Barry George accused of murdering Jill Dando in 1999, has been found not guilty in a retrial at the Old Bailey, having spent 8 years in prison. He has always insisted he was innocent. There were doubts over the scientific evidence of the speck of gun residue which convicted...
created by agdobson | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 211 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
This is a follow up on NowPublic Member Glc3 's post found here I read this story as I would any other but what is sad are the comments left under the CBS story highlighted here. Everyone blaming others once again. I believe, and this is only my opinion, that we all need to...
created by comoms | 4 years ago 290 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
What gets me about this article is the final few lines - For nearly four years, Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Timberlake have been claiming that this was an accidental exposure, and it wasn't planned. They've been saying that it was a wardrobe malfunction that surprised both of...
Should anyone ask me why I want to move back to Wisconsin I now have a newsclip that captures it all... " MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin law bans sex with dead bodies, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in reinstating charges against three men accused of digging up a...
created by Mikasi | 4 years ago 1066 views | 5 recommendations | 5 comments
Cheating is now a violation of copyright, according to a U.S. district judge who ruled for World of Warcraft maker Blizzard on Tuesday. Blizzard was suing MDY Industries for their software program WoWGlider, which...
"ISPs have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for years now, but only recently has this turned into a political issue. In a huge victory for BitTorrent users, the FCC has now announced that it will order Comcast to stop interfering with BitTorrent traffic. ...
"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died...
"Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier...
This is somewhat disturbing: Google has been ordered by a federal court to hand over all of YouTube's viewer records to Viacom, as the media giant continues its crusade against copyright infringement. This...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 422 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
In a shock resignation, the leader of the Liberal Democrat party in Scotland, Nicol Stephen, resigned last night. He said he was doing so to "spend more time with his family." Stephen was just elected leader of...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 413 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Wendy Alexander, Labour's leader in the Scottish Parliament, is being suspended for one day for failing to declare campaign donations. Alexander maintains she did nothing wrong." Wendy Alexander claims she is the victim of a political witch hunt after being recommended for...
A British journalist who wrote a book on terrorism has been ordered to turn over his sources to police within 7 days or face legal penalties."Freelance journalist Shiv Malik must hand over his source material for a book on terrorism to Greater Manchester Police within seven...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 247 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has been scolded by the Supreme Court of Canada for destroying classified evidence related to a Montreal man accused of having links to terrorism."However, the court in Ottawa unanimously decided Thursday that it will not halt the...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago 219 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The Supreme Court has never before in its history made a ruling on Americans' right to own guns. The court has effectively ruled unconstitutional the ban on handguns in effect in several major US cities....
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1129 views | 25 recommendations | 10 comments
Update: June 26 | - Matthew Yglesias provides the best analysis I've seen so far: " My evolving view of the death penalty is that there are situations one could envision wherein punishment by execution would be...
created by julianw | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 332 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments