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Woman Gets 30 Days In Jail For Giving The Finger To A Miami Judge
A woman facing a drug possession charge was sentenced to 30 days in jail for flipping the bird to a Miami-Dade judge.Penelope Soto, 18, appeared in court on video after her arrest for possession of...
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Lance Armstrong Under Investigation for Obstruction, Witness Tampering, and...
Federal investigators are in the middle of a criminal investigation of former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, Neal Karlinksy of ABC News reports."Agents are actively investigating Armstrong...
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RBS Trader Compared Himself To The 'Whores Drawers' In Conversation About...
Today, in embarrassing Wall Street instant message news, Britain's Financial regulator, the FSA has released communication between RBS employees working with the LIBOR.Reuters reports that RBS faces...
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This Is What Happens When You Sell Pink Guns That Look Like Toys
Maybe one set of South Carolina parents was at a movie late last Friday.Maybe they were getting dinner at a local restaurant or drinking at a local bar.Maybe they hurried to change clothes, quickly...
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The Legal Industry Got Nuked By The Financial Crisis [CHART]
The Atlantic published a lengthy analysis Tuesday about the state of the job market for law school grads and when we can expect it to recover.And that story gives us a glimpse at just how badly the...
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Miami Judge Smacks Down Teen After She Gave Him The Finger In Court
A Miami teen's bad attitude got her 30 days behind bars after the judge decided he wasn't going to put up with it.Penelope Soto, 18, was in Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat's bond court Monday on charges...
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One Of New York's Unsung Heroes From 9/11 Is Retiring
"Dr. Hirsch may be the most important city official you do not know."So begins the meat of a New York Times' story about New York City's retiring chief medical examiner.The most touching detail about...
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Today Court Considers US Government's Ability To Indefinitely Detain Citizens
Wednesday is another key day for a challenge to the government's ability to indefinitely detain anyone under the laws of war.A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will...
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J&J Trial Over 'Faulty' Metal Hips Shows Why Companies Do Everything To Keep...
Most companies do everything they can to keep their executives away from court. A case in California helps to demonstrate why.Johnson & Johnson faces more than 10,000 lawsuits over artificial hips...
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Bruce Willis Is One Of The Few Celebrities Who's Against Gun Control Laws
Bruce Willis says he's against new gun control laws that could infringe on Second Amendment rights.The "Die Hard" star also dismisses any link between Hollywood shootouts and real-life gun violence."I...
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Florida Cops Accused Of Ignoring Emergencies So They Could Shop, Drink...
A Miami-Dade police sergeant and two officers have been fired, and three others have been suspended, capping a two-year investigation into accusations that they ignored emergency calls, filed false...
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Online Dating Scams Cost Victims More Than $50 Million A Year
The online dating industry is becoming a multibillion dollar business — roughly $4 billion, or four times the net worth of JK Rowling.And with that type of money comes greedy criminals looking to make...
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Newtown Senator Chris Murphy Is Going On A Hilarious Rant About The NRA's...
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, whose Congressional district includes Newtown, launched into a rant on Twitter this morning about the bizarre "Enemies List" on the NRA's website.The "enemies list" was...
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These Two Congressmen Are On A Quest To Legalize Pot At The Federal Level
Two Democratic congressmen are tapping into what they call a “groundswell of public opinion” by introducing legislation to legalize Marijuana on the federal level, tax it and regulate it like alcohol...
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ACTIVISTS: A 'Patent Troll' Is Trying To Destroy All Podcasts
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties group, is declaring war on a company claiming it made the podcast possible.EFF said Tuesday it was organizing companies that face threats...
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These 24 Senators Will Decide Whether The United States Gets An Assault...
As Congress considers steps to prevent gun violence, the controversial assault weapons ban faces an uncertain fate in the Senate, amid growing speculation that the bill will not have enough support to...
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The US Has A Long And Messy History Of Illegal Immigration Reform
The recent bipartisan Senate proposal to reform the nation's immigration system isn't the first time a large comprehensive immigration reform package has been proposed in recent memory. The U.S. has...
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Ron Johnson Fires Back At The Bondholders Who Say JCPenney Defaulted On Debt
JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson spoke with CNBC today to talk about his first year at the helm of the struggling department store chain and he addressed the recent controversy involving bondholders.Lawyers...
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Future Law School Applicants Tend To Have Bigger Egos Than Their Peers
College freshmen who end up applying to law school tend to be richer, more self-confident, and have at least one lawyer parent, a study by the Law School Admission Council finds.These young adults...
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Why The Nation's Most Famous Free Speech Lawyer Won't Use The First Amendment...
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's will have the "god of First Amendment law" in its corner as it fights the federal government's fraud lawsuit.Floyd Abrams, who represented The New York Times...
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