We all know it’s a cop-out to break up via text message. But you know what’s even worse? Twitter. “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Stewart recently found out her husband of two years, ex-NFL star Kordell Stewart, was filing for divorce – and she got the news through a tweet. Of course, filing for divorce is only the first step. He also has to serve her – in real life....
An Ohio man’s Facebook rant violated a restraining order, so a judge gave him a choice: Post a Facebook apology to his estranged wife, or face 60 days in jail. Mark Byron’s court-ordered Facebook apology comprises five paragraphs and more than 200 words, and must be reposted every day for 30 days, The Cincinnati Enquirer reports. “It’s outlandish,” Byron told the Enquirer, though he is complying with the order. (You can view Mark Byron’s Facebook page here....
A semi-nude Jake Gyllenhaal photo. Got your attention? Okay. Let’s go. Apparently this photo, which was originally posted over on BuzzFeed, is a fake. In fact, it’s so obvious it’s a fake that it’s baffling why it shot across the blogosphere. But that’s beside the point, because now Jake’s lawyers are reacting and they want it taken down. If you can’t find the semi-nude Jake Gyllenhaal photo, it’s probably been pulled....
The battle between former ‘The View’ star Sherri Shepherd and ex-husband Lamar Sally over their child Lamar Jr., has been as acrimonious as it has been public. Shepherd first tried, without success, to disavow any legal responsibility for the boy, who was born via surrogate using a donor egg and Sally’s sperm. She was also unsuccessful in her attempts to skirt paying child support. Now, Shepherd is fighting tooth and nail against Sally’s request for an increase in those child support payments, saying the California court in which the request for modification was filed lacks jurisdiction over the case....
Days after a California woman’s YouTube video alleging childhood sexual abuse by a teacher went viral, the former teacher, who was working as a high school vice principal, has resigned. Jamie Carrillo, now 28 years old, claims she made the video to get closure, because the statute of limitations for the alleged crime – which happened when she was 12 – had already passed, reports Reuters. But is it really too late for legal action to commence?...
Nonprofit organizations fighting HIV/AIDS abroad have won an important victory this week, with the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the federal government cannot predicate funding on an organizations adoption of an anti-prostitution pledge. Finding that a funding requirement that forces health groups to denounce prostitution and sex-trafficking is akin to compelled speech, the court, in a 2-1 vote, affirmed the District Court’s preliminary injunction. In 2003, Congress passed the Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, which, through the U....
An online security flaw called “Heartbleed” has made many of the most popular websites vulnerable to data breach and left consumers uneasy. What exactly is Heartbleed, and what can you do to protect yourself? Heartbleed Cracks the SSL Lock The Heartbleed flaw is a vulnerability in the open-source OpenSSL encryption technology used by many of your favorite websites. SSL is a popular Internet security protocol that allows Web surfers to make a secure connection with sites in order to send sensitive data....
“Modern Family” star Ariel Winter, who plays the precocious Alex Dunphy on the ABC comedy, is now living with her real-life sister Shanelle Gray, after a judge granted her temporary guardianship last month. The Oct. 3 decision was based on allegations of physical and emotional abuse against Winter’s mother, Crystal Workman. According to court filings obtained by gossip website TMZ, Workman was accused of hitting and slapping her daughter as well as spewing insults and calling her names....
Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell will serve life in prison for the murder of three babies who were born alive, and whose necks were snipped with scissors. Gosnell was sentenced on Wednesday in accordance with a plea bargain. Gosnell agreed to take life in prison as part of a plea deal in order for the notorious doctor to avoid a potential death sentence, reports the Associated Press. It is almost certain that Gosnell, 72, will spend the rest of his natural life in prison, and he may have given up some rights by accepting the plea bargain....
And they say the ‘60’s were crazy. So how is it that during the trillion times the mega-hit Land Down Under by the Australian group Men At Work was played during the ‘80’s nobody noticed that the central flute riff in the song sounded suspiciously like the Aussie “folk” favorite Kookaburra? Really, what were we all doing? First though, CNN notes that the Kookuburra folk song was actually penned by school teacher Marion Sinclair who later entered it into a competition run by the Girl Guides (same as our favorite cookie pushers, the Girl Scouts, in the U....
It is illegal to carry a gun while intoxicated, even if you do have a license to possess the weapon. But the penalties and precise restrictions vary from state to state, and there are some places where the language of the law is imprecise. The safest bet, of course, is to never drink alcohol or do drugs when carrying your gun. This ensures you cannot get in trouble or jeopardize your permit....
Yannick Brea was a 9/11 survivor that worked at a local hotel. Tragedy struck the 55-year-old mother when her son, “Ugly Betty” actor Michael Brea, allegedly killed her with a samurai sword at her Brooklyn apartment. The 31-year-old Michael Brea was found and arrested in a nearby room in the apartment after police came. Brea was clenching a bible at the time of his arrest. “Michael was yelling, ‘Repent, repent, sinner, sinner, over and over again....
Molly Brazy, the 18-year-old rapper from Detroit, has the police investigating her after a Facebook-live video went viral. While the video itself doesn’t seem to be anything more than a short exchange between her and a toddler while playing, what they were playing with caused the viral attraction. In the short video, the toddler is shown asking for candy, then throwing a toy gun towards Brazy. Brazy, then, clearly in a playful, joking manner, picks up the toy and points it at the child....
According to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Ayman Abu Aita, the Palestinian Arab featured as a “terroist” in Sacha Baron Cohen’s movie Brüno has sued NBC Universal and Sacha Baron Cohen for libel because. Why? Instaed of being a “terrorist” or member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, he says he’s a peace loving grocer. Ayman Abu Aita claims that he was the victim of libel because of a clip in the Brüno that features him as a “group leader of a terrorist group called Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade....
Hate crimes in the U.S. saw a slight decline overall in 2007, but crimes against gay and lesbian victims increased over the previous year, according to statistics released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In its report Hate Crime Statistics, 2007, the FBI analyzes 7,624 hate crime incidents involving 9,006 offenses reported to the agency – including breakdowns of each incident by victim characteristics, type of offense, characteristics of offender, and location where the hate crime was committed....
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers nationwide about an outbreak of E. coli bacterial infection in multiple states. The FDA states that the outbreak may be linked to fresh spinach (both bagged and unbagged), and “advises that people not eat any fresh spinach or salad blends containing fresh spinach that are consumed raw, until further notice.” According to the FDA, 23 states have reported 146 illnesses to date, including 76 hospitalizations and one death....
Rap and reality television star Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas following a strange domestic dispute. Police were called to Flavor Flav’s house at about 3:30 in the morning, after the rapper had an altercation with his fiancee of eight years, Elizabeth Trujillo, and her 17-year-old son, reports CNN. The rapper and his fiancee started to argue after allegations that Flavor Flav was cheating, according to a police domestic battery report....
U.S. automaker General Motors and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) union have announced the end of a two-day auto workers’ strike, and a tentative agreement on a new contract. The New York Times reports that “the key provision of the new contract is a health care trust that would get G.M.’s vast liability off its books, while workers and retirees would receive their current coverage until the trust is put in place....
Love is all mirrors and illusions in Hollywood. Even Marge and Homer Simpson can’t make their marriage work. The couple, divorced and remarried once before, are heading to splitsville next season. The show’s executive producer Al Jean told Variety that Marge and Homer would legally separate in the 27th season’s premier episode. Till Narcolepsy Do Us Part Apparently, Homer has narcolepsy, and the diagnosis will throw his marriage with Marge into a downward spiral....
A man who had been beaten unconscious by a cast member of Jersey Shore lost his court bid to have the DVD sale of that episode blocked. Stephen Izzo Jr., 27, was beaten on-air by a cast member of the MTV show “Jersey Shore.” The show, similar to MTV’s The Real World, followed a group of young roommates in a Seaside Heights house. The show followed their interaction in the community, including one night at a nightclub where Ronnie Ortiz punched Izzo in the back of his head, rendering him unconscious....
