Walmart's Mexican Bribery Scandal Shouldn't Be All That Surprising
As if Walmart wasn't already having a rough day in the media, The New York Times just published a devastating piece on the company's alleged habit of paying off Mexican officials to get what it...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Play One Of Adam Lanza's Favorite Video Games
In the wake of the horrific, tragic shootings at Sandy Hook school last week, some people have suggested that our culture of super-violent video games are at least partially to blame.The Sandy Hook...
View Article'Female Barack Obama' Could Be The Next Supreme Court Justice
Which Supreme Court justice will step down next?Most experts believe it will be 79-year-old Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Clinton appointee and the court's oldest member, according to Bloomberg Law.The most...
View ArticleStreet.com Execs Settle With The SEC Over Fraud Allegations
Executives at TheStreet.com allegedly committed accounting fraud and misstated operating income to investors, according to a complaint from the SEC.Gregg Alwine, David Barnett and Eric Ashman have...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban
In 1994, Congress passed a law that banned many semiautomatic rifles. That ban expired in 2004, however, amid partisan gridlock and lobbying from the NRA.As Congress considers new proposals in the wake...
View ArticleHow The NRA Became The Most Powerful Special Interest In Washington
The National Rifle Association is considered one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. The way it operates — including how it recruits and maintains an active membership — have given it outsize...
View ArticleA Murder-Suicide In Colorado Left Four Dead Today
LONGMONT, Colo. — A man shot three people before turning the gun on himself in this rural area northwest of Denver early Tuesday morning, investigators say.A 911 operator received a call at about 4...
View ArticleTwo Inmates Broke Out Of Chicago's Highrise Prison Using A Rope Made Of...
Two convicted bank robbers broke out of their cell on the 17th floor of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago using a rope made of bedsheets, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.Joseph...
View ArticleHere Are All The Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories About The Newtown Shooting
As with every tragedy that takes place in America these days, it didn't take long for "truthers," racists, and other fringe people to concoct conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook massacre — myths...
View Article6th-Grader Brought Handgun To School, Said His Parents Told Him To Carry It...
A 6th grade student brought a handgun to his elementary school, but thankfully, the gun was unloaded and nobody was hurt, FOX 13 reported.The 11-year-old boy pulled the .22 caliber pistol out of his...
View ArticleA Man Was Just Struck By A NYC Subway At 23rd Street
Update: Gothamist is reporting that the man, a white male in his 40s, jumped in front of the train, and that he is likely to die from his injuries.As of 4:45, service on the uptown 6 train is running...
View ArticleSteven Tyler Blasts Former Manager In $8M Suit For Being Rude And 'Verbally...
In October, Steven Tyler was the subject of an $8 million lawsuit — that never revealed him by name — in which his former management company was suing his current lawyer over a botched "American Idol"...
View ArticleThe NRA Has Finally Broken Its Silence On Sandy Hook, And Is Holding A Big...
The National Rifle Association, the country's biggest pro-gun lobbying group, broke its silence Tuesday, issuing a statement on the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The organization has been...
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Get caught up on the latest mobile news with Law & Order Select, a twice a week email newsletter that covers everything you need to know about the big cases and crimes, both home and abroad.Signing...
View ArticleThese Are The Worst Errors Reported After The Sandy Hook Massacre
After news of a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School broke early Dec. 14, media outlets rushed to be the first with new details. In the process, a number of inaccurate news reports emerged,...
View ArticleThe NRA Doesn't Know When To Keep Its Mouth Shut
While the National Rifle Association went silent over social media following the Sandy Hook school massacre last week, the organization continued to broadcast over its Internet station NRA News, Dylan...
View ArticleHuge UK Scandal That Cost Top Politician His Job Linked To Police Conspiracy
In a year full of strange British scandals, one stood out as being the strangest — and there's now evidence that the scandal could be a police conspiracy.Here's how we wrote about #Plebgate,...
View ArticleWhy Harry Reid Might Be The Most Important Voice In The Gun Control Debate
One of the most important voices in any upcoming gun control debate might have tipped his hand on the Senate floor Monday with two words.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) promised "a thoughtful...
View ArticleUBS Pays A Whopping $1.5 Billion Fine For Trying To Rig Rates
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG’s $1.5 billion penalty for trying to rig interbank rates brings total fines for Europe’s largest banks to at least $6.1 billion, or about a quarter of their estimated...
View ArticleA Law Firm Hired Two Country Superstars For The Most Lavish Holiday Party Ever
This law firm's holiday party really beats all others.Texas-based Lanier Law hosted country superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill at its 20th annual invitation-only Christmas party this month, Chron.com...
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