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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have announced a baby carrier recall of Dorel Juvenile Infant Car Seat/Carriers. The press release by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) states that when the product is used as a baby carrier, the child restraint handle to the seat can loosen and fall off. This poses as a fall hazard to infants. Dorel Juvenile has disclosed that there have been 77 reported instances where the child restraint handle has either partially or fully come off the carrier....

Apple was once the underdog, taking on the big guys like Microsoft. What a difference a decade can make as Apple now stands accused of being a monopoly. A class action antitrust lawsuit against Apple and AT&T can go ahead, U.S. District Judge James Ware said last week. The suit against Apple is based on the fact that iPhones were “locked down” to the AT&T network. Attorneys for the class have called Apple and AT&T’s actions a monopoly abuse....

It seems that everyone is looking for love, and there’s nothing more motivating than being single during Valentine’s Day. While love is not easy to find, finding possible love interests has become easier with the prevalence of online dating and social media. Red Flags That May Indicate a Sweetheart Scam There are a variety of red flags the people should look out for to avoid falling victim to a sweetheart scam....

Sarah Jones, the former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader who admitted to sleeping with a student, will reportedly star in her own reality show. The show will be brought by the producers responsible for MTV’s Jersey Shore, reports the New York Daily News. Were you expecting someone else? The 27-year-old former teacher recently pleaded guilty to sleeping with her then 17-year-old student. If the reports are true that Jones will star in her own television show, Jones could stand to gain quite a financial windfall as a result of her crime....

The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information that sheds light on the identity of pranksters who point lasers at planes. The new incentive intends to deter people with laser pointers from pointing them at aircraft – which is a felony – and encourage informants to come forward. An FBI press release reminds the public that this criminal activity is “dangerous” and has “potentially deadly” repercussions. So how can tipsters get their rewards for ratting out laser-pointer perpetrators?...

More bad news for peanut butter fans: The FDA has shut down Sunland Inc.’s peanut butter plant after multiple violations of health and safety codes. The plant was one of the largest organic peanut butter factories in the country, and produced nut butter for Trader Joe’s. The company was at the center of a salmonella outbreak in September, and on Monday the Food and Drug Administration suspended its registration. It wasn’t just the salmonella outbreak that led the FDA to pull the plug on the peanut butter operation....

Ford Motor Company is recalling 65,000 Fusion sedans in the United States, Canada, and Mexico because of an ignition switch issue. The recall was issued after it was discovered that the vehicle’s key can be removed from the ignition switch 30 minutes after the car is turned off when the car is left in gear. This increases the risk of the car inadvertently rolling away and violates safety regulations, reports New York’s WNBC-TV....

Jodi Arias is approaching the final phase of her murder trial, but like many trials, this ultimate step will begin with jury selection. Arias had a 12-person jury for her last trial – a jury which was unable to reach a verdict with respect to her punishment. The woman convicted of murdering Travis Alexander will now participate in picking a second jury, one that will only deliberate on how Arias may be punished....

Here’s a story of a Good Samaritan with a twist. A 26-year-old man picked up an elderly woman and gave her a ride to the bank. The 70-year-old woman seemed both grateful and in need of the transportation for what he believed was an errand to pick up money to pay her rent to his mother who happens to be her landlord. While it is true that she went into the bank to withdraw money, the money was not her....

A driver having the high beams on alone on an empty city street at night is not a valid basis for a traffic stop, at least not in New Jersey. The state’s highest court affirmed rulings below, finding that the search of a passenger in a car stopped on an empty street, based on illuminated high beams, was not reasonable. The lights did not give the officer probable cause. As a result, the passenger’s arrest on a number of charges is suppressed, reports NJ....

An alleged would-be NYPD “cannibal cop” is on trial, accused of being the mastermind behind an alleged international plot to kidnap, cook, and eat women. The 28-year-old police officer, Gilberto Valle, is accused of hatching this strange plan online. The alleged plot was discovered by his wife, a Bronx school teacher who alerted authorities, reports CNN. Valle’s trial began last week. To show that this was just not some fantasy without any chance of becoming reality, prosecutors say they have detailed files of conversations Valle had with his co-conspirators on fetish websites....

The drug company Merck & Co., maker of the much litigated drug Vioxx, has entered into a settlement of all shareholder suits over the company’s actions related to that drug. Reuters news service reported on February 10 that Merck will pay up to $12.2 million in attorney’s fees and make several changes to its corporate governance structure and code of conduct as part of the agreement. According to Reuters, this settlement resolves all shareholder derivative litigation brought by owners of Merck & Co....

Romaine lettuce is involved in yet another E. Coli outbreak, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issues its most broad warning to date. Do not eat romaine of any kind – neither bagged nor head, nor boxed romaine mixed with other leafy greens. Not in a restaurant or at home. Regardless of expiration date, and regardless of whether you have already eaten parts and feel great. The warning also extends to our Canadian neighbors to the north....

San Francisco has been battling a public urination problem for decades. The city tried increasing the fines for peeing in public. It tried mobile solar-powered toilets. It even tried urine-repellant paint that makes the piss splash back on the pisser. Now the City by the Bay is being sued for its latest effort to curb public urination: a public urinal. Referred to as a pissoir in the lawsuit, and more accurately described as “a three-inch hole in the center of a three-foot diameter concrete base” in Mission Dolores Park, the urinal has drawn the ire of a local church organization and a conservative legal institute labeled as hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, as well as a comedic response from the City Attorney’s Office....

New technologies often lead to new legal issues. So it is with Snapchat, a social media site where people post videos that disappear after 24 hours. A California appeals court this week upheld the conviction of a 16-year-old high school student who uploaded a 10-second video of a fellow student masturbating in a bathroom stall and was charged with misdemeanor invasion of privacy. The boy who was filmed committed suicide two weeks later, reports Ars Technica, but he was not considered in the criminal case....

Manhattan prosecutors have indicted 12 people believed to be involved in a tax refund scheme. The group, led by Petr Murmylyuk, is accused of using more than 300 stolen identities to fraudulently collect tax refunds. To do this, Murmylyuk launched a fake job placement website at www.jobcentral2.net. The site advertised itself as “sponsored by the government and intended for people with low income.” Once individuals submitted personal identifying information, Murmylyuk would file false tax returns on their behalf....

Just like 2011 and the year before that, 2012 was a year full of celebrity legal disputes. Some were funny, some were scary, but for the most part, these celebrity legal disputes were just plain silly. Here is our list of the Top 10 celebrity legal stories from the past year: Chris Brown and Drake throw it down over Rihanna. This brawl started with a bottle of champagne and a note about Rihanna....

A former pro wrestler’s recent conviction for not telling his sexual partners he was HIV-positive raises questions about state HIV disclosure laws. How common are these laws, and what do they require? A jury convicted Andre Davis, 29, who once wrestled under the name “Gangsta of Love,” under Ohio’s HIV disclosure law. Davis was sentenced to 32 years in prison. Ohio is among at least 24 states that have enacted HIV disclosure laws, according to a 2008 study in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics....

Police lineups are some of the most common tools used by law enforcement to identify criminal suspects. They are not foolproof, and even the best-intentioned officers can unwittingly lead witnesses to pick out an innocent man or woman. But what actually happens in a police lineup? Here’s a basic overview: Almost all police lineups require a suspect who police believe is the perpetrator in a particular investigation. According to Beth Schuster of the NIJ Journal, “[a]t its most basic level, a police lineup involves placing a suspect among people not suspected of committing the crime (fillers) and asking the eyewitness if he or she can identify the perpetrator....

How do you fight allegations of abuse against the San Francisco police? With arrest cameras, apparently. After another video surfaced allegedly showing police misconduct, SFPD’s new chief Greg Suhr is looking to equip his officers with cameras that will capture arrests on film. The SFPD would not be the only Bay Area police department to have police arrest cameras. Neighboring city San Jose uses the TASER AXON recorder, reports The San Francisco Examiner....