Shakira's Ex Claims She Cheated Him Out Of $100 Million
They dated for 10 years, but it seems like love really is lost between Shakira and her ex-boyfriend.Antonio de la Rua is suing the "Hips Don't Lie" singer, claiming that after they ended their 10-year...
View ArticleTeenager Hits Black Friday Sale, Gets Promptly Robbed On His Way Home
It looks like this Black Friday is turning out to be just as ugly as expected.The Baltimore Sun reports a 14-year-old was allegedly robbed outside of a Bed, Bath & Beyond at around 2 a.m. Friday...
View ArticleMarijuana's Top Lobbyist Told Us Why There Will Be Several Viable...
On election day Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, becoming the first states in the entire world to do so. Allen St. Pierre is the Executive Director of the National Organization for the...
View ArticleTech's 8 Most Fearsome 'Patent Trolls'
Called patent trolls or non-practising entities (NPE), companies that make most of their money from licensing patents don't have the best reputation.Just this week, the Wall Street Journal reported...
View ArticleWhy Gay Marriage Supporters Want The Supreme Court To 'Shut Up' This Week
The Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday to decide whether it will hear major gay marriage cases.The court might hear a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act -- which defines marriage...
View ArticleThe Feds Say Aspiring Public School Teachers Engaged In Massive Fraud
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — It was a brazen and surprisingly long-lived scheme, authorities said, to help aspiring public school teachers cheat on the tests they must pass to prove they are qualified to lead...
View ArticleEven Judges Are Jumping On The No-Pay Internship Train
As if things weren't bleak enough, now a federal judge in Colorado is asking clerks to work for free.Federal judge William Martinez is advertising a standard year-long clerkship but with a catch, law...
View ArticleWARNING: Mike Lynch Can Be Ruthless
Hewlett-Packard rocked investors when it claimed UK firm Autonomy had sold it a pup. Katherine Rushton reports on a transatlantic technology battle .When British entrepreneur Mike Lynch is not...
View ArticleShould We Make Bankers Swear An Oath?
Douglas Flint, the chairman of HSBC, is pushing for bankers to take an oath similar to that sworn by doctors as part of radical plans to overhaul the way the profession is viewed in the wake of the...
View ArticleMeanwhile, Here's What's Going On With The Argentine Boat Impounded In Ghana
While the legal battle that prompted its seizure raged, the ARA Libertad still languishes in a Ghanaian harbor.However, there has been movement toward some kind of resolution, MercoPress reports. The...
View Article'Innocence Of Muslims' Filmmaker Has Absolutely No Regrets
The New York Times has the first jailhouse interview with the man behind the now infamous anti-Islamic video that sparked protests all over the Muslim world, and he admits he's not the least bit sorry...
View ArticleMacy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Confetti Contained Confidential Police Records
Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is making headlines for more than just whimsical balloons this year.Confidential information from the Nassau County Police Department, including social security numbers...
View ArticleSupreme Court Says It's OK To Record Cops In Illinois
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order Monday that essentially allows people in Illinois to record police officers, the Chicago Tribune reports.The justices declined to review a lower court ruling that...
View ArticleWhy The Supreme Court Resurrected A Fight Over Obamacare
The Supreme Court decided today to give Liberty College another chance at challenging two key sections of the health care law — the individual and the employer mandates for insurance coverage.This...
View ArticleA Man Said He 'Possibly' Had A Bomb In His Bag To Get Through Airport...
Every week, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) publishes a Week in Review on its blog, rounding up the various firearms, knives, and miscellaneous prohibited items discovered by its...
View ArticleCollege Students In Colorado Might Not Be Fessing Up About Owning Guns
Colorado's controversial move to open gun-friendly dorms seems to have been for naught.Even though students with concealed-carry permits attend both University of Colorado campuses in Boulder and...
View ArticleA Journalist's Defense Of Steve Cohen
The following column is the opinion of the author.If you're a journalist with any kind of honesty and ambition, I don't see how the dubious tactics of aggressive hedge fund traders can't have a gut...
View ArticleTwo-Time Super Bowl Champ Says Studying At An Unranked Law School Is Harder...
We often love Above The Law's Quote of the Day section, but today's snippet from former New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints champ Randall Gay takes the cake.Gay compares the rigors of playing...
View ArticleNew York's Top Cop Slammed Obama For Ignoring Bloodshed In His Hometown Of...
As of Oct. 21, Chicago had raked up 435 murders, earning itself the title of the deadliest global city, according to NBC Chicago.And New York's police commissioner has had enough.NYPD Police...
View ArticleHere's What Happened During Accused Insider Trader Mathew Martoma's Court...
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager Mathew Martoma, charged in what prosecutors called the biggest-ever insider trading case, appeared in federal court in New...
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