Man Finds Out Who Shot His Brother From Article About 'Shirtless' FBI Agent
John Bullock never knew who shot his 61-year-old brother Ronnie at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., in 2010.Today he learned—through an Associated Press story—that it was Fredrick Humphries II,...
View ArticleBritish Politician Vows To Sue Tweeters Who Accused Him Of Sex Abuse
Lord McAlpine has promised to end “trial by Twitter” by announcing an unprecedented series of libel actions against people who used the website to link him wrongly to child abuse allegations as BBC...
View ArticleHow Drug Cartels Conquered Mexico [MAPS]
It is now possible to see the conquest of drug cartels over Mexico.Viridiana Rios and Michele Coscia of Harvard University created a program called MOGO that searches specialized blogs, local...
View ArticleFugitive McAfee Asked Message Board Users How Long It Takes To Be Traced By...
Fugitive antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee posted on a web forum to ask how long it takes for a mobile phone company to triangulate a mobile phone signal.Mr McAfee, 67, who is wanted on murder...
View ArticleChina Cracks Down On iPhone-Smuggling Housewives
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Suppliers for what was one of China's largest online iPhone stores have been hauled to court for allegedly evading taxes by smuggling Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads into the...
View ArticleDead Body, 200 Kg Of Cocaine Found On Tonga Yacht
A yacht that washed up on a deserted island in the South Pacific with a badly decomposed body on board was carrying more than 200 kilograms of cocaine worth up to $120 million, police said on...
View ArticleMilitary Biofuels Could Be Another Casualty Of The NDAA
The US military is one of the most important developers of new technologies leading them to a point where they can be released onto the market for public and private use.Currently the Department of...
View ArticleREPORT: Regulators Are Going After JP Morgan For Being Soft On Money Laundering
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will soon proceed with formal action against JP Morgan for having weak anti-money laundering systems, Dan Fitzpatrick and Robin Sidel of the Wall Street...
View ArticleMichigan Law Students Create The Most Ridiculous Hazing Ritual We've Seen Yet
When you think law school, you don't necessarily think of hazing and frat houses.Unless you're in Michigan that is.Above The Law has a hilarious expose of the Phi Delta Phi frat at the University of...
View ArticleCalifornia Nudists Strip Down To Fight A Mandatory Clothing Proposal
San Francisco are fighting for their right to be naked.A city supervisor for the notoriously nude-friendly Castro District recently proposed a ban on nudity, but a group of residents led by Mitch...
View ArticleSandra Fluke To Anita Hill: I Thought You Were Clarence Thomas' Secretary
Two controversial women lawyers came face to face this week, the Washington Post reports.At a National Women's Law Center panel, recent law grad Sandra Fluke – whom Rush Limbaugh famously called a slut...
View ArticleLaw Firms Are Taking Drastic Measures Just To Keep Their Heads Above Water
Recovery in the legal industry has been sluggish at best.And now it seems like firms are resorting to last-ditch efforts to stay afloat.As of Sept. 30, about 115 law firms were holding balances on...
View ArticleCourt Ruling Today Could Stop California's High-Speed Rail Before...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's plan to begin building its $68 billion high-speed rail system in the Central Valley hinges on a crucial court decision that could stop the project in its tracks...
View ArticleThe 2009 Death Of A Moscow Lawyer Could Totally Derail US-Russian Relations
The House is voting on a bill today that could drastically improve or worsen US-Russian relations.It all depends on whether a human rights bill, the Magnitsky Act, is included in a bill to end Cold...
View ArticleWisconsin Lawmakers Are Taking A Radical Step In Their Fight Against Obamacare
Nine Wisconsin state legislators have vowed to support a bill to arrest any federal officials caught implementing Obamacare in the state.Wisconsin, a crucial swing state in this year's election that...
View ArticleThe BP Prosecutions Show A New Strategy For The Justice Department
The feds' indictment Thursday of two BP supervisors on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig signals a renewed effort to punish managers for major disasters, The New York Times reports.Going after...
View ArticleThe Kardashian Sisters' Business Ventures Keep Getting Them Sued
Why do people like to sue the Kardashians so much?Since January 2011, their business ventures have spurred at least two major lawsuits and a cease-and-desist letter against a major retailer that works...
View ArticleThis Prescient Report Shows Law Grads Were Mad About Their Debt ... In 1995
I just read an intriguing report of a symposium on "The Debt Crisis in the Legal Profession." Here are some notable excerpts: "[A] time of true crisis in the legal profession may be just ahead. Data ....
View ArticleUPDATE: Police Find No Evidence Of Gunshots At Target Headquarters
Police are swarming Target Headquarters in Minneapolis this morning after receiving reports of shots fired at the retailer's campus.The call first came in at 11:10 a.m. central time but no active...
View ArticleA 'Legally Insane' Chicago Woman Got Elected Again To Be A Judge
Judge Cynthia Brim was re-elected as a Cook County judge last week after an 18-year tenure marked by allegations of mental illness and criticisms by the Chicago Bar Association.And the very next day,...
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