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Gas leak causes blast, four injured
Two brothers - Rajesh, 19 and Rakesh Goswami, 21, residents of Memco on Naroda Road - were making tea for a couple of friends who had come over from Naroda when the accident happened. Rajesh went into the kitchen to arrange for refreshments for friends
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:53P
Tancredo says Obama eligibility will be issue in 2012 campaign
Questions regarding Barack Obama's qualifications to be president began during the campaign when Hillary Clinton supporter Phillip Berg filed a lawsuit on the issue. Berg is an attorney who has also sued former president George W. Bush for complicity
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:53P
Polk School Board Votes to Join BP Lawsuit
BARTOW | The Polk County School Board decided Tuesday to join a lawsuit against BP PLC to recover losses in sales tax and property tax revenues as a result of last year's oil spill. School Board Attorney Wes Bridges told the board
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:53P
Florida State believes big Cameron Erving can thrive on defensive line
"Big guys do more by accident than they do on purpose. They eat space up. They get their arms in the way." At least, Erving's teammates seem to think so. For those headed to FSU's spring game Saturday afternoon and looking for a player to keep an eye
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:52P
Driver Who Struck Off-Duty Cop Pleads Not Guilty
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) -- Anthony Thompson, the man accused of causing a car crash that seriously injured an off-duty Buffalo Police officer, has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges lodged against him. Thompson was arraigned Wednesday in State Supreme
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:52P
Jury finds Barry Bonds guilty on one count
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 (Reuters Legal) - A jury on Wednesday convicted Barry Bonds on one count of obstructing justice but deadlocked on three other charges of lying to a grand jury in a trial over whether the baseball home run king used steroids.
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:52P
Yale Senior Dies in Campus Laboratory Machine-Shop Accident
By John Lauerman - Wed Apr 13 22:31:44 GMT 2011 A Yale University student died last night after her hair caught in a lathe while she worked on a project in a laboratory machine shop on campus. Michele Dufault, a senior, was killed “in what appears to
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:52P
Police: 1 dead in crash on Sunnyside Road SE
Police say one man died in a crash this afternoon at Sunnyside Road SE and Boone Road SE. / Statesman Journal Sunnyside Road SE remains closed north of Kuebler Boulevard because of a fatal crash. Salem Police Sgt. Tony Moore said a Mercedes car was
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:51P
Blagojevich: 'Fighting for my life's work'
It is the job and duty of a prosecutor to do justice. What is justice? Justice is the finding of the truth. You don't find the truth by hiding the truth." Blagojevich also said his lawyers may be barred from telling jurors that Blagojevich championed a
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:51P
Police pursuit ends in serious crash
Police have closed parts of a main artery in Mirrabooka after a high-speed police pursuit ended in a serious crash this morning. Inspector Jeff Ellis said the crash happened about 5.10am on Alexander Drive after police had chased a car.
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:51P