Red Light Runners Can Be Caught on Camera Under New Bill From MyFoxOrlando.com "The city of Apopka has passed an ordinance in reference to running the red lights,' said Officer Pop.' If Florida lawmakers have their say in March, it could be a running theme throughout the state of Florida. "I think it's very important," said Officer Pop, "Especially for the community the whole goal of the city of Apopka as well as the state I'm sure will be to reduce the number of vehicle accidents ultimately saving lives." Many pages in this Fox Television Stations, Inc. web site...

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Theme park faces safety charges over girl's death on water ride From Guardian Unlimited Four years after a teenage girl died on a ride at a theme park in Wales, the owners have been summoned to court to answer charges of health and safety breaches. The Crown Prosecution Service also ruled out criminal charges but the Health and Safety Executive served a summons on Oakwood Leisure yesterday for an alleged breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act after its own investigation.

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Soldiers Killed More From Accidents From WOWK Leading up to their deployment to Afghanistan, soldiers with the 201st Engineer Battalion out of Ashland are getting the most advanced training to keep those accidents from happening. As a result, when soldiers roll them over in an accident the consequences can be deadly. "By and large the majority of the fatalities and injuries that occur are the result of injuries sustained from accidents and not so much from enemy forces," said Sergeant First Class Howard Curtis of the 201st Engineer...

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County OKs grass airstrip From Bonner County Daily Bee SANDPOINT -- Bonner County commissioners approved a proposed airstrip at Lake Pend Oreille's Bottle Bay on Wednesday despite overwhelming opposition from neighboring residents. The county Planning & Zoning Commission recommended denial of the project last fall, but Mike Rappoport appealed to county commissioners and was granted a re-hearing. Scores of residents in the bay testified against the proposal, largely because of the risk of an airplane crash touching off a catastrophic wildfire in...

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Recent Decisions of the Appellate Division, 2nd Dept. From Brooklyn Daily Eagle "The Supreme Court, however, correctly determined that the lease unambiguously required the plaintiff to operate an amusement park business at the premises, which the plaintiff has failed to do," the appellate court wrote. In an action for a judgment declaring the priority of insurance coverage in certain underlying personal injury actions, the defendant insurance company appealed from a Brooklyn Supreme Court order that denied its motion for summary judgment. The driver in this case was...

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