A former supervisor for a federal agency entangled in an ethics and sex scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to report a hunting trip paid for by an oil industry contractor.
Prosecutors said Donald Howard, 59, of Destrehan, La., accepted the trip from an unidentified contractor while working for the Minerals Management Service.
The agency regulates oil [...]
A TRIP to Eden by several men accused of terrorism involved fishing, barbecues and mud bogging, and there was no talk of either religion or politics, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Prosecutors had earlier alleged the trip was designed for bonding or team building among some of the 12 Muslim men charged with terror offences.
The men [...]
A federal jury Wednesday acquitted a Virginia hunting agent on charges stemming from a Siberian trip with Houston billionaire Dan Duncan.
Robert Kern and his company, The Hunting Consortium, were accused of breaking a federal law that prohibits importing wildlife knowingly taken in violation of another country’s laws.
Jurors had deliberated a combined seven hours since Tuesday, [...]
As she packs up her rental car this morning for a coast-to-coast quest for the definition of happiness, Nicole Prowell is a little worried about how strangers might define her.
The 26-year-old Prowell, who just earned her master’s degree in documentary video from Emerson College, is producing “Happy Hunting,” a film about her fascination with the [...]
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Hero firefighter’s funeral
Mr Lovell and seven fellow firefighters were caught in a blast which ripped through a Hamilton coolstore on Saturday afternoon.
Mr Lovell died that night - about the time he was due to be presented with his gold star for 25 years of service.
Mr [...]
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Hero firefighter’s funeral
Mr Lovell and seven fellow firefighters were caught in a blast which ripped through a Hamilton coolstore on Saturday afternoon.
Mr Lovell died that night - about the time he was due to be presented with his gold star for 25 years of service.
Mr [...]
Mr Lovell and seven fellow firefighters were caught in a blast which ripped through a Hamilton coolstore on Saturday afternoon.
Mr Lovell died that night - about the time he was due to be presented with his gold star for 25 years of service.
Mr Lovells casket arrived at Hamiltons Te Rapa racecourse on the back of [...]
Mosley is clinging to the presidency of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) despite a clamour for his resignation because of a scandal involving a sadomasochistic session with prostitutes.
His status near the top of the auto racing world has been in jeopardy since The News of the World tabloid reported on March 30 that he engaged [...]
Mosley is clinging to the presidency of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) despite a clamour for his resignation because of a scandal involving a sadomasochistic session with prostitutes.
His status near the top of the auto racing world has been in jeopardy since The News of the World tabloid reported on March 30 that he engaged [...]
Foster, from Ashburton, was 24 years old when he went missing during a hunting trip in the Avoca Valley near Lake Coleridge inJune last year. He was last seen by his fiancee Rachel Pawsey on 4 June 2007.
His body was spotted down an avalanche shute by a local helicopter pilot last week. Christchurch Search and [...]
