COPS: Brooklyn Man Sold Cocaine And Pain Pills Out Of His Ice Cream Truck
A 20-year-old Brooklyn man has been arrested for allegedly selling cocaine and oxycodone from his ice cream truck in family friendly Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.Brooklyn prosecutors say that Mina Gatas was...
View ArticleUrban Outfitters Pulls Shirt That Allegedly Misused United Farm Workers' Logo
Urban Outfitters just pulled a shirt that bears a strong resemblance to the United Farm Worker's logo. UFW said it sent Urban a cease-and-desist letter after noticing the shirt, according to the...
View ArticleBIPOLAR LAWYER: Let The Mentally Ill Practice Law
If attorney Melody Moezzi applied to be a lawyer this year, she might not have gained admission to the bar.She has bipolar disorder, and many states ask would-be lawyers if they have that disorder when...
View ArticleThe SEC Shut Down A Hedge Fund Scam Run By An Ex-Marine Who Allegedly...
The Securities and Exchange Commission said today that it halted a United States Marine Corps veteran's Chicago-based hedge fund fraud that was targeting current and former military service members....
View ArticleThe Cops Can Take Away Your Cash, Car, Or House — Even If You're Never...
The New Yorker's Sarah Stillman has a heartbreaking story out on an appalling police tactic— civil forfeiture, which lets local police departments make tons of money from taking supposed criminals'...
View ArticleWhat The Rest Of America Can Learn From California's Strict Gun Laws
California, the state with the strictest gun laws in the country, has seen a 56% drop in its gun death rate in the past 20 years, according to a study that the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence...
View ArticleUS Files Criminal Charges Against People Behind Benghazi Attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has filed sealed criminal charges for the attack in Benghazi,Libya, last year in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed, media...
View ArticleFINRA Is Investigating E*Trade's Trading Practices
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is examining the way E*Trade Securities prices and sends customer stock orders to an affiliate, E*Trade said in a quarterly regulatory...
View ArticleThe TSA Is Expanding Its Reach Far Beyond Airport Security
The next time you have to take off your shoes and get searched by an employee of the Transportation Security Administration, it may not be at the airport.Ron Nixon reports in The New York Times on the...
View Article14 Jobs That Pay A Lot But Don't Help The World
Does your job make the world a better place?In a Payscale survey published Tuesday, workers who earn a lot but don't believe their jobs help the world tend to work in sales, finance, or tech.These...
View ArticleYoung Couple Recounts The Terror Of Being Attacked By Anti-Gay Mob Near...
The spate of vicious, high-profile attacks against gay men in New York this May began with an assault on a young couple in broad daylight, outside one of the most populated places in the city — Madison...
View ArticleWatch The House Where Ariel Castro Kept 3 Women Captive For 10 Years Be Torn...
The Cleveland house where three women were held captive for a decade was demolished Wednesday morning in front of a cheering audience.One of the victims, Michelle Knight, showed up to pass out yellow...
View ArticleSole Survivor Of Fire Crew That Perished In Arizona Wildfire Speaks For First...
The only surviving firefighter of the Arizona "hotshot" crew who survived the deadly Yarnell Hills fire in June has spoken out about the tragedy for the first time publicly.Brendan McDonough was part...
View ArticleProfessor Censured For Comment About Fat PhD Applicants
Psychology professor Geoffrey Miller has been censured by the University of New Mexico for a critical tweet about obese PhD applicants.Miller tweeted in June: "Dear obese PHD applicants: if you didn't...
View ArticleHow To Avoid Losing Your Mind In Law School
Even after aspiring lawyers take the LSAT, they have to endure the stress of law school.Impossible exams, tough professors, and all-nighters will permeate the next three years — unless you go to school...
View ArticleThe Bizarre Trial Of The Fort Hood Shooter Where Both Sides Hope For The...
What started as a horrific attack, in which Maj. Nidal Hasan is accused of an act of ultimate treachery by shooting scores of unsuspecting fellow soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, has by turns and twists...
View ArticleSenator Barack Obama Had Some Very Relevant Ideas About Reforming NSA...
When the House of Representatives recently considered an amendment that would have dismantled the NSA's bulk phone records collection program, the White House swiftly condemned the measure. But only...
View ArticleWeinstein Hit With $10 Million Copyright Lawsuit Over 'Lovelace' Film
The Weinstein Company and Millennium Films, producers of "Lovelace" -- a new biopic about Linda Lovelace -- are being sued for $10 million over alleged copyright and trademark violations.In a lawsuit...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Engineer Analyzes Traffic Stops In Extremely Rich City,...
The extremely wealthy city of Atherton, Calif. ticketed 182 drivers from February to July 2013. Out of those, 175 had Hispanic last names, according to an analysis of Atherton's police blotter.Kent...
View ArticleJurors Say Ohio Judge Berated Them Over Assault Verdict: 'You Got This Wrong'
A judge in Columbus, Ohio has come under fire for comments she made to jurors following a "not guilty" verdict in an assault and disorderly conduct case, The Columbus Dispatch reports.According to...
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