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Support For Legalizing Marijuana Hits A Record Level In A New Poll
Support for legalizing marijuana reached an all-time high-water mark in a new ABC/Washington Post poll out this morning— but the majority of voters still do not favor it.The poll comes a week after...
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Price Gouging After A Natural Disaster Could Actually Help People
Every time there's a hurricane the issue of price gouging comes up, and Sandy is no exception. People in New Jersey and New York might be a bit confused because they rarely get hurricanes, but if you...
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Mother's Death Causes Big Backlash Against Ireland's Abortion Laws
Irish abortion laws are facing increasing backlash after a woman died last month because the hospital refused to end a deadly pregnancy.Savita Halappanavar, 31, was miscarrying her baby when she...
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Papa Johns' Customers Say They Got Harassed In The Middle Of The Night
Middle America's favorite pizza chain got slapped with a $250 million class action lawsuit for sending spammy text messages to its customers without their permission.Filed in the U.S. District Court in...
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Sesame Street's Kevin Clash Cleared Of Underage Sex Allegations After Accuser...
On Monday, it was announced that Kevin Clash, the 12-time-Emmy-winning voice actor behind the "Elmo" character on "Sesame Street" had taken a leave of absence from the kid-friendly show after allegedly...
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Interior Secretary Uses A Schoolyard Threat To Scare Reporter
Things got a little heated last week at an Obama campaign office in Fountain, Colo., when a reporter asked the Interior Secretary about something other than election day.Ken Salazar was in the state...
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Using The Keyboard Cat Meme For Your Company's Next Ad Could Get You Sued
Internet memes have become something of a staple in viral ads.In the marketing world, they are everywhere imaginable — from Virgin Media to Vitaminwater's ads — but this commercial use raises some...
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David Petraeus May Have Committed Much Worse Crimes In Afghanistan
While ousted CIA Director David Petraeus eats dirt for his extra-marital affair, some people would like him to answer for much more serious crimes.There is evidence that Petraeus, when he commanded US...
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Sorry White House Petitioners, There's No Way To Secede From The United States
In the wake of President Obama's reelection, residents in a host of states have expressed a desire to "secede" from the United States.You can find petitions for the idea on the White House's website....
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LA County Might Not Actually Be Able To Force Porn Stars To Wear Condoms
The porn industry is already fighting back against a new LA Countyordinance that forces its stars to wrap it up during shoots.Measure B requires all porn actors to wear a condom and producers to get a...
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The Feds Finally Explain When It's Cool To Bribe Foreign Officials
The U.S. government has recently been cracking down on foreign bribery under a Watergate-era law.But the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is kind of a squishy area of the law.Can the feds use the FCPA's...
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Inmates Reveal What It's Like To Live With A Murderer
Business Insider has been profiling inmates about life in prison, but every new story about life on the inside can bring new surprises.Quorarecently asked inmates about what it's like to live with...
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Jon Bon Jovi's 19-Year-Old Daughter Arrested After Suspected Heroin Overdose
Jon Bon Jovi's 19-year-old daughter Stephanie Rose Bongiovi was arrested at Hamilton College in Upstate New York early Wednesday morning after allegedly overdosing on heroin.Bongiovi was found...
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Dan Rather Tells Us About The Time He Used Heroin
Dan Rather is a hero to many in the news industry — including myself — for his determination to do anything to get the story.The most famous example is probably when he tied himself to a tree during a...
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Why The Supreme Court Is Going To Kill Our 'Most Important' Civil Rights Law
The Supreme Court has decided to review the Voting Rights Act before the end of this term, and already it seems unlikely that the law will survive.The John Roberts court hasn't shown much support for...
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NYC Brokers Accused Of Charging Extra To Place HIV-Positive Tenants
Five New York real estate brokers are under investigation for allegedly charging extra fees to place HIV-positive tenants, The Real Deal is reporting.Two of the unnamed brokers are from Queens, two are...
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Waffle House CEO: I'm Being Blackmailed!
ATLANTA (AP)—The CEO of Waffle House said Tuesday that a former employee who claims he tried to force her to have sex actually was a participant in consensual sex and has been trying to blackmail...
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Here's What The Looming Law School Market Crash Will Look Like
John Devaney delivered what was clearly an extemporaneous rant about the state of the subprime market. "It was incredible," said Charlie. "Stream of consciousness. He went on about how the ratings...
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'Shirtless' FBI Agent In Petraeus Scandal Identified
The identity of one of the key actors in the ongoing Petraeus scandal has been revealed by Michael Schmidt of The New York Times.The man is Frederick Humphries, a 47-year-old agent who initially took...
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This Hotshot Lawyer Dropped Everything To Run A Beachside Perfume Shop
When John Berglund was growing up around his father's hardware shop in Chicago, it wasn't the power tools and jingling cash register that caught his eye. "I always was impressed when men would walk in...
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