Report: 1 Dead After Shooting At Phoenix Office Complex
A shooting has been reported at an office complex in Phoenix, Ariz., according to ABC 15.Three people were shot and another two were hurt, according to The Arizona Republic.One of the three shooting...
View ArticleGabby Gifford's Handwritten Notes From Her Dramatic Gun Control Speech Today
Think Progress tweets this photo of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' handwritten notes for her surprise remarks in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee's gun control hearing Wednesday. Although she...
View ArticleFormer Illinois Governor Was Released To His Spacious Home After A Brief Pit...
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was back at his longtime home on Wednesday following his pre-dawn release from a federal prison after serving more than five years for corruption.He...
View ArticleThe Gun Control Debate Needs To Stop Focusing Entirely On Mass Shootings
The unspeakable tragedy at a Connecticut elementary school last month has inspired renewed calls for gun control in the United States.It's hard to ignore the slaughter of 20 first-graders and six...
View ArticleMark Kelly Broke The News Of Another Shooting In The Middle Of A Senate Panel...
Mark Kelly, the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, broke the news of a shooting today during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on curbing the nation's gun violence. Kelly started his...
View ArticleAlabama Man Shoots School Bus Driver And Retreats Into Bunker With 6-Year-Old
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Police SWAT teams and hostage negotiators were locked in a standoff Wednesday with a gunman authorities say intercepted a school bus, killed the driver, snatched a...
View ArticleDon't Fret About The Rocket Launchers That Keep Turning Up At Gun Buybacks
Gun buybacks across the country are grabbing some serious headlines, especially when they mention turn-ins of military rocket launchers.In December, the Los Angeles Police Chief proudly displayed one,...
View ArticleThis Is The New Billion-Dollar Battle In Health Care
Over the past few years, the focus of the entire health care industry has been on the Affordable Care Act. The law has had, and will continue to have, huge effects on hospitals, doctors, and...
View ArticleABA Offers Women Ridiculous Advice On How To 'Shatter The Glass Ceiling'
Another day, another problem-with-women-in-the-law piece that perpetuates the women-in-the-law problem.The ABAJ has apparently mastered time travel, because yesterday they published this piece, dated...
View ArticleThe Most Contentious Point Of Today's Gun Violence Hearings Aren't Actually...
Much of the debate in Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on gun violence today revolved around the effectiveness of instituting more stringent background checks. Former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her...
View ArticleHere's Why The Supreme Court Let Boy Scouts Ban Gays In The First Place
The Boy Scouts of America revealed this week it might end its ban on gay members and leaders.That controversial ban is perfectly legal and was even upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000.In a 5-4...
View ArticleThe Law School Crisis Doesn't Exist At Places Like Yale
For all of the talk about underemployed law grads drowning in debt, some law students are sitting pretty."There's a class divide opening between law schools," one Yale law student tells us. "Anybody...
View ArticleRussian Billionaire Sues Over Construction At His Time Warner Center Apartment
A Russian lawmaker and billionaire mogul is suing the Manhattan contractor he alleges overbilled him for work done to his Time Warner Center apartment.Vitaly Malkin is also contending that the firm,...
View Article14-Year-Old Shot At Georgia Middle School
At least one person was shot and one hurt during a shooting at Price Middle School in Atlanta, Ga., according to CBS Atlanta..The Atlanta Fire Department confirmed a 14-year-old boy was shot and a...
View ArticleThe Law School Crisis Could Crush 'Stand-Alone' Schools
The New York Times' most emailed story Thursday analyzed the sharp drop in law school applications and the brutal impact it could have on legal education.University of Chicago law professor Brian...
View ArticleCourt Rules To Unseal Documents In Dunkin' Donuts Kickback Case (DNKN)
A federal appeals court has ruled that documents in a kickback case involving a Dunkin' Donuts marketing executive were wrongly sealed by a judge, paving the way for new proceedings that could finally...
View ArticleOfficials Seize A Record $13.6 Million In Counterfeit NFL Merchandise Before...
US law enforcement officials have seized a record $13.6 million in fake goods and arrested more than 20 people in a nationwide crackdown on the selling of counterfeit NFL merchandise.US Immigration and...
View ArticleSocrates Convicted Again In Modern Mock Trial
Patrick Fitzgerald has taken down two governors, numerous mobsters and a few terrorists.But he may have met his match in a 70-year-old Greek philosopher with a big mouth.Fitzgerald, a former U.S....
View ArticleManhunt Underway For A Convicted Killer Who Was Mistakenly Released
Cops and FBI agents were searching Thursday night into Friday morning for a convicted murderer after Illinois officials mistakenly let him go.Steven Robbins, who was serving time in an Indiana prison...
View ArticleJapanese Police Arrest High-Ranking Mobster For Allegedly Sending Workers To...
Japanese police have arrested a high-ranking yakuza over claims he sent workers to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant for the clean-up without a licence.Officers in northern Yamagata prefecture were...
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