Woman Says She Loves James Holmes Even Though He Might Be A Killer
A woman loves the man suspected of killing 12 moviegoers last summer so much she dyed her hair bright orange to match his.Misty Benjamin, 30, attended all three days of James Holmes' preliminary...
View ArticleHawaii Could Be The Next State To Legalize Pot
As marijuana becomes legal in Colorado and Washington State, one of America's more tropical locales might be looking to do the same.The Drug Policy Action Group interviewed 604 Hawaii voters last year...
View Article'Gun Appreciation Day' Chair Says The Event Honors Martin Luther King's Memory
Larry Ward, chairman of Gun Appreciation Day, appeared on CNN Friday and argued that slavery might not have happened if black people had been armed with guns.Ward's group planned the day for January...
View ArticleWhat Legal Industry Crisis? One Houston Firm Is Paying First-Years A...
Amid complaints the industry is failing, a small boutique litigation firm in Houston is upping the ante.Ahmad Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. announced this month it's raised the...
View ArticleFBI Concerned About The Legality Of Its Own Portable Surveillance Technology
The FBI employs a sophisticated portable spy device even though it's concerned the practice might be illegal, Ryan Gallagher of Slate reports.The "cell-site simulator” technology, called Stingray,...
View ArticleArmed Guards Are Searching Lunch Boxes At A Pennsylvania Elementary School
A Pennsylvania superintendent wasted no time when news of Adam Lanza hit the airwaves, Superintendent Mike Strutt was on the phone with Butler County School Board President Don Pringle that same day,...
View ArticleMcDonald's Workers Accuse Manager Of Repeated Sexual Assault
Four McDonald's employees in suburban Chicago claim their manager sexually assaulted them and wouldn't let them take bathroom breaks unless they had sex with him, Courthouse News reports.Alfonso Rojas,...
View ArticleAIG Sues The New York Fed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc has filed a lawsuit against a vehicle created by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to help bail out the insurer, in a bid to preserve its right...
View ArticleClarence Thomas' Past Grudge Against Yale Pretty Much Guarantees How He'll...
The U.S. Supreme Court is handing down a decision this term on whether colleges can consider applicants' race as a factor in admissions.While many people have strong feelings about affirmative action,...
View ArticleJames Holmes' Lawyers Hardly Spoke During His Hearing But Made These Two...
Mass murder suspect James Holmes turned his apartment into a death trap before allegedly killing a dozen people in a crowded movie theater, prosecutors asserted this week during a preliminary...
View ArticleJoe Biden Floated Support For New Gun Technology That He Thinks Could Have...
For the first time on Friday, Vice President Joe Biden indicated the White House gun violence task force was interested in so-called "smart gun" technology, which would prevent a gun from being used by...
View ArticleNo One Should Be Freaking Out About This AIG Suit Against The NY Fed... Yet
Since AIG's board considered, and the decided against, suing the U.S. government last week, the idea that AIG would sue the NY Fed is definitely a touchy subject.But in this case, it shouldn't be.When...
View ArticleFamily Of Aaron Swartz Blames MIT, Prosecutors For His Death
The family of Aaron Swartz, along with his partner, Taren Stinebricker-Kaufmann, have released a statement about his death and announced plans for a funeral on Tuesday, January 15.Swartz committed...
View ArticleHere Are The Questions You Should Be Asking About Gun Control
Vice President Joe Biden, after a week of meetings with almost every imaginable stakeholder in the Great American Gun Debate, is no doubt crafting the list of gun policy recommendations he is expected...
View ArticleThere Was ANOTHER Bus Gang Rape In India
Six men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, police said Sunday, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide protests.The...
View ArticleLance Armstrong's 'Tell-All' Interview Could Be A Costly Mistake
The cyclist Lance Armstrong could lose much more than his already ravaged reputation if he confesses to doping this week during a television interview with Oprah Winfrey -- he could end up in jail.The...
View ArticleJustice Scalia Made A Smart Argument For Kids' Right To Play Violent Video Games
After Adam Lanza gunned down 20 first-graders in mid-December, news emerged that the troubled 20-year-old played violent video games including Call of Duty.That revelation sparked a debate that has...
View ArticleMeet The Lawyer Who's Defending One Of America's Most Notorious Alleged Killers
Daniel King has probably one of the toughest jobs in America at the moment.He's the main defense attorney for James Holmes, the 25-year-old accused of killing a dozen people at a Colorado movie theater...
View ArticleNRA President: There's No Way An Assault Weapons Ban Will Pass
After a week during which his organization met with Vice President Joe Biden to talk proposals to curb the nation's rash of gun violence, NRA President David Keene predicted Sunday that two of the...
View ArticleThe Number Of Groups Lobbying On Gun Issues Actually Dropped In 2012
Thanks to a handful of mass shootings, last year seemed like it was filled with gun violence.James Holmes allegedly killed 12 in Colorado, Wade Michael Page killed six at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin,...
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