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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleGay 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...
View ArticleHarvard 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...
View ArticleThere'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...
View ArticleOscar 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...
View ArticleJustice 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,...
View ArticleSex 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...
View ArticleHere'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...
View ArticleBloomberg 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...
View ArticleJudge 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...
View ArticleJUDGE: 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...
View ArticleThese 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMAYOR 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...
View ArticleJodi 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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleTwo 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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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