Death in June

FAMILY friendly businesses will be eligible for more assistance grants from the government starting next month. Read More

Family members of the victims of a drunken driving fatality in Nanjing last June have sought the death penalty for the alleged perpetrator, with one calling the life term "too lenient" for an act that had endangered public safety. Read More

The widow of an Ausdrill employee killed at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Fimiston mine plans to sue for loss of income and her family's pain and suffering after the two companies were fined a total of $290,000 over his death. Read More

Embarrassingly for Washington, even many European leaders showed more backbone in condemning the Iranian regime's brutal suppression of protestors, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton humiliatingly outflanked by her French and German counterparts, who had no qualms about speaking out quickly and firmly against the election result and the actions of the Iranian government. Read More

U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott 's two-year effort to refocus the battle against juvenile and gang crime to prevention programs that would cost billions of dollars appears to be picking up steam. Read More

A decision on a proposed treatment plant for Lauxmont Meadows in Lower Windsor Township could come as early as February. Read More

On Thursday, a second full month in a month will appear in the night sky, an occurrence known as a Blue Moon. There has not been a two full-moon month since 2007, when sky gazers enjoyed one on June 1 and again on June 30 of that year. Read More