Archive for October 11, 2007

Oglala Sioux Tribe to Open Child Advocacy Center in Rapid City

ONTRAC, or Oglala Nation Tiospaye Resource and Advocacy Center, is to open a center in Rapid City in order to improve services to children, tribal notification procedures, and rapport with state agencies.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Whistleblower Says NOLA Emergency Pumps are Defective

Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of New Orleans, the top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers specialist overseeing the city's emergency pumping equipment says the new system is inherently faulty.

$8 Million Awarded to California Man in Fatal Paintball Accident

In 2004, Mark and Colette Contois treated their son to an afternoon at a paintball park for his 10th birthday where Mrs. Contois was killed after a 14-year-old player accidentally detached a valve on his paintball gun, turning the weapon's CO2 cylinder into a gas-charged rocket that struck Mrs. Contois in the back of the head.