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A woman in Ireland lost a more than $800,000 in an injury lawsuit stemming from a car crash after photos showed her launching a Christmas tree during a post-holiday competition – and winning the event. Kamila Grabska, 36, sued an insurance agency in the country, RSA Insurance, after a 2017 car crash she claimed caused her debilitating neck and back pain that prevented her from holding down a job for five years, the Irish Independent reported. Grabska is a mom of two from the town of Ennis in County Clare, Irish media reports. The car accident was the result of...

WARREN COUNTY, V.a. (FOX 5 DC) - Bodycam video of a traffic stop involving a 77-year-old man who died two weeks after the encounter has been released by the Front Royal Police Department Ralph Ennis was stopped by Warren County Sheriff's Office deputies on April 2 around 1:21 a.m. for going 63 mph in a 55 mph zone. WSCO says Ennis was also driving erratically. Ennis refused to yield to the deputy’s emergency vehicle even after displaying emergency lights and siren, the WSCO says. The WCSO Patrol Supervisor requested the assistance of the Front Royal Police Department. Ennis then entered...

ENNIS - Corridor Watch, a nonprofit organization designed to inform the public about aspects of the Trans-Texas Corridor, presented its perceptions about the highway project to an Ellis County audience Thursday evening. The event was sponsored by Independent Texans and held at the Ennis Sixth Grade Center. Corridor Watch, which was founded by Linda and David Stall of Fayetteville, is “first and foremost an educational entity,” said David Stall, who added that the group’s “biggest concern is stopping the Trans-Texas Corridor.” Stall, speaking for the anti-TTC Corridor Watch, raised several questions about the TTC, ranging from its origins to its...

State wildlife officials take too long to authorize the killing of problem wolves, ranchers and others said Friday at a meeting of the agency oversight committee of the Environmental Quality Council. "It's like a guy's robbing a bank and you have to go get an arrest warrant,"... "It doesn't make a lot of sense." More than 50 people attended the meeting that drew Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Jeff Hagener, agency biologists and several state legislators. People from Idaho and Wyoming and members of anti-wolf groups pushing for indiscriminate killing of the predators also attended. A few members of conservation...

Several Ennis High School seniors have been barred from their school prom tonight for protesting Thursday against proposed federal immigration legislation. School officials suspended 120 to 130 students from classes Friday and barred them from school events this weekend, including sporting events and the prom. The students attend Ennis High School, Ennis Junior High and the Sixth Grade Center. "We got suspended, and we're not allowed to go to prom for standing up for something that we believe is right," said senior Araceli Garcia, 18.

My fellow FReepers, A friend of mine (Kevin McAdams)will be running against Eliot Engel for Congressman in New York's District 17. I am looking for any info that might help in this cause. For instance we know that dear old Eliot does not reside in his district, nor the New York City Metro area (and hasn't for over 10 years), but his real residence is the best kept secret since the atom bomb. He gets real mad when asked where he lives. If any of you can lend some pointers as to where or how to look I would be...

Ennis firm brings Gilgamesh back to Iraq Friday, November 21 2003 by Matthew Clark Ennis-based Kestrel 3D is currently working with the British Museum to scan hundreds of Iraqi artefacts in order to fabricate replicas for a museum in Mosul. Kestrel 3D, which holds the rights to a unique scanning technology that captures both colour and dimensions, has been engaged in the project for months, although the current instability in Iraq has put the initiative temporarily on hold. But Kestrel 3D finance director Ken O'Mahony said that once stability is restored to the state, the University of Mosul would begin...