French Man Arrested For Allegedly Impersonating An Airline Pilot
A man was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport Wednesday evening after he allegedly impersonated a pilot and was found in the cockpit of a passenger jet.Philippe Jernnard, 61, of La Rochelle,...
View ArticleInternet News 'Clipping' Service Gets Busted For Swiping AP Stories
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge concluded that an Internet news clipping service essentially resold stories from The Associated Press, saying in a decision released Thursday that the ability of news...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Wants To Build A New Prison At Guantanamo Bay
If the shutdown of the office tasked with closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility didn't convince everyone the infamous prison will remain for years to come, then plans for constructing a new...
View ArticleJodi Arias' Bizarre Behavior Was Caught On Tape After Her Police Interrogation
Jodi Arias, who's on trial for allegedly murdering her ex-boyfriend, was interrogated about the killing back in 2008.Video of that interrogation has recently been released to the public, and the...
View ArticleNew York Ban's On Pet Pigs Is Forcing People To Care For Their Swine In Secret
NEW YORK (AP) — Pigs have long gotten a bad rap. The four-legged ungulates are considered so messy and stinky that they're synonymous with slovenliness: Eat too much and you're pigging out. Forget to...
View ArticleSergei Magnitsky Uncovered Russia-To-Cyprus Money Laundering, And Look What...
The latest eurozone crisis comes down to controversy over bailing out a Cypriot banking system that is flooded with Russian black money.The EU-proposed "haircut" solution — with a 9.9 percent levy on...
View ArticleA German Murder Defendant Who Lied His Way Into DC's Elite Is Slowly Killing...
The case of a German con man who had ties to the likes of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Dick Cheney is truly, truly strange.Albrecht Muth, who's now 48, is accused of bludgeoning his...
View ArticleNorth Dakota State Lawmakers Have Effectively Banned Abortion
According to the Associated Press, North Dakota state lawmakers have successfully passed a law that says that human life begins at the point of conception. Possible consequences of the law could be...
View ArticleHere's Why Republicans Already Hate Obama's Latest Cabinet Nominee
Since President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Tom Perez to be the nation's next Labor Secretary, Republicans have begun preparing for a fight over Perez's history as the Justice Department's...
View ArticleObama Has A Strange And Clever Argument For Gay Marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two huge gay marriage cases next week.One of those cases will focus on Proposition 8, a voter-approved law banning gay marriage in California.The Obama administration...
View ArticleMarine Recruiter Allegedly Used Recruit's Facebook Account To Solicit Nude...
A Milwaukee, Wis.-area Marine Corps recruiter is being charged with using a recruit's Facebook account to solicit nude photos from more than 40 young women, police say.Andrew Curran, a 27-year-old...
View ArticleSteubenville Rapist: 'I Think Everybody Was Just Out Of Their Minds'
The Steubenville, Ohio rape case has horrified people throughout the country.Back in August, a drunk 16-year-old was denigrated while high school football players stood idly by and took pictures they...
View ArticleMore Charges In Bizarre Case Involving A Chicago Cop Allegedly Attempting To...
A former Chicago police officer accused in a plot to extort, murder, and dismember a local businessman is now facing charges he agreed to kill another individual in exchange for revenue from a strip...
View Article7 Bizarre State Laws That Hit The Books This Year
With about 400 new laws passed around the country every year, there are always a few head-scratchers. Here are seven of the stranger laws that have made it into the books so far this year ...You can't...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg: Security Drones Over New York City Are 'Scary' But Inevitable
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg considers the domestic use of military-style drones "scary" but says that there is no way to stop it.“Everybody wants their privacy, but I don’t know how you’re...
View ArticleHere Are The Next 8 States That Could Legalize Marijuana
Months after Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, the push to make toking up legal is gaining momentum. But it hasn't been easy. Activists still face...
View ArticleThese 13 Countries Are More Gay Friendly Than America
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two huge gay marriage cases next week.But America still lags behind several other countries when it comes to equality for gays and lesbians.With nearly half of...
View ArticleFor The First Time, The NRA Is Up Against An Adversary With Money To Spend
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's group is launching a $12 million ad campaign aimed at persuading Senators in key states to support gun control measures. The ads from Mayors Against Illegal...
View ArticleThese Modern Anti-Rape PSAs All Blame The Victim
When two high school football players were convicted of raping an intoxicated girl in Steubenville, Ohio,— after sending pictures of the act to friends and posting about it on social media — a...
View ArticleDon't Expect A Charge For Taking Advantage Of France's Richest Woman To Stop...
Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyer on Sunday launched a fresh salvo against the judge who charged the former president with taking financial advantage of France's richest woman, as a public outcry among Sarkozy...
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