Four artists up for Turner Prize

Four artists have been nominated for this year's Turner Prize, with film and sculpture dominating the nominees. "Artist Mark Leckey has been included for his solo exhibition Industrial Light & Magic, which...

Cycle Deaths Road 'Not Gritted'

"A road on which four members of Rhyl Cycling Club were killed in a collision was not gritted on the morning of the tragedy, an inquest jury has heard. Thomas Harland, 14, Maurice Broadbent, 61, Dave Horrocks, 55, and Wayne Wilkes, 42, died in January 2006 after a car skidded...

Why was this attorney fired?

As usual, Josh Marshall finds the news 6 months ahead of the MSM.  Here's his take on the firing of San Diego US Attorney Carol Lam:"Sometimes a really big story is sitting there, right in plain sight....

Pa. businessman wins suit against paper (AP)

" 2 hours, 1 minute ago WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - A judge has awarded $3.5 million in damages to a businessman and one of his companies in a defamation lawsuit against The Citizens' Voice, a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre. Thomas A. Joseph asserted that he and his business interests,...

Deadly Northeast deluge prompts evacuations

"WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Up to 200,000 people in the Wilkes-Barre area were ordered to evacuate their homes Wednesday because of rising water on the Susquehanna River, swelled by a record-breaking deluge that has...

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