Federal Prosecutors May Charge Wall Street Bankers Who Sold Bad Loans Under...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors are considering a new strategy for criminally charging Wall Street bankers who packaged and sold bad mortgage loans at the height of the housing bubble,...
View ArticleAmerica's Full-Blown Painkiller Epidemic Detailed In Two Minutes
"Overdoses involving prescription painkillers are at epidemic levels and now kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined." – Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Center for Disease...
View ArticleSTUDY: A Law Degree Is Actually An Amazingly Good Investment
Law school grads earn about $1 million more in their life than people with just a bachelor's degree, according to a recent study that's been getting some buzz.Law grads earn an average of $53,000 more...
View ArticleA Shocking Number Of Americans Think The First Amendment 'Goes Too Far'
The Newseum Institute is out with some stunning information from its annual “State of the First Amendment” study. In asking Americans for their views on the First Amendment, the survey found that more...
View ArticlePeople Are Suing Ford Over Its Confusing Touch 'Infotainment' System
The MyFord Touch infotainment system has been a mixed blessing for Ford. On the one hand, it's become hugely popular with consumers. In fact, roughly 80 percent of new-car shoppers shell out for it....
View ArticlePoisoned School Meal Kills 25 Indian Children
PATNA, India (Reuters) - At least 25 Indian children died and dozens needed hospital treatment after apparently being poisoned by a school meal, sparking violent protests and angry allegations of...
View ArticleInsurance Exchange Delays Raise Further Doubts About ObamaCare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. government officials warned on Wednesday that the launch of new state healthcare exchanges could potentially be delayed, raising further doubts about the implementation...
View ArticleAnonymous Hacks FEMA Servers In Defense Of Edward Snowden
Hackers from within the Anonymous collective claim to have broken into a server used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and say they will release the stolen data in what would be one of...
View Article10 Ways To Get Arrested For Tweeting
140 characters can be all you need to end up behind bars.Over the years, more than a dozen people – mostly teenagers – have been arrested for tweeting. Most of the arrest-worthy tweets were violent,...
View ArticleWhat Senator Barack Obama Would Have Said About The Death Of Trayvon Martin
A decade before Trayvon Martin, Obama the state senator led a fight against racial profilingWASHINGTON (AP) — In 1999, a fresh-faced state senator on Chicago's South Side heard constituents complain...
View ArticleVladimir Putin's Fiercest Critic Sentenced To Five Years In Jail
KIROV, Russia (Reuters) - Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment which his supporters said proved President...
View Article'The Government Has Killed A 16-Year-Old American Boy. Shouldn’t It At Least...
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View ArticleGlenn Greenwald Is Writing A Book On Edward Snowden And NSA Surveillance
Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who has broken numerous details regarding the National Security Agency's surveillance program, is writing a book that promises to reveal even more.The book's...
View ArticleFormula One Is In 'Total Chaos' As CEO Bernie Ecclestone Faces Bribery Charges
Bernie Ecclestone was on Wednesday night facing the greatest battle of his career after the Formula One chief executive was formally indicted by German prosecutors on bribery charges.The announcement,...
View ArticleThe 20 Most Prestigious Law Firms In America
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz kept its iron grip on the top slot in Vault's annual ranking of America's most prestigious law firms.The only notable changes in the top ten was Sullivan &...
View ArticleWitness In Mobster Whitey Bulger's Trial Found Dead
A witness who was expected to testify against notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger has been found dead on a road in Lincoln, Mass., ABC News reports.Police are calling the death of Stephen "Stippo"...
View ArticleFront Page Of Boston Herald Slams Rolling Stone's Controversial Cover
Rolling Stone's controversial August cover has angered a lot of people, including some editors of The Boston Herald.Here's Thursday's front page:Rolling Stone took a lot of heat yesterday for putting...
View ArticleBurger King Worker's Marijuana Pipe Ends Up In A Kid's Meal
A family who picked up food at the local Burger King were surprised to find a stuffed marijuana pipe in a kid's meal. The grandfather of a 4-year-old from Dundee, Michigan, found the pipe before the...
View Article'Franky Boy' Cali Turns Down Offer To Be New Mob Godfather
NEW YORK CITY — They made him an offer — but he refused.Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, the heir apparent to the Gambino Crime Family throne, turned down the honor to become “Godfather” of the nation’s...
View ArticleProtests Hit Moscow After Anti-Putin Activist Alexei Navalny Sentenced To...
Protests are taking place in Moscow this evening after vocal Putin critic Alexei Navalny was today sentenced to five years in prison for theft.Official estimates say that there are around 2,500, while...
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