Why The BBC Sex Abuse Scandal is Bigger than Anyone In The US Can Imagine
LONDON, UK — On Saturday evenings for nearly two decades, most families in Britain would welcome a predatory child abuser into their homes. Although he was only an image on a television screen, they...
View ArticleChinese Police Discover 10,000 Bottles Of Red Wine In An Abandoned House
Some 10,000 bottles of Chateau Lafite Rothschild red wine has been found in a derelict house in China.Police are yet to determine whether the wine - one of the most expensive reds in the world - is...
View ArticleS&P Ratings Suffered A Critical Defeat This Week In Australian Courts
PROTESTING that only fools would rely on your product to make investment decisions may seem a dangerous argument to make. Yet it is one that has served credit-ratings agencies well over the years,...
View ArticleCanada's Highest Court Says Pfizer's Viagra Patent Is No Good
Canada's top court on Thursday stripped Pfizer of its patent for Viagra, saying the pharmaceutical giant failed in the patent to identify the active compound in the drug."Patent 2,163,446 is void," the...
View ArticleHow The Mafia Is Taking Over Montreal
TORONTO, Canada — In the back room of the Cosenza Social Club, a strip mall café in an Italian neighborhood of Montreal, the city’s top mobster held court over piles of cash.Hours of surveillance video...
View ArticleNew Jersey Businesses Are Getting Sued Today Over Hurricane Sandy
The state of New Jersey will file the first law suits today against eight businesses that allegedly engaged in price gouging in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey...
View ArticleNew York And New Jersey Might Be Struggling After Sandy But Law Firms Are...
Parts of New York and New Jersey are still dealing with flooding, power outages, and a whole host of other problems, but recovery efforts are flourishing at area law firms.In a recent query about how...
View ArticleA Suspect In The Romney Blackmail Investigation Was Identified Using This Cat...
A Tennessee man accused of stealing Mitt Romney's tax returns to blackmail him says two grainy pictures of cats led federal agents to him.Back in September a group of hackers claimed it had stolen Mitt...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Director, Technical Operations At NBC Universal
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
View ArticleMontana Voters Overwhelmingly Said That Corporations Aren't People
A whopping 75 percent of Montana's voters approved an initiative Tuesday stating corporations are not people.Montana voters specifically said "corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights...
View ArticleA Horrifying Day In The Life Of A Corporate Lawyer Mom (Who Just Quit)
The debate about women having it all — the enviable career and perfect home life — has raged on for decades.In August, Anne-Marie Slaughter attacked the idea that women can have both in a widely...
View ArticleELON MUSK: 'If We Published Patents, It Would Be Farcical'
The patent system has been getting a lot of heat lately, especially with the high-profile fight between Apple and Samsung.Superhero entrepreneur Elon Musk just avoids patents altogether with his...
View ArticleTrend Forecaster Gerald Celente Sues Google To Block His Obscene Impostors
Noted trend forecaster Gerald Celente sued Google this week for allegedly letting bloggers use his image in vulgar postings.The blogs at issue have variations of Celente's name, including...
View ArticleA Recipe For Law School Reform: Cutting Admissions By Half And Slashing...
The law school bubble is made up of three things — increasing tuition, decreasing salaries, and simply not enough law jobs available.So, what has to be done to fix this?Kyle McEntee, a law school grad...
View ArticleMexico Charges 14 Federal Police Officers For Shooting Up CIA Vehicle
Mexico has formally charged 14 federal police officers with attempted murder for shooting up a vehicle carrying two CIA agents and a Mexican Navy captain, Gabriel Stargardter of Reuters reports. On...
View ArticleWeed Legalization Could Set Off A Radical Chain Of Events In Latin America
The top advisor to incoming Mexican president Peña Nieto said the world's first full legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington “changes the rules of the game” in the war on drugs, The...
View ArticleStaten Island Residents Who Survived Sandy Might Wind Up In A Prison
Staten Island has come up with a unique solution to combat its sudden wave of homelessness brought on by Hurricane Sandy.But residents aren't too pleased.Local officials are considering housing...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Is Going To Review A Major Part Of The Voting Rights Act
Despite lingering concerns over voter intimidation, the Supreme Court has decided it will review the Voting Rights Act, The Associated Press tweeted Friday afternoon.Late last month the high court put...
View ArticleThe Marijuana Business In Colorado Is Already Booming
In the shadow of Colorado’s state capitol Dustin Avery is blissfully puffing away on a cannabis pipe. “It’s great, you can smoke a bong, the cops can ride by, and you just wave at them,” he says. “I...
View ArticleCon Artists Are Selling Fake iPads In Texas -- Again
A con artist recently duped an Arlington woman into shelling out $200 for what she thought was a new iPad worth $800.What she really bought was a mirror covered in duct tape. Not to mention a Fed Ex...
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