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• Likely prison closing

  
  Tim White Listens — Authority: 141
  Cheshire has several prisons in the overall complex at the corner of Highland and Jarvis. Governor Rell has announced her plan to close one of the prisons. Heres Town Halls take on it: We were informed late this afternoon that Governor Rell has recommended closing the Level Two minimum security Webster Correctional ...
  14 hours ago

• Massachusetts to Regulate MMA Bouts

  
  Muscle Sport Magazine — Authority: 130
  Massachusetts has become the 42nd state in the country to bring regulated mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions, including Ultimate Fighting® Championship® (UFC®) events, to thousands of Bay State fans.  The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a bill that would allow the Department of Public Safety to ...
  17 hours ago

• Man Sentenced to 7 Years for 2008 DUI-Related Manslaughter

  
  The Rancho Cordova Post — Authority: 142
  Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully announced today that Clifton Swick, 33, has been sentenced to 7 years and 8 months in state prison for the vehicular manslaughter of 87-year-old Mildred Coleman.The incident occurred on Nov. 19, 2008 at the corner of Macready Avenue and Old Placerville Road in Rancho ...
  21 hours ago

• Terrorism Suspect Asks Judge to Dismiss Case

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  Arguing that nearly five years in detention denied a defendant his constitutional right to a speedy trial.
  21 hours ago

• Aborn Returns as President of Citizen Crime Commission

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  After taking a year off to campaign for Manhattan district attorney, Richard M. Aborn has returned as president of the Citizen Crime Commission of New York City.
  21 hours ago

• New federal allegations say Rothstein paid tips to top police using Ponzi funds

  
  Broward Politics | Sun Sentinel Blogs — Authority: 586
  Suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein used the local police to further his criminal activity, federal authorities alleged Tuesday in a 34-page document laying out charges against the one-time lawyer.Among the new allegations in the document: that Rothstein paid top police officials "gratuities in Ponzi funds.Fort ...
  22 hours ago

• Fire Dept. to Reduce Staffing at 49 Engine Companies

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  With the percentage of firefighters on medical leave at 7.5 percent, the department invoked a provision in the labor contract that permits the reductions.
  23 hours ago

• Police Rescue a Deer on Governors I.

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  New York City police are attempting to rescue a deer that swam to Governors Island.
  23 hours ago

• DC Council Passes Marriage Bill in First of Two Votes

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Moments ago, the Council of the District of Columbia passed a bill 11 to 2 allowing same-sex couples to marry in DC.  The bill titled the “Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009″ was introduced in early October by Councilmember David Catania (Ind., At-Large) along with 10 of his 12 ...
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• New White Paper Details Six Common Bad Assumptions About Hearing Protection

  
  Industry PR — Authority: 113
  SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND, USA – December 1, 2009 – In the world of personal protective equipment, bad assumptions are hazardous and can result in injury — or worse. Yet, despite 25 years of government regulation, a handful of persistent bad assumptions are widespread — endangering both the ...
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• Photographer Stopped From Taking Christmas Lights Photos

  
  Digital Camera Reviews, Digital Photography Tutorials, Best Digital Cameras - Photoxels — Authority: 438
  Chalk it up to another episode of “No Photography here, (Please)” as two police Community Support Officers use anti-terrorism legislation to stop a Brighton-based photographer from taking images of Christmas lights. [ Read the article at: BJP ]
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• Digital Tools to Sift Through Wikileaks 9/11 Messages

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  Wikileaks, an organization that publishes sensitive documents, has released what it says is an archive of over a half a million pager messages from Sept. 11, 2001.
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• Is Jessicas Law Enforceable?

  
  CaliforniaCityNews.org — Authority: 133
  Jessicas Law, the landmark state legislation designed to keep convicted sex offenders away from children and the places they frequent, is under scrutiny for being so restrictive as to become unenforceable.  A new analysis in San Diego finds that More than 70 percent of registered sex offenders in San Diego County ...
  1 day ago

• Council Curtails Stores Use of Rolldown Security Gates

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  Other kinds of security gates -- like rolling or sliding grilles, which permit passers-by to gaze into plate-glass store windows and are seen by some as being harder to vandalize -- would still be permitted.
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• Southborough Fire Department reminds you to be careful with candles

  
  My Southborough — Authority: 143
  My sister-in-law’s lovely Thanksgiving table If you’re anything like me, your holiday decorating includes a whole lot of candles. And in light of the fact that a candle caused a small fire at a house on East Main Street a few weeks back, now seems like a good time to refresh ourselves on candle safety. These ...
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• Contractor Gets 3 Months for Bribes to Assemblyman

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  Santo Petrocelli Sr., whose company installed and maintained street lights and traffic signals for the city, admitted making tens of thousands of dollars in illegal payments to Brian M. McLaughlin.
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• Trial Set to Begin for Murder of Timothy Brodie

  
  The Rancho Cordova Post — Authority: 142
  Timothy Brodie, then 30, was found shot in the parking lot in Rancho Cordova in December 2008, and Derrick Sam, 31, will be tried for the killing on Jan. 7, 2010 at 8:45 a.m. at the Downtown Sacramento Courthouse.Sam was arrested in January for the killing, and detectives said at the time of arrest that they ...
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• City Hall Aide Is Named Environmental Protection Commissioner

  
  City Room — Authority: 787
  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg named Caswell F. Holloway IV commissioner of environmental protection and Vincent N. Schiraldi probation commissioner.
  2 days ago

• House releases interim charges: What criminal justice topics on the agenda?

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 536
  Speaker Joe Straus last week issued the "Interim Charges" for standing committees in the Texas House. Since the Texas Lege meets only 140 days every two years, in the interim committees study lingering problems or emerging issues with an eye toward developing legislation in the next session. So issues studied in ...
  2 days ago

• Wal-Mart: The Grinch That Stole Thanksgiving

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 421
  Few American spectacles are as grotesque as the one we witness every year on what’s known as “Black Friday.” Before dawn on the morning after Thanksgiving, throngs of shoppers stampede the nation’s retail stores, trying to grab up bargains before somebody else does. Last year, one such feeding frenzy ...
  2 days ago

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