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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,...

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America'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...

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STUDY: 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...

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A 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...

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People 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....

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Poisoned 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...

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Insurance 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...

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Anonymous 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...

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10 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,...

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What 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...

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Vladimir 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...

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'The Government Has Killed A 16-Year-Old American Boy. Shouldn’t It At Least...

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Glenn 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...

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Formula 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,...

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The 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 &...

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Witness 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"...

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Front 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...

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Burger 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...

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'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...

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Protests 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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