national guidelines on remediating sites used to manufacture illicit drugs. The two Ministers today visited a mock clandestine drug laboratory
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:28P
Santa Barbara Man Convicted of First Degree Murder
Jurors reached a verdict Wednesday morning after deliberating for just over a day. Musser killed Lisa Zazueta outside his Santa Barbara home in October of 2008. He confessed to killing Zazueta after she refused to leave his home on the 1300 block of
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:28P
Motorola and Huawei settle networking technology disputes
Motorola will be able to carry through with its mobile networking gear sale to Nokia Siemens, and drops a lawsuit of its own against Huawei. Mobile technology giants Huawei and Motorola have issued a joint statement indicating they have reached an
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:27P