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Highway deaths down in 35 states
25.06.2008 23:38
usatoday.com
Highway deaths across the nation are down sharply so far this year compared with 2007, according to preliminary data tracked ...
USA
Social Life
Humane Society releases video of cattle being abused
25.06.2008 23:38
usatoday.com
The Humane Society alleges that cattle continue to be abused at livestock auctions.
USA
Social Life
Electronic citations speed up ticketing process for police
25.06.2008 23:38
usatoday.com
Police agencies and troopers in several states are tossing out handwritten tickets in favor of electronic citations as a way ...
USA
Social Life
Is make-believe vital to kids? You better believe it
25.06.2008 23:38
usatoday.com
Make-believe aids the development of creativity, empathy, learning and problem-solving.
USA
Social Life
Cities take bike-transit plans for a spin
25.06.2008 23:38
usatoday.com
Led by Washington, D.C., several cities across the U.S. are launching or considering public bike-rental programs to give residents ...
USA
Social Life
Judge refuses to block Fla. voter law
25.06.2008 23:38
usatoday.com
A federal judge has refused to block a new version of a Florida voter registration law that critics say could keep thousands ...
USA
Social Life
Soaring U.S. population may mean more au pairs
25.06.2008 23:38
usatoday.com
With au pairs' numbers up more than 86% nationwide in the last decade nearing 22,000 last year the State Department is considering ...
USA
Social Life
Grand jury investigates FLDS sect
25.06.2008 23:38
usatoday.com
Women and girls in prairie dresses entered a courthouse surrounded by dozens of law enforcement officers in this tiny ranching ...
USA
Social Life
Cocaine users double since 2003 - study
25.06.2008 23:37
ireland.com
THE PROPORTION of people who have used cocaine more than doubled in most parts of the country between 2003 and 2007, new figures show.
Ireland
Social Life
Boy told treatment would 'at worst' keep him alive
25.06.2008 23:37
ireland.com
THE MOTHER of a terminally ill 15-year-old boy told a jury yesterday that Paschal Carmody told her son that he would cure him of cancer or at worst keep him alive.
Ireland
Social Life
Gardaí link gun attack on Dublin home to drugs feud
25.06.2008 23:37
ireland.com
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING a shooting at a house occupied by an elderly couple in Dublin’s south inner city believe they were targeted because they are related to a man involved in a drugs feud in the city.
Ireland
Social Life
Gangland feuding takes a sinister twist as families targeted
25.06.2008 23:37
ireland.com
The latest shootings in Dublin underline the volatility of those embroiled in the Crumlin-Drimnagh feud
Ireland
Social Life
Hospitals not sending patients to NTPF may lose funds
25.06.2008 23:37
ireland.com
HOSPITALS THAT fail to refer public patients to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), which is trying to cut waiting times for surgery and medical procedures, face financial penalties, it was announced yesterday.
Ireland
Social Life
Social welfare overpayments of €83 million written off
25.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE GOVERNMENT has agreed to permanently write off €83 million that was overpaid by the Department of Social and Family Affairs to recipients of welfare benefits.
Ireland
Social Life
Cricket serves Bangladeshis as brickbat with which to beat their way to hurling
25.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE HALLOWED halls of Trinity College rang with a more raucous beat than usual over the past few days.
Ireland
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