JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 16 -- The Alaska Department of Public Safety issued the following State Troopers dispatches: Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. A Detachment Location: Ketchikan Case number: 10-77181 Type: MICS VI Text: On 8/15/10 at 10:25 am (Pacific Time) an off duty Ketchikan based State Trooper observed an odor of marijuana aboard Alaska Airline flight 174 whi  more

TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 16 -- The New Jersey Attorney General issued the following news release: The Galloway Township man who allegedly threw his infant daughter from the Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway in February was indicted today by a state grand jury on charges of murder, kidnapping, attempted murder and other crimes, Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced. According to Director Taylor, the Division of Criminal Justice obtained  more

ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 15 -- Gov. David Paterson, D-N.Y., issued the following news release: Governor David A. Paterson today announced that he has acted on 137 bills, including issuing 34 vetoes. Of those, 24 include either unfunded mandates to State agencies and local governments, unfunded grants, an unfunded mandate to energy providers that would be passed on to ratepayers, and a pension sweetener. For those bills that had specific cost estimates, the total amount of increased and unfunded spe  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 16 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: Linda Bullock's introduction to the University of Virginia School of Nursing came when she was a Talbott Visiting Professor at the school in spring 2009. "I was overwhelmed by the caliber of the Ph.D. students, the mentoring they receive and what they accomplish while they're here," she said. Now she has joined the U.Va. faculty as the first Jeanette Lancaster Alumni Professor in Nursing, a ch  more

MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release: Rosendo Moreno-Rodriguez, a/k/a Federico Moreno Sanchez, age 39, a native and citizen of Mexico, has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States after he had previously been deported, U.S. Attorney Leura G. Canary announced today. On April 12, 2010, Moreno-Rodriguez was found in Montgomery County, Alabama, by Immigration and Cu  more

LAS CRUCES, N.M., Aug. 16 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: Writer: Donyelle Kesler, 575-646-7565, dkesler@nmsu.edu While women have long been obsessed with attaining society's idea of a perfect body, Jonathan Schwartz, department head and professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at New Mexico State University's College of Education, has found that men also share worries about their body image. Schwartz's research suggests that  more