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21-Year-Old Allegedly Shot While Handcuffed In The Back Of A Cop Car
Police are investigating how a man handcuffed in a police car for alleged marijuana possession wound up with a fatal bullet wound to the head. Chavis Carter, 21 of Southaven, Miss., was being held in...
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Missouri's Residents Can Now Sue For As Much As They Want In Medical...
In a victory for consumers, the Missouri Supreme Court this week threw out a state law capping non-economic losses for victims of medical malpractice. The 2005 tort reform law that limited jury awards...
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Apple Wants Samsung's Lawyers Punished For Leaking Barred Evidence To The Media
Apple Inc. asked a U.S. judge on Thursday to punish Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for a Samsung attorney's conduct by ordering that the South Korean company has infringed Apple's phone design patents,...
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This Couple Claims They're The Rightful Owners Of Bob Dylan's 40-Year...
Brian and Dawn Peterson have sued legendary rocker Bob Dylan (aka Robert Zimmerman) and Ashes & Sand over a 40-year old guitar allegedly used by the musician, according to a civil action suit in...
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Catholic Priest Pleads Guilty To Making His Own Child Porn
A Roman Catholic priest admitted Thursday that he exploited children to produce his own pornography and committed some of his crimes in a church choir loft. Shawn Ratigan, 46, who lives in...
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Abe Lincoln Would Have Dominated The Twittersphere Of 1863 With This 7-Word...
Slate editor David Plotz revives interest Thursday in a great piece of Abraham Lincoln writing. According to Plotz's post, Lincoln reviewed death sentences by court martial during the Civil War, and in...
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Here Are The Only Ways Someone Else Can Get Hold Of Mitt Romney's Tax Returns
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has caused a stir by his refusal to release to the public any of his tax returns prior to 2010. While it’s tradition for candidates running for the nation’s highest...
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Watch A Chicago Corrections Officer Completely Deck An Unsuspecting Inmate
It's been a tough summer for Cook County, Ill. sheriff's officers. They've had to deal with an unprecedented spike in crime in the Chicagoland area. But one officer appears to have taking "blowing off...
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PUTIN YIELDS TO PRESSURE, Calls For Leniency On Pussy Riot
Vladimir Putin has called for a Russian court to show leniency toward feminist punk band Pussy Riot, calling into question the independence of Russia's notoriously politicised court system. Putin...
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In China It's Common For The Wealthy To Hire Body Doubles To Avoid Prison
In China the extremely wealthy can avoid prison terms by hiring body doubles. A new report from Slate's Geoffrey Sant points to an incident when a wealthy Chinese youth who killed a 25-year old...
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'Dark Knight' Victims Will Likely Sue University For Failing To Alert Police
The tragedy of 24-year-old PhD student James Holmes has raised new questions about a university's responsibility to alert police of students' troubling behavior, the Christian Science Monitor reports....
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Mother And Daughters Will Go To Jail For $16 Million Real Estate Scam
A California mother and her two daughters have been convicted of a $16 million mortgage fraud, reports Vik Jolly with the Orange County Register. Suniti Shah, 51, Supriti Soni, 52, conspired with their...
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Ex-Merrill Brokers And Day Traders Get Convictions Overturned After Trial...
A federal appeals court on Thursday reversed the conviction of ex-brokers accused of illicitly tipping off day traders after finding prosecutors had neglected to turn over key evidence. The former...
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Pakistani Parents Found Guilty Of Suffocating Teen Daughter In 'Honor...
A jury in the UK found parents guilty on Friday of killing their 17-year-old daughter after she began rebelling against them. The guilty verdict against Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed came after the dead...
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A Scottish Teen Tweeted A Picture Of A Dying Man Instead Of Helping Him
Whatever happened to the Good Samaritan? A teen saw a dying hit-and-run victim lying in a bus lane in Scotland, and instead of calling the cops he took a picture and posted it on Twitter, the Daily...
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Long Island Country Club Allegedly Partied With Strippers On The Green And...
A Long Island country club hired strippers and prostitutes to entertain clients on the premises, according to a complaint by a disgrunted former employee. Bartender Justin Williams, 33, was fired in...
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Lawyer: The Supreme Court Justices Were 9 'Lions' Who Tore At Me Like 'A...
A lawyer who won a landmark Supreme Court case says dealing with the justices was "not a pleasant experience." In Lafler v. Cooper, the high Court ruled that criminal defendants have a right to...
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A Scary Vision Of Future Crime And Terrorism [Presentation]
Veteran police officer and counter terrorism strategist Marc Goodman discussed the future of crime and terrorism in a recent Ted Talk. Goodman warns that "the flip side of the technologies we marvel...
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Brooklyn Tenants Post Photos Of Wretched Living Conditions To Protest Landlord
Ten Brooklyn tenants are so fed up with their horrible living conditions that they're displaying photos of their damaged apartments in a local art show this weekend, reports Mark Morales with the New...
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Adult Porn Director Could Head To Prison Over Bestiality Videos
A man convicted in April for selling porn involving human waste and bestiality could face four-to-seven years in prison. Federal prosecutors are looking to can Ira Isaacs after two previous trials went...
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