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Expert: Jeffrey Johnson Shouldn't Have Been This Aggressive At His Age

Based on psychological data compiled by Dr. Raymond DiGiuseppe, a professor at St. John's University, Empire State Building gunman Jeffrey Johnson, 58, shouldn't have had enough aggression to shoot his...

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Law Professor Says One Of Romney's Tax-Avoidance Schemes Is Illegal

Legal experts continue to crawl through the massive cache of Mitt Romney's Bain fund documents that Gawker published on Thursday. And one law professor, Victor Fleischer of the University of Colorado,...

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Two Pussy Riot Members Flee Russia And Are 'Recruiting Foreign Feminists'

Russian punk band Pussy Riot says two of its members have managed to escape the country, The Guardian is reporting. Three members of the five-woman feminist band were arrested after an anti-Putin...

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The Jury In The Apple-Samsung Case Deliberated Just 21 Hours (AAPL)

The jury for the Apple-Samsung infringement suit, a collection of people ranging from a bike shop employee to a video compression expert, took only 21 hours to award Apple $1.05 billion, reports the...

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The 10 Lobbying Firms That Have Raked In The Most Money In The Past 14 Years

Lobbying in Washington D.C. is often seen as a shadowy world full of backdoor deals and nefarious promises. But OpenSecrets.org, a research group that tracks spending in U.S. politics, has broken down...

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Three Dead After Early-Morning Shooting At New Jersey Supermarket

The gunman and two others are dead following an early morning shootout at a supermarket in New Jersey, The Associated Press reported this morning. Police were called to the Pathmark in Old Bridge...

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Pentagon Says Ex-SEAL Will Face Legal Action For Bin Laden Book

The Pentagon warned a former Navy SEAL that he faces legal action and loss of the profit for writing a book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a letter released Thursday night....

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Two LAPD Cops And Their Boss Have Been Taken Off Streets After Alleged Nurse...

The commanding officer in charge of two cops accused of beating a woman during a traffic stop, and the officers themselves, have been removed from their duties while the incident is investigated. "I...

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Apple Just Suffered A Setback In Its Global Patent War Against Samsung

Apple Inc. lost a patent lawsuit in Japan as a Tokyo judge ruled that Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones and a tablet computer didn’t infringe on an Apple invention for synchronizing music and video...

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Here Are The Allegations That Spurred J&J To Pay A $181 Million Settlement...

Johnson & Johnson said Thursday it would pay $181 million to end claims by 36 states over its marketing of the blockbuster antipsychotic drug Risperdal. But what exactly is J&J accused of? In...

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$30 Million Worth Of Maple Syrup Stolen In Quebec

During a routine inventory check at the St-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse in Canada, officials from the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers noticed a maple syrup barrel was empty. Then another,...

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Jim Beam And Jack Daniels' Distilleries Sued Over Black Fungus

It's been there forever, but now they have someone to blame. Black fungus has long decorated the homes and buildings in Kentucky and now researchers are saying the "sooty-looking black gunk" called...

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Here Are The States Where Your Boss Can't Watch Your Every Status Update

Vetting potential employees isn't uncommon, and with the help of social media, it isn't difficult. But there's a growing danger that employers might go as far as requesting Facebook user names and...

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The Awesome Life Of Roman Abramovich (Who Just Won A $6.5 Billion Court Battle)

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich just won a $6.5 billion legal battle against former friend and business partner Boris Berezovsky in the biggest personal court case in British history. The months-long...

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Death Penalty Sought For Soldiers Accused Of Double Slaying And Anarchist Plot

Tiffany York's stepfather rushed across the courtroom and had to be tackled by security. "You killed (expletive) my kid!" He yelled, while another family member shouted, "An eye for an eye!" The drama...

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This Ex-Executive Of A Global Law Firm Is Accused Of Stealing $1 Million...

Mayer Brown's former chief information officer allegedly went to elaborate lengths to steal from the law firm so he could buy a Cadillac, an RV, a van, and a mobile home, The Wall Street Journal Law...

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Clint Eastwood Rips Into Lawyers Before Lawyer Marco Rubio Gets On Stage

Dirty Harry might have offended a few lawyers last night. In his (supposedly) unscripted speech at the Republican National convention, Clint Eastwood made public his opinion of lawyers as he spoke to...

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Man Claims His Penis Squirted Blood After He Took Male Enhancement Drug

A Texas man is suing the maker of VirilisPro, claiming the male enhancement drug turned a sexual encounter into a nightmare. Adrian Carter, 29, took the pill early in the morning last year and later...

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Abortion Would Probably Be Illegal In These States If Roe V. Wade Were...

Next year marks the 40-year-anniversary of the Roe V. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. A study by Theodore J. Joyce and Ruoding Tan at City University of New York and Yuxiu Zhang at...

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Study: Being A Psychopath Could Be An 'Unscrupulous' Evolutionary Strategy

Unlike many criminally insane people, psychopaths are more likely to hurt strangers than their own kin, according to a new study in the Frontiers of Psychology. Canadian researchers looked at 289...

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