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Crosswalk sting planned for throughout county...

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the Nevada Highway Patrol will be working a joint traffic safety detail throughout Douglas County.

The specialized enforcement detail is made possible by a grant from the Department of Public Safety/Office of Traffic Safety. The officers working this enforcement detail will be concentrating their efforts on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians ...

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Kennedy completes probation he received after car crash...

PROVIDENCE — U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has received an early release from his court-ordered probation following his late-night automobile accident in Washington, D.C., last May.

District of Columbia Superior Court Magistrate Aida Melendez approved early termination of the congressman's probation on April 10, more than two months before it was scheduled to end.

"He finished al...

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Suspected store robber arrested...

INVERNESS — A man suspected of jumping a counter at a local CVS Wednesday night and threatening a pharmacist with a knife was arrested at a fire station Friday.

Brandon Scott Johnson, 25, of 3060 Barbados Ave. in Spring Hill, was charged with one count of armed robbery and was being held at the Citrus County Jail.

Someone called a local Crime Stoppers hotline and told deputies Johns...

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Saturday at the statehouse...

Indianapolis - Gov. Mitch Daniels has vetoed legislation that would have given tax breaks to the film industry, saying it would cost the state too much money.

The bill would have given a 15 percent refundable tax credit for media projects produced in Indiana, including film or television projects costing more than $100,000 and commercial, music or new media projects costing more than $50,...

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Doctor convicted of drug trafficking...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A pain-management doctor who prescribed large amounts of opiates and drew patients from across the country to his northern Virginia clinic has been convicted on 16 counts of drug trafficking by a federal jury.

The jury acquitted William E. Hurwitz on 17 other counts on Friday, and a judge dismissed 17 others, including the most serious charge - drug trafficking res...

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(AP) Va. Doctor Convicted of Drug Trafficking...

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Scranton cop pleads no contest to sexual assault charges; will be ......

A Scranton police officer accused of making unwanted sexual advances while on duty toward four women pleaded no contest during his pre-trial arraignment Friday and could face jail time.

The city plans to fire Patrolman Chris Davis, who was suspended without pay last June when he was first arrested, city Director of Public Safety Raymond Hayes said.

A no contest plea means an accused...

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Barnstable District Court...

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April 30-May 6, 2007...

7 P.M. Amy Dockser Marcus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Wall Street Journal, discusses and signs Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.

7:30 P.M. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, discusses and signs his new memoir, And I Haven't Had a Bad ...

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Cop pleads no contest in sex case...

The city plans to fire Chris Davis, who was suspended from his job as a patrolman without pay in June when he was first arrested, city Director of Public Safety Raymond Hayes said.

A no contest plea means an accused person does not admit guilt but does not dispute the charges. At sentencing, it’s treated the same as a guilty plea.

Mr. Davis, 34, of Colfax Avenue, entered the pl...

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