World Court begins Georgia-Russia case

The latest battle between Georgia and Russia will be fought in a courtroom. A case has begun at the World Court in the Hague in the Netherlands to rule on who should control South Ossetia. Any ruling the court makes, however, would not be binding on Russia."Georgia accused...

In Which We Explore the Federal Laws that Apply to Cyberstalking

"Tragedies frequently result in flurries of legal activity. Last years witnessed the Myspace tragedy in which a 13 year old girl committing suicide. Unfortunately stalking laws have been clumsy tools that are difficult if not impossible for law enforcement officials to...

U.S. House stalls war Funding Bill - Pentagon theatens layoffs

On Thursday in the U.S. House in unlikely coalition between Democrats (via a sit out of vote)  and Republicans voted against continued funding of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The defeat of the funding measure came on a 149-141 tally. (132 Republicans sat out the...

Jail break guard commits suicide

"A guard named in a note left by two inmates who bored holes in their cell walls to escape from a New Jersey prison has committed suicide. The guard's body was found at his home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the day he was due to be interviewed about the...

Pinups of Bikini-Clad Women Hid Jailbreak Route

Inmate #1: "So here's the plan: we're going to break out of this prison by hiding dummies under our bed blankets and covering our exit route with pin-up pics of hot chicks in bikinis. What do you think?" Inmate #2: "I think it just might work."It doesn't seem possible. But...

Bullets 'bounce' off nanotech vest

Nanotechnology is going to revolutionize many facets of our lives, so I am going to bring you nanotech news that you may not have heard. Here's the first in my nano series:"Nanotechnology experts have found a way to harness the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to create a...

DNA link found in 1975 killings

"A DNA link has been found in the unsolved murders of two young women more than 30 years ago. Eve Stratford, 22, was stabbed to death in Leyton, east London, in 1975. Lynne Weedon, 16, was raped and killed in Hounslow, west London, later that year. No-one was charged with...

BP results set to be ‘dreadful’

"Tony Hayward, BP’s new chief executive, has prepared staff for a far-reaching shake-up of the oil company as he delivered a blunt warning that third-quarter revenues would be “dreadful”. Mr Hayward told a staff meeting in Houston he would be announcing a streamlining...