Why Two Michigan Cities Are The Most 'Miserable' Places In America
It's not a huge surprise that Detroit, Mich. topped Forbes' list of the most miserable cities in the United States. Another Michigan city, Flint, was the second-most miserable.Both Detroit and Flint,...
View ArticleFake Kidnapping Video On YouTube Gets Australian 20-Somethings In Big Trouble
Police in Western Australia have charged five young men with an unusual crime: staging a fake kidnapping for a YouTube video. Australian cops started investigating the case last year after they...
View ArticleCanadian Energy Giant Wants Embarrassing Audio Clip Removed From The Internet
Canadian energy giant Encana is trying to get an embarrassing audio clip removed from the Internet, according to The Globe And Mail.During a February 14 earnings call, Canaccord Genuity analyst Phil...
View ArticleThe 12 Most Ridiculous Things FBI Agents Did Recently
The FBI has released disciplinary files from its Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) showing misconduct by agents over the last two quarters. "We're hoping (that) getting the message out in the...
View ArticleDid A Secret Vatican Report On Gay Sex And Blackmail Bring Down The Pope?
Pope Benedict XVI has claimed that he's resigning the papacy next week because of old age.But according to the major Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the real reason he resigned is because he did not...
View ArticleThings Just Got Much Worse For Lance Armstrong
The U.S. government's decision to join a fraud lawsuit against Lance Armstrong is terrible news for the disgraced cyclist.Armstrong's teammate Floyd Landis originally sued the cyclist, the U.S. Postal...
View ArticleThe Pistorius Case Casts A Lurid Light On South Africa's Police
The trial of Oscar Pistorius is extraordinary in itself; there is something very dark at the heart of this case. But it is also extraordinary for what it is revealing, in unintended ways, about the...
View Article'Law & Order Select' Brings The Biggest Trials, Cases And Crimes To Your Inbox
Get caught up on the latest mobile news with Law & Order Select, a twice-a-week email newsletter that covers everything you need to know about the big cases and crimes, both home and abroad.Signing...
View ArticleChild Porn Is A Much Bigger Problem Than You Realize
In 1990, there were only 7,000 hard copy images of child porn in the United Kingdom, according to non-profit group NSPCC.Today there are hundreds of millions of digital images of child porn on the...
View ArticleCheck Out Investigation Discovery's Over-The-Top Series On Serial Killers
Investigation Discovery's "Dark Minds" explores unsolved murders likely committed by serial killers, and its second season is more dramatic than ever.Investigation Discovery sent BI an advance copy of...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius Lived In An Elite, Gated, Alternate South Africa
Life in urban South Africa is so synonymous with crime and fear that a 90-acre gated community like Silver Woods Country Estate can seem like a paradise. Sprawling and secure compound living is prized...
View ArticlePolice Say Report About Gunman At MIT Was A Hoax
The MIT campus was locked down Saturday morning due to a report of a gunman wearing body armor in one of the university's buildings, but police are now calling that report "unfounded."A state police...
View ArticleIT'S OFFICIAL: Americans Have Finally Accepted Gay Marriage
Since his personal endorsement of gay marriage last spring, President Barack Obama has kept up the public support, even making a historic mention of gay rights in his inaugural address last month. But...
View ArticleGays In America Are Still Marginalized
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two huge gay marriage cases this term, including a fight over a Clinton-era law that bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages.Obama's relatively...
View ArticleIn A Truly Bizarre Twist, Oscar Pistorius' Brother Is Facing Trial For...
The older brother of Olympic sprinter and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius confirmed Sunday he is facing a culpable homicide trial.Carl Pistorius' trial relates to a 2008 traffic incident which left a...
View ArticleThe Stars Of The O.J. Trial Are Coming Out To Weigh In On Pistorius
It didn't take long for the Oscar Pistorius case to be compared to the story of another famous athlete who went on trial for allegedly murdering a loved one. Naturally, that was the news media's cue to...
View ArticleThe People Behind Those Suspicious Heinz Trades Didn't Show In Court, So...
The SEC summoned the unidentified traders that executed suspicious trades on Heinz stock earlier this month to a New York City Court on Friday. The problem is, the unknown traders didn't show.On...
View ArticleCourt Rules There Is No Right To Carry A Concealed Weapon
In a sweeping ruling, the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that there is no Second Amendment right to carry a concealed firearm in public. The broad wording of the decision in Peterson v....
View ArticleDSK Is Trying To Seize Every Copy Of His Ex-Lover's Salacious Book
Disgraced IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is taking legal steps to stop a controversial new book by Argentinian-born Marcela Iacub detailing their liaison, his lawyers said on Monday.In "Beauty and...
View ArticleHarvard, Stanford & Yale Don't Do So Well On A New Law School Ranking
The National Law Journal has come out with a new law school ranking that could be useful for young people thinking of taking on tons of law school debt.The "go-to" list ranks the law schools that send...
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