Someone Tries to Sell Belgium on EBay

"Someone Tries to Sell Belgium on EBay By PAUL AMES – 1 day ago BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Hidden among the porcelain fox hounds and Burberry tablecloths on sale at eBay.be this week was an unusual item: "For Sale: Belgium, a Kingdom in three parts ... free premium: the...

'Peter Addison was here'

'Peter Addison was here' writes bungling burglar at crime sceneBungling burglar Peter Addison was nabbed by police - because he scrawled "Peter Addison was here" at the scene of his crime.... and creativity doesn't come with the booze either, although he probably thought it...

Pot Announcement Out Window Draws Bust

"A pair of former Northeastern University freshmen are facing charges after prosecutors said one leaned out his dorm window Sunday and loudly told a woman in the dorm opposite his that he and his roommate were selling pot.Oops. Two police officers happened to be nearby."Now...

Rape Victim Sues Judge Over R-Word Ban

"Rape Victim Sues Judge Over R-Word Ban Posted 11 hours, 34 minutes ago By Martha Neil An alleged acquaintance-rape victim has sued the Nebraska judge who banned her from using the word "rape" in testimony, in what her lawyer describes as a troubling trend. A federal lawsuit...

Are Liberals Smarter?

"A study says liberal brains "are more responsive to informational complexity." Test: You sit in front of a computer screen and wait for a letter to appear on it. You're supposed to tap your keyboard if it's an M, but not if it's a W. The experimenters mix it up but give you...

Missouri: Police Threaten, Detain Motorist for Parking After Hours

"Missouri: Police Threaten, Detain Motorist for Parking After Hours A St. George, Missouri police officer is caught on tape threatening to invent charges to arrest a motorist for parking after hours. Brett Darrow videoA motorist who refused to discuss his personal business...

Court Rules Man's Right to Fish

"Missouri Court Opines “Hillbilly” Label a Compliment Lowell and Minnie want a divorce. Well, Lowell does (rather "did" ... this is a 1960 case). The grounds for divorce? "Indignities." The Circuit Court in Stone County, Missouri, gave it to him. Minnie appealed to...

The Drug Tax Man Cometh

"The Drug Tax Man Cometh riceKtreats.jpgIn Tennessee, there’s this law called the Taxation of Unauthorized Substances Act. It basically says that folks arrested for illegal possession of drugs have to pay a tax on those drugs, with the tax amount determined by the weight of...

McDonald's Employee Charged With Oversalting Officer's Burger

"McDonald's Employee Charged With Oversalting Officer's Burger Kendra Bull, a 20-year-old employee of a McDonald's in Union City, Georgia, was arrested Friday and now faces criminal charges for allegedly putting too much salt on a police officer's hamburger. After using the...

Iraq Vets Cope With Brain Damage

"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers. Thousands of troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, or TBI. These blast-caused head injuries...

Alive or ???

" Wanna know what it feels like to go insane? Try working 40 hours in 5 days, quitting smoking, and having 15 hours total sleep in 5 days. It's weird. Start smoking for about a year, drink alot of booze and just relax. Then in one week quit smoking, sleeping and relaxing....

AltLaw: opening the gates to the legal system

AltLaw is a joint project of Columbia Law School’s Program on Law and Technology, and the Silicon Flatirons Program at the University of Colorado Law School. AltLaw was written by Stuart Sierra and Paul Ohm, with help from Luis Villa, and produced by Tim Wu.The law is meant...

Post details: Airport arrest and six day detention for powdery substance in b...

"Airport arrest and six day detention for powdery substance in bag that plaintiff protested was laundry soap did not state a claim or was barred by qualified immunity Plaintiff was arrested at the El Paso airport after TSA found a white powdery substance in his luggage in...

Post details: False imprisonment is a Fourteenth Amendment due process claim ...

I need to take the time to look up the cites quoted here some day."False imprisonment is a Fourteenth Amendment due process claim rather than a Fourth Amendment unreasonable seizure claim False imprisonment is a due process claim rather than an unreasonable seizure claim....