Saudi Man Sentenced To Be 'Fully Paralyzed' For Stabbing His Friend
A Saudi man has been sentenced "to be fully paralyzed" as punishment for stabbing and paralyzing his best friend 10 years ago, The Saudi Gazette reports.At age 14 Ali Al-Khawahir stabbed his friend in...
View ArticleTwo Fifth-Graders Plotted To Kill And Rape A Classmate, Prosecutor Says
Two fifth-grade boys will stand trial for allegedly plotting to kill and rape a female classmate, the Spokesman-Review reports.The boys, ages 10 and 11, had a seven-step plan to rape and stab the...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Whether White Supremacist Prison Gang Is Linked To Texas...
Authorities are looking for possible links between the murder of a Texas district attorney and his wife and a prison gang known as the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, the Dallas Morning News...
View ArticleA Court Just Made It Easier For The Nation's Poor To Get Cheap Drugs
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor...
View Article25-Year-Old Who Allegedly Shot His Dad In Church Yelled About Allah: Witnesses
ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Witnesses say the 25-year-old man accused of walking into an Ohio church and fatally shooting his father after an Easter service Sunday was yelling about God and Allah after the...
View ArticleMexican Drug Cartels Are Sending Deputies Deep Inside The US
Mexican drug cartels are sending members of their inner circles to live and work deep inside the U.S., Michael Tarm of the Associated Press reports.The syndicates used American middlemen to become the...
View ArticleNew York Times Reviewer Gives Sandra Day O'Connor's New Book The Guy Fieri...
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is out with a new book "Out of Order," and New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak destroyed it in a review published...
View ArticleProsecutors Want The Death Penalty For Colorado Shooter James Holmes
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a former doctoral student accused of opening fire on a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colo., the Denver Post reports.Lawyers for 25-year-old defendant...
View ArticleAmazon Defends Banned Ad That Uses The C-Word
Amazondefended an ad's use of the c-word as "light hearted" after the UK's ban-happy Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) pulled it from the site. The controversial online ad in question appeared on...
View ArticleA Bill That Would Mandate Background Checks For Gun Purchases Is Stumbling In...
Even the most popular gun control measures seem to be going nowhere in the Senate.Despite a concerted push from President Obama, Democratic leaders see no clear path to securing the 60 votes needed to...
View ArticleSupreme Court's Right Wing May Be Behind Push To Hear Gay Marriage
During Supreme Court arguments last week over California's gay marriage ban, several justices suggested the case never should have come before the court in the first place.“I wonder if the case was...
View ArticleAfghan Teenager Kills US Soldier By Stabbing Him In The Neck
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan teenager killed an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan by stabbing him in the neck while he played with a group of local children, officials said Monday.The...
View ArticleDolce & Gabbana Designer Goes On A Twitter Rant After Being Fined $440...
Stefano Gabbana, of the legendary fashion duo Dolce & Gabbana, has attacked a decision by a Milan court forcing the pair to pay a fine of 343.3 million euros (£290 million) for tax evasion, saying...
View Article8 Politicians Who Survived Huge Scandals And Kept Their Jobs
Where there are politicians, there are political scandals to go with them.From local politics to the West Wing, no office is immune from impropriety. Whether it's an embarrassing sexting incident or a...
View Article8 Ways Same-Sex Couples Will Benefit If DOMA Is Repealed
As the Supreme Court hears arguments against the constitutionality of DOMA this week, the editorial team at MyBankTracker figured a slideshow should be in order.DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act,...
View ArticleWhy Eric Holder Was Named The 'Top Facilitator Of Porn In America'
A religious nonprofit group named Attorney General Eric Holder the nation's top "pornography facilitator" in a new report released Monday, due to a 2011 decision to shut down the Department of...
View ArticleTexas Prosecutors Lived In A State Of Terror Before They Were Gunned Down
A Texas district attorney and an assistant DA who were killed within months of each other both seemed to know they might be targeted.Kaufman County DA Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were gunned...
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We're giving you a chance to win a Kindle Fire HD. Become a newsletter subscriber now to enter. If you're the lucky winner you will have a host of features at your fingertips. Entry deadline is May...
View ArticleAnkle Monitors On High-Risk Offenders Malfunctioned For Years, Officials Found
California has discovered GPS devices strapped to ankles of recently released sex offenders and gang members malfunctioned for years — meaning the criminals' parole officers had no idea where they...
View ArticleHarry Reid Is Trying To Pressure Republicans Into Supporting Gun Control
With a new video released Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid aims pressure certain Senate Republicans into supporting universal background checks as part of comprehensive gun control...
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