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West Street Closed Following Accident
By Jason Vallee | Email the author | 6:27pm Police have closed West Street between West Center Street and Prospect Street following an evening accident that has left at least one injured, officials have confirmed. The accident involved "a couple
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:33P
Bonds verdict...Obama deficit proposals...NATO strikes
But the jury failed to reach a verdict on three other counts that the home run king lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he specifically denied that he knowingly used steroids and human growth hormone. Bonds displayed no emotion when the verdict was read.
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:33P
Health insurance for nuclear disaster
By Emmet Pierce As health officials in Japan scramble to provide care for those affected by the recent nuclear power plant accident, some Americans are wondering how their own individual and group health insurance plans would handle claims resulting
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:33P
Future of young refugee in hands of Ontario appeal court
“She should never have been sent back (to Mexico) without being heard from,” added Josette's lawyer, Lucy McSweeney. Lorne Waldman, counsel for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said Canada's immigration and refugee law prevents the
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:33P
A Republican photo finish on illegal immigration
Hiring will often be done on the spot, in isolated places without Internet service. To many suburban Republicans in the same chamber, illegal immigration in Georgia has become such a drag on taxpayers that a slight, inexpensive inconvenience
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:33P
Barry Bonds Convicted in Steroids Case
Bonds, 46, displayed no emotion as the San Francisco jury delivered the verdict after almost four days of deliberations. The panel was unable to reach a decision on three other charges. Bonds long has faced speculation he used steroids – the owner of
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:32P
Lawsuit: Ex-Upper Iowa wrestler says coach broke promises
BILL NEIBERGALL/REGISTER FILE PHOTO A former Upper Iowa wrestler has accused the university's head coach of reneging on a promise to hire him as an assistant as part of an agreement to wrestle for the school last year, a lawsuit filed Monday says.
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:32P
A gripping bike drama tracks Yarra
A CYCLING accident in Abbotsford has raised questions over the type of paint being used for Yarra's bike lanes. Cyclist Leigh Pieterse blamed the painted green surface on the corner of Gipps Street and Victoria Crescent for his crash
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:32P
Arlington Heights cop's negligence led to girl's rape, lawsuit says
An Arlington Heights police officer let a 20-year-old felon and two drunk teenage boys go without questioning even as they propped up a possibly unconscious girl they later raped, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Cook County
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:31P
Archdiocese to challenge creditors' request for forensic accountant in
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee will challenge a request by its bankruptcy creditors for a court-appointed forensic accountant to analyze its finances, Archbishop Jerome Listecki said in his weekly pastoral
Updated: 04/13/2011 06:31P