By a yes vote of 64%, Florida residents passed the real estate tax reform amendment at Tuesday's primary election. The new tax amendment was the first Florida ballot proposal that faced the recently passed requirement of a 60% approval threshold inst...
COMMONWEALTH vs. Calvin M. DUNCAN (and a companion case [FN1]). No. 06-P-1847. December 4, 2007. - January 31, 2008.Firearms. Constitutional Law, Investigatory stop, Privacy. Search and Seizure, Expectation of privacy. Privacy. Practice, Criminal, Sequestration of witnesses, Argument by prosecutor, Severance.COMPLAINTS
By John Dobberstein The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police Wednesday promised a crackdown on the Latin Kings after arresting two members of a violent street gang in connection with the slaying of a Miller Brewing Co. executive. "The
The Associated Press BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Stopping cars is routine for Officer Jason Hendricks. Stopping trains before they come to a gap in the tracks is a different story. Hendricks was on routine patrol in Saginaw County's Buena
By Christine Vendel The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City police board today fired an officer who had found a gun at a suspected killer's apartment but put the possible murder weapon in a freezer and left.
By Joseph A. Slobodzian The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia police officer under investigation and on limited duty since July was arrested yesterday by the District Attorney's Office and accused of participating in an insurance-fraud scheme. Officer Deshane Riggins,
By Nancy Martinez The San Antonio Express-News SAN ANTONIO — It's a scene that has played out too often in San Antonio: Children found in homes where drugs and chaos thrive. To protect the youngest victims of drug abuse, law
Friday, January 25, 2008 Grand jury indicts Rutland officer Part-time officer is facing rape, assault charges By Scott J. Croteau TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFFscroteau@telegram.com WORCESTER— A part-time Rutland police officer was indicted yesterday on rape and assault charges stemming from
By Micah Mertes The Lincoln Journal Star LINCOLN, NE — The 52-year-old veteran and ex-cop with the intimidating mustache is calm and soft-spoken as he chats with me at Crescent Moon Coffee, the only java house Ron Shepherd ever patrons.
By Justin Berton The San Francisco Chronicle Listen to Officer Brian Sommer's workSAN LEANDRO — At Brian Sommer's day job, he shouts things like, "Freeze, police!" At his other job, he purrs such lines as, "Kill him anyway." Sommer, 43,
The Cleveland Plain Dealer CLEVELAND — A state appeals court on dismissed a case filed by the Cleveland police union and an officer fired from the department for violating the city's residency law. Three judges in the 8th District Court
Protesters outside the Cincinnati Museum Center said they feared the bodies included in "Bodies...The Exhibition" could be political prisoners or torture victims from China.
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Company, LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hawker Beechcraft Notes Company (collectively, the "Company") announced today the extension of the Company's offer to exchange (1) up to $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.5 percent Senior Fixed
Associated Press - January 31, 2008 8:35 PM ET TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A former beauty queen accused of kidnapping and torturing an ex-boyfriend has received a judge's permission to leave Arizona...
TUCSON, Ariz. — A former beauty queen accused of kidnapping and torturing an ex-boyfriend has received a judge's permission to leave Arizona for a family reunion this week.
An attorney defending Farmers Branch in a voting rights lawsuit apologized this week for saying the plaintiffs' methods of estimating the number of Hispanic voters in part of the city were like guessing the number of "beans in a jar."
