A Farmer's Crusade Against Monsanto Could Determine The Future Of Patents
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a huge fight over seed patents Tuesday that pits an Indiana farmer against agribusiness giant Monsanto.That farmer, Vernon Hugh Bowman, bought and planted a single set of...
View ArticleMaine Governor Signs Emergency Action To Stop Newspaper From Publishing Gun...
Maine's Republican governor signed a law earlier this week that temporarily blocks public access to records related to concealed carry permits in the state. Gov. Paul LePage signed the law after the...
View ArticleBomb Threat At Texas A&M Closes Football Field
Kyle Field at Texas A&M University has been shut down for the rest of the day after a bomb threat was issued against the facility, according to the university. The threat, which was reported...
View ArticleEven Experts Can't Agree On The Rules Of Online Privacy
At a Social Media Week panel this week on digital privacy, it became clear how much data companies gather every time people sign in online.Even more concerning, no one seems to have a plan for how to...
View ArticleHow A Beloved Priest Became An Accused Meth Dealer
A Connecticut priest has been charged with dealing meth and trying to buy an adult novelty store to launder the cash, The New York Times reports.Catholic authorities forced Monsignor Kevin Wallin out...
View ArticleThe Death Of A 3-Year-Old In Texas Has Screwed Up US-Russian Relations Even More
Gardendale, a small neighborhood in West Texas, was hit with tragedy this week after 3-year-old Max Alan Shatto died. Local news reports suggest that Shatto collapsed outside his home on January 21st,...
View ArticleAn IT Company May Have Scored $500M In IRS Contracts Due To A 'Personal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee is investigating whether a personal relationship between an Internal Revenue Service employee and the owner of a computer company produced a series of...
View ArticleThanks To A Series Of Police Blunders, The Case Against Oscar Pistorius Is...
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The prosecution case against Oscar Pistorius began to unravel Wednesday with revelations of a series of police blunders and the lead investigator's admission that...
View ArticleLA Officials Issued A 'Do-Not-Drink' Order After A Dead Body Turned Up In A...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only dribbled out of the taps at the downtown Cecil Hotel for days.On Tuesday, after showering, brushing their teeth and...
View ArticleLead Detective In Oscar Pistorius Murder Investigation Faces Attempted Murder...
South African police say investigator in Pistorius case faces attempted murder chargePRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African police say the lead investigator in the case against Olympian Oscar...
View ArticleHere Are 5 Other Olympians Who Found Themselves In Court
5 Olympians Who Went to CourtOscar Pistorius, facing a charge of premeditated murder in the Valentine's Day slaying of his girlfriend, is one of several OIympians who found themselves in a courtroom...
View ArticleWhat Notorious Criminals Ate Before They Were Executed
In 2011, Texas decided to do away with its long tradition of allowing death row inmates to request a final last meal. That's too bad. While it's common for condemned prisoners not to be served what...
View ArticleSomeone Is Trying To Sell 'Extremely Gruesome' Pictures Of Christopher...
An unnamed seller is reportedly trying to sell pictures of the Los Angeles Police Department's most hunted man. TMZ reported the news Wednesday after the seller contacted the site about buying the...
View ArticleThis Satanic Craigslist Posting For A Legal Job Was So Creepy It Actually Got...
An attorney in Nashville, Tenn. wasn't shy about the demonic working conditions new hires could expect should they respond to his Craiglist offer.In fact, he was so explicit, his ad actually got...
View ArticleManhattan Attorney Allegedly Threatened To Whip Secretary For Being A 'Bad Girl'
A personal injury lawyer in New York took "50 Shades of Grey" too far, his former secretary is claiming.Secretary Michelle Mauro testified in February that attorney Herbert Waichman told her she was a...
View ArticleOusted Chinese Leader Bo Xilai Is Reported To Be Having A Hard Time In Prison
The downfall of Bo Xilai was one of last year's biggest scandals. It had everything — a rising Communist star and his wife, the apparent murder of a British businessman with links to the secret...
View ArticleObama Could Make A Dramatic Move To Influence The Gay Marriage Case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing heightened expectations from gay rights supporters, the Obama administration is considering urging the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage — a move that...
View ArticleHuge Supreme Court Case Could Change Everything About Rich People In Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court is going to hear a campaign finance case that could do away with the contribution limits that limit rich people's influence over politics.Currently, federal law only lets...
View ArticleThe Great Beer Merger May Be Back On
Anheuser-Busch InBev and Mexican brewing giant Grupo Modelo were all set to merge and form Voltron one of the biggest beer companies on Earth, until the U.S. Justice Department stepped in.But a few...
View ArticleNew Lawsuit Could Completely Change The Way E-books Are Sold
Three independent booksellers are suing Amazon and six big publishers over an e-book deal they say gives big companies an unfair monopoly. In the class-action complaint, Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza,...
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