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U.S. / NEWS Sun May 13, 2007 @ 3:56pm neoform

MSNBC -- Frustration fuels local efforts Local proposals aimed at regulating illegal immigration often fail to pass constitutional muster, said Muzaffar Chishti, director of the Migration Policy Institute office at New York University School of Law. “There.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 17, 2007 @ 9:43am mrmdc

Local 6 -- A 31-year-old Central Florida man accused of hanging a woman from a tree and videotaping her torture and rape was attempting to create a bondage-porn video for cash after recently declaring bankruptcy, police told Local 6 News... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Nov 12, 2006 @ 2:50pm neoform

MSNBC -- A display in a central Georgia community divides the names of 800 local veterans into two lists, marked in large type: “Whites” and “Colored.”.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

SF Gate -- Score one for local ownership. In an era when California wineries are being snatched up by global corporations, a Healdsburg company has bought five well-known California wine brands. Their headquarters will be a quick trip from most of the vineyards t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Local crabbers were stunned Wednesday after a decision by the Department of Fish and Game left open to commercial and recreational fishermen much of the traditional Dungeness ground in the ocean outside the Golden Gate. With their season set to begin T.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 8:01pm neoform

www.sfbg.com -- The gruesome death of a French national living in San Francisco is becoming a political hornet's nest for local top law enforcement officials and the Mayor's Office. It's still not clear how local homicide cops will define 36-year-old Hugues de la Plaz.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu, who skipped out on San Mateo County authorities this week rather than face sentencing for a 1992 fraud conviction, was apprehended Thursday night by federal and local lawmen in Grand Junction, Colo. Authorities.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

Washington Post -- Fueled by an explosion of jobs attracting immigrants to the nation's suburbs, the percentage of minorities has dramatically increased in six local counties -- including Prince William, where the share of minorities grew from 35 percent in 2000 to 48 perce.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:38pm neoform

BBC News -- Rescue teams are working to free six miners trapped after a tunnel in a coal mine collapsed in the western US state of Utah, local authorities said. The incident is believed to have been triggered by a 4.0 magnitude quake, which struck a few miles away.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 9:47am neoform

USA Today -- The federal government is in the midst of an unprecedented intervention into the local criminal justice system here, adding more than 40 agents and prosecutors to regain some basic daily operations lost to Hurricane Katrina nearly two years ago. The ef.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed May 16, 2007 @ 9:40am neoform

Alter Net -- With a local news outlet in California recruiting reporters in India, no one can pretend any longer that we have a global monopoly on intellect and innovation. The world may be flat, as New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has written, but I always.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

Yahoo News -- A woman said she was so worried about reports of tainted pet food she spent more than $1,000 buying all the product she could find at her local Wal-Mart. Margaret Trask said she filled a shopping cart full of canned pet food made by Canadian company Menu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 3:37pm mrmdc

Local 6 -- A woman found a live, unexploded mortar shell in her sister’s closet in Mims on Monday night, police told Local 6 News partner Florida Today... Read More