A Shocking Number Of Unpaid Internships Could Be Illegal
Legal experts are warning of a wave of unpaid intern lawsuits after a judge found that two Fox Searchlight production interns were not compensated legally.It turns out it is really hard to meet all of...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Fled Hong Kong After Learning His Computer Could Be Taken Away
NSA whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden's decision to leave Hong Kong after he learned he could spend years in prison without access to a computer during the process to determine his asylum in Hong...
View ArticleASSANGE: We Know Where Edward Snowden Is, But We're Not Saying Yet
Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, said Monday that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is "healthy and safe." But Assange would not reveal Snowden's...
View ArticleClarence Thomas: Affirmative Action Is Just Like Segregation
Today, the Supreme Court sent the University of Texas' affirmative action program back for a lower court for review by a vote of 7-1.Justice Clarence Thomas concurred in that decision but also wrote a...
View ArticleZimmerman's Defense Attorney Tells Knock-Knock Joke During Opening...
George Zimmerman's defense attorney might already be rubbing the jury the wrong way.Donald West, an attorney on Zimmerman's defense team, started his opening statements in the second-degree murder...
View ArticleIt Looks Like The FBI Director Gave A Wrong Answer To Congress About NSA Spying
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on June 13, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) asked FBI Director Robert Mueller if the National Security Agency (NSA) needs specific court approval before listening to a...
View ArticleBerlusconi Gets 7 Years In Jail In Prostitution Case
Ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been banned from public office and sentenced to 7 years in jail in a case accusing him of having sex with an underage prostitute, the BBC is...
View ArticleREPORT: Edward Snowden Took A Job With Booz Allen To Gather Evidence On NSA...
Edward Snowden, who has spilled a series of government secrets over the past few weeks, took a job with government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton to gather evidence on its surveillance methods,...
View ArticleWhite House Blasts China Over Edward Snowden's Departure, And Says It...
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that China and Hong Kong made a "deliberate decision" to let National Security Agency leak source Edward Snowden leave Hong Kong for Russia, and that...
View ArticleElite New York Law Firm Has Massive Layoff
Monday will be a "grim day" at Weil Gotshal, The New York Times' DealBook reports.The New York City law firm managed to get through the recession without mass layoffs, but it's letting 60 lawyers and...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman's Lawyer Apologizes For Knock-Knock Joke
George Zimmerman's defense attorney knows he screwed up his opening statements.The second-degree murder trial for the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin began Monday. During opening...
View Article3 Startling Examples Of Police Brutality In Turkey
On Sunday Turkish Prime Minister Edan defended aggressive police tactics against protesters who recently occupied Istanbul's Gezi Park and adjoining Taksim square over plans to demolish the...
View ArticleRapper Fat Joe To Be Sentenced For Federal Tax Evasion
Rap artist Fat Joe is awaiting sentencing in New Jersey for federal tax evasion.He pleaded guilty in December 2012 to failing to pay taxes on more than $1 million of income in 2007 and 2008, the AP...
View ArticleEvidence From The Infamous Bill Clinton Affair With Monica Lewinsky Is Going...
A black negligee formerly belonging to Monica Lewinsky is among items once owned by the infamous White House intern to be auctioned in Los Angeles this week.Other items include a signed letter from...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Controversial 'Truth Serum' Drugs
It sounds like something taken directly from the pages of Harry Potter — truth serum, or drugs that "make people tell the truth."Somewhat recently a U.S. judge approved the use of truth serum on James...
View ArticleThe Immigration Debate Is Making A Republican Star A Lot Less Popular
Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-Fla.) favorability ratings among Republican voters have taken a big hit in the last four months, just as he has been in the middle of a vigorous debate over a Senate bill that...
View ArticleWhy Did The Supreme Court Waste So Much Time On A Hugely Anticlimactic...
Legal experts are wondering why the Supreme Court's short and narrow ruling to send an affirmative action case back to a lower court took 8 months to craft, twice as long as most cases."The opinion is...
View ArticleThe Senate Has At Least 66 Votes For A Key Immigration Reform Compromise
At least 14 Republicans joined every present Democrat in voting to move the immigration reform bill forward in the Senate on Monday, as the Senate had enough votes to pass a measure that ends debate on...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Rips Obama Administration Over Edward Snowden, And Says It's...
Top House Republican Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) fired the first major political shots over NSA leaker Edward Snowden Tuesday morning, ripping the Obama administration as "more and more incompetent."Prompted by...
View ArticleSupreme Court Strikes Down A Key Provision Of Law Meant To Protect Minority...
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, a 1965 law that was passed to ensure minorities in the South could get out to vote.The Voting Rights Act requires states 9...
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