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Nepalese Police Arrest 60 Pilgrim Pot Smokers At Religious Festival

Nepalese police said Sunday they have arrested more than 60 pilgrims for smoking cannabis and disturbing the peace at a major religious festival.Cannabis is illegal in Nepal, but under an ancient legal...

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The New Plan To Allow Knives Onto Planes Is Leading To Outrage

A decision to scrap a post-9/11 ban on pocket knives being carried by passengers on US aircraft has triggered an angry backlash from pilots, flight attendants and airline chiefs.Starting from April 25,...

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Gay Couples Could See Windfalls If The Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Mina Meyer and Sharon Raphael, two women in their 70s who fell in love more than four decades ago and have been married for more than four years, the U.S. Supreme Court's...

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Harvard University Secretly Searched Deans' Emails During Cheating Scandal

Harvard University secretly searched the email accounts of sixteen deans, media reported on March 10, as central administrators looked for information regarding a media leak about a widespread cheating...

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There's A Surefire Way To Stop Perverts From Hacking Women's Webcams

There is one foolproof way to avoid an increasingly terrifying group of perverted cyberspies who are hijacking (mostly) women's computer cameras: Buy a new computer that has a light that goes on...

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Oscar Pistorius Is Reportedly 'On The Verge Of Suicide'

Oscar Pistorius is reportedly "on the verge of suicide" as he awaits his trial for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete's close friend Mike Azzie, who was interviewed for an upcoming...

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Justice Kennedy Has Some Gay Rights Activists On Edge

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two huge same-sex marriage cases this month, and a lot of gay rights activists are counting on Justice Anthony Kennedy's vote.While Kennedy is famously unpredictable,...

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Sex Trafficking Report Reveals A 'Shocking Underworld' Of 'Utter Degradation'

A teenage girl was raped 90 times in one weekend, according to a report into modern-day slavery in the UK.The report, by Britain's Centre for Social Justice and due to be released this week, includes...

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Here's The Opinion Eviscerating Mayor Bloomberg's Soda Ban

New York state judge Milton Tingling has rejected Mayor Bloomberg's controversial soda ban in a lengthy and scathing opinion. Read it for yourself:Tingling by Erin FuchsPlease follow Law & Order on...

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Bloomberg Vows To Fight Back Against The Decision To Block His Soda Ban

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office has vowed to appeal a judge's decision to block the soda ban.Bloomberg's new sugary drink regulations are "fraught with arbitrary and capricious...

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Judge Gives Brief, Brutal Demonstration Of The Soda Ban's Arbitrariness

Hours before the new rule came into effect, a judge overturned Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on large sugary drinks in New York City. State Judge Milton Tingling called the ban — which would have...

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JUDGE: Bloomberg's Soda Ban Would 'Eviscerate' Separation Of Powers

New York state judge Milton Tingling tore Mayor Bloomberg's ban on large sodas to shreds in a lengthy and scathing opinion that essentially said the mayor's office was making a huge power...

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These Are The Six Groups That Stood Up To Mayor Bloomberg's Soda Ban — And Won

A judge has invalidated New York City's ban on large sugary drinks, which was supposed to go into effect Tuesday.New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling wrote that the new regulations were...

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The FBI Goes To Disturbing Lengths To Set Up Potential Terrorists

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has busted an impressive number of homegrown terror plots over the past decade, but many people don't realize how these plots materialize. In some cases, they are...

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MAYOR BLOOMBERG: 'The Judge Is Totally In Error'

A judge blocked New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sugary drink ban one day before it was supposed to go into effect.Now, the mayor has held a press conference to talk about what happened...

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Jodi Arias And The Ex She Killed Have Truly Eerie MySpace Profiles

A lot of people make their social media profiles private these days, but things were a little different a few years ago.Jodi Arias and her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander let the world see every photo...

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The Epic Story Of How Murdoch Newspapers' Hunt For Scandal Got A British...

The big news out of the U.K. today is that Chris Huhne, once one of the most senior people in British government and tapped to be leader of the Liberal Democrats, and his estranged ex-wife Vicky Pryce,...

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Two Law Schools Will Give You A Refund If You Bomb The Bar

Two for-profit law schools are offering $10,000 refunds to students who don't pass the bar exam after two attempts, the National Law Journal reports. Florida Coastal School of Law and the Charlotte...

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The SEC Is Looking For Ways To Get More Creative With Its Punishments

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is experimenting with punishments that more closely fit the wrongdoing at issue in a bid to give its enforcement cases more...

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The New SEC Head Is Going To Get Grilled About NFL Football At Her Nomination...

Attorney Mary Jo White will testify before the Senate Banking Committee today as the nominee to head the SEC. It's also the confirmation hearing for Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial...

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