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State highway patrols struggle with big gas bills
By MATT GOURAS Associated Press Writer HELENA, Mont. (AP) - In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer in a day. With gasoline at $4 a gallon, all that driving is tearing up the Highway Patrol's budget.
Reports of wire taps emerge in Drew Peterson case
By DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) - Two friends of former police officer Drew Peterson told a newspaper he made incriminating statements during secretly taped conversations following the disappearance of his fourth wife - claims that Peterson denies.
In Portland, parking laws include police
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police are not above the parking laws, even if they're hungry. Officer Chadd Stensgaard, who parked his patrol car illegally while making a dinner-break stop at a Japanese restaurant, must pay a $35 fine, Traffic Court Judge Terry Hannon ruled Wednesday.
Inglewood residents demand change after shootings
By THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Friends and relatives of Kevin Wicks didn't accept the official explanation of why police fatally shot him when they were called to his apartment building.
Penn. lawmakers urged to use sex-offender tracking
By MARTHA RAFFAELE Associated Press WriterHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's auditor general wants his state to join the estimated two dozen others that track some released sex offenders with global positioning satellite technology.
By MATT GOURAS Associated Press Writer
By DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer
By THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press Writer
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Other Sites
- ABA Criminal Justice Section
Includes newsletter,
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- Association of Federal Defense Attorneys (AFDA)
Membership based site which includes their
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- Court TV
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