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DVD educates local teens on how decisions affect them
Staff photo/Craig Matthews For more information about the DVD or the Prosecutor's Office Community Justice department, call coordinator Mark Anderson at (856) 207-1173. VINELAND -- The importance of making the correct choices at an early age is the
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:09A
FACTBOX-What's on Obama's tax list, with "Buffett rule"?
The lower-of-cost-or-market method of inventory accounting would be repealed. * COAL SUBSIDIES. Some tax preferences for coal mining would end, including expensing of exploration and development costs, hard mineral fossil fuel depletion, capital gains
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:09A
Pak court directs Facebook ban
In an order issued yesterday, Mr Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed directed the information technology ministry to “deny access to all websites in Pakistan involved in spreading religious hatred”. However, the judge directed the ministry that access to Google
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:09A
Crime rate down across U.S., FBI finds
They remember Jean Valjean stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving children and assume the same thing should be going on in the US today," said University of Cincinnati Professor John Eck, who teaches criminal justice research methods.
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:09A
Fracking lawsuit could set precedent
A lawsuit challenging a small town's ban on natural-gas drilling could have implications throughout New York state, where officials are poised to approve a controversial
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:09A
Ill court rules against releasing Drew Peterson
Ill. (AP) ' The Illinois Supreme Court says Drew Peterson must stay in jail while the former police officer fights charges that he murdered his third wife. Peterson has been jailed for more than two years. His trial has been on hold while
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:09A
Uganda: High Court Defers Bukenya Election Case Ruling
The verdict was slated to be delivered yesterday by trial judge Kibuuka Musoke. The petitioner's lawyers led by Samuel Mulindwa Muyizzi told this paper that the judgement was not ready as the trial judge had been out of the country for two weeks.
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:08A
Uganda: High Court Defers Bukenya Election Case Ruling
The verdict was slated to be delivered yesterday by trial judge Kibuuka Musoke. The petitioner's lawyers led by Samuel Mulindwa Muyizzi told this paper that the judgement was not ready as the trial judge had been out of the country for two weeks.
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:08A
Senator hits De Lima for allowing Mike A to leave Philippines
Antonio Trillanes IV today hit Justice Secretary Leila de Lima for allegedly providing a "VIP treatment" to former first gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo. "Secretary De Lima must explain why she has decided not to place former FG Mike Arroyo in the Bureau
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:08A
Police & Fire: Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011
This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent. • At 1:51 pm Friday,
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:07A