How One Cartel Rose Above The Rest In Mexico's Drug War
Neat, freshly painted buildings and a renovated church line the central square. Shiny SUVs rest curbside. Some lack license plates, as if the law doesn’t apply. Mansions crown the surrounding...
View ArticleThere's One Way The Voting Rights Act Might Be Saved
After brutal questioning from conservative justices during Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday, supporters of the Voting Rights Act were searching for signs of hope that one of the signature...
View ArticleArgentina's Bonds Are Diving Head-First After The Country Made Its Most...
Yesterday, Argentina's lawyers made closing arguments in what some are calling the 'the debt trial of the century.' Today, the country's bonds are committing suicide.This case has been going on for...
View Article'Girls Gone Wild' Files For Bankruptcy So Vegas Mogul Steve Wynn Can't Get...
"Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis has put his soft-porn empire into bankruptcy protection, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.Francis filed for bankruptcy to protect his empire's assets from...
View ArticleWhy 'Innocent Until Proven Guilty' Doesn't Hold At The Office
Anchorman Rob Morrison recently resigned from his job with CBS after his arrest for allegedly choking his wife.But was Morrison legally required to quit? What does the law say about the security of...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Can't Be Trusted To Judge Whether The US Is Still Racist
WEDNESDAY’S oral argument at the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an extraordinary piece of analysis from Justice Antonin Scalia—a comment...
View ArticleLehman Brothers Is Trying To Blame JP Morgan's London Whale For Its Bankruptcy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former JPMorgan Chase & Cotrader known as the "London Whale" was not responsible for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's bankruptcy and should not be dragged into an $8.6...
View ArticleWe May Be One Step Closer To 3D Printing Assault Weapons
An internet project aimed at producing defense weapons using 3D printing techniques claims to have created a completely plastic lower for an AR-15. Defense Distributed also say they have test fired it...
View ArticleJudges Are Starting To Let Child Porn Offenders Off With Less Jail Time
Judges are starting to give shorter prison sentences to child porn offenders because they think the sentencing guidelines call for too much jail time, according to a new report by the United States...
View ArticleColorado School Bans Trangender First Grader From Using Girls' Bathroom
The parents of a 6-year-old transgendered girl have filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division after an elementary school banned their daughter from using the girls' restroom.Male by...
View ArticleClarence Thomas Says The Other Justices Should Shut Up And Listen
After the U.S. Supreme Court heard a major civil rights case on Wednesday, news outlets noted that Clarence Thomas didn't say a word during the heated arguments.In fact, aside from cracking a joke in...
View ArticleObama Administration Endorses Gay Marriage For 8 More States
The Obama administration filed a Supreme Court brief Thursday that would effectively allow same-sex marriage in eight more states, SCOTUSBlog reports.The DOJ filed the friend-of-the-court brief in a...
View ArticleThe Alleged Extravagances Of Mexico's Most Powerful Woman Are Something To...
Elba Esther Gordillo, the head of Mexico's powerful, 1.5-million strong national teachers’ union, was arrested earlier this week on charges related to corruption.Many see the arrest as an attempt by...
View ArticleRACHEL MADDOW: Justice Scalia Is 'Like The Guy On Your Blog Comment Thread...
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow blasted U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia on The Daily Show Thursday, calling him a "troll" who purposefully tries to make people upset. The liberal Maddow was irked...
View ArticleChief Justice John Roberts Used An 'Old Slur' Against Massachusetts, Official...
The top elections official in Massachusetts is attacking Supreme Court Justice John Roberts for saying the state has the nation's lowest turnout rate for black voters, the Boston Globe reports."Do you...
View ArticleWoman Sues FedEx Over Alleged Marijuana Delivery Gone Wrong
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman is suing FedEx, saying the company erroneously sent her a package containing seven pounds of marijuana, then gave her address to the intended recipients who...
View ArticleUPDATED: Your NYC Cab Driver Is NOT Breaking The Law When He Uses GPS
UPDATE: The Taxi and Limousine Commission reached out to tell us that "portable GPS navigation systems are in no way prohibited in NYC taxicabs." The information the cab driver presents is...
View ArticleJudge Crushes New Jersey's Dreams Of Legalizing Sports Betting
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge upheld a 21-year-old law prohibiting sports betting in all but four states, dealing a setback to New Jersey's attempts to revive its struggling casino industry by...
View ArticleMassive Gun Profits Make Firearms Nearly Impossible To Control [INFOGRAPHIC]
It’s all “Guns ‘N Roses” for the multi-billion dollar firearms industry, still blossoming in the United States. With strong lobbies, like the National Rifle Association, guns ‘n ammo are big business...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Senior Director Advanced Design Development
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
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