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What happened to “no man left behind”? Does it only apply to our soldiers and not our foreign allies? Nine Iraqi men, who risked their lives alongside American soldiers, are living in fear in Iraq after the United States allegedly failed to honor its promise. The men, identified by code names, worked as interpreters for U.S. forces in Iraq and were promised visas to come to the United States. Despite completing all required paperwork and interviews, the men have waited over two years and still have not received their visas....

In light of the recent rash of Toyota cars with defects, many individuals are questioning how such a large problem such as unintended acceleration had gone on for as long as it did. Some say it is because the there is some leeway given to carmakers by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). ABC News reports that the former head of NHTSA, Joan Claybrook, calls the NHTSA a “lapdog, not a watchdog”....

A big ruckus has broken out over a small, cute little mechanical hamster. One of the hot toys for this season, the Zhu Zhu Hamster made by Cepia, LLC, was accused recently by a consumer watchdog group of containing too much of a heavy metal called antimony. Antimony is a material used to make metal alloys and has been linked to heart and lung problems. Rushing to reassure consumers, the Consumer Products Safety commission (CPSC) announced on December 8th that there was to be no Zhu Zhu recall, and the furry little beast was safe after all....

Starlet Lindsay Lohan won’t face jail time upon her return to the U.S. and her arrest warrant was rescinded. Quick bail was posted for 23-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan and her attorney promised that Lohan would soon be in the courtroom, E! Online reports. Lohan has been in Cannes and the French Riviera. As previously discussed, Lohan was scheduled to appear in court and missed a mandatory hearing. Her bail was set at $100,000....

Musician Chubby Checker is free to sue HP over a software app that not only bears his trademark but also estimates penis size. “The Chubby Checker” is a pun-laden app that went on sale in 2006, promising to approximate – in line with myth and legend around predicting peckeroo length – “the size of a man’s genitals based on his shoe size,” reports Reuters. But the same man who once asked sock-hoppers to “do the Twist” apparently doesn’t want his stage name mixed up with the app, and he’s going to great lengths in court to stop it....

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s same-sex marriage ban violates constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law, opening the door for same-sex couples to marry in the state. In Kerrigan v. Commisioner of Public Health, Connecticut’s top court ruled 4-3 that the state’s “segregation of heterosexual and homosexual couples into separate institutions” of marriage and civil unions “impermissibly discriminates against gay persons on account of their sexual orientation....

Police can force suspects to unlock their smartphones with a fingerprint, which is different than a passcode, according to a Virginia judge’s recent ruling. While the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that police officers may not search inside an arrestee’s cell phone without a warrant, a Virginia state judge believes officers might be able to unlock it with a fingerprint. Judge Steven C. Frucci ruled that while a suspect may not be compelled to give up his or her secret code, a fingerprint is a completely different story....

Unlike such necessary state appendages as, perhaps the athletic department of a state-run school, the Pennsylvania SPCA felt the bite of the law on December 29th, when the state Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held it did not have the governmental protection of immunity against suits. In this case, the practical outcome of a lack of protection from lawsuits will cost the SPCA about $54,000. The plaintiff in this case, not entirely free of blame herself, was the owner of 12 pit bulls which the SPCA confiscated due to malnourishment and injury, in January of 1999....

Drop-Side Cribs will be banned effective June 2011, federal regulators have announced. The cribs have reportedly caused more than 30 infant deaths in 10 years, USA Today reports. Three cribs make it easier to get babies in and out, but have trapped and caused serious injury and death to infants, particularly, when the cribs have broken pieces. Under the mandatory crib standards, federal regulators will: (1) stop the manufacture and sale of dangerous, traditional drop-side cribs; (2) make mattress supports stronger; (3) make crib hardware more durable; and (4) make safety testing more rigorous, the U....

About 950,000 Easy-Bake Ovens have been recalled nationwide due to injury risk, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Young children can insert their hands into the oven’s opening and get their hands or fingers caught, posing an entrapment and burn hazard, according to CPSC. 29 cases of injury have been reported in connection with the Easy-Bake Oven. Consumers are advised to contact Easy-Bake to receive a free retrofit kit with consumer warning....

South Florida landlord Jonathan Steinberg is being held on aggravated battery charges after he reportedly set his tenant, Ronald Rohde, on fire after one too many late rent checks. However, the incident, which allegedly involved a screwdriver to the back, might have additionally been motivated by other frustrations. The pair also happen to be roommates. Jonathan Steinberg and Ronald Rohde were arguing over finances when Rohde demanded that Steinberg leave his room, according to Boynton Beach police....

Former playmate Kendra Wilkinson is trying to make a fresh start but is haunted by the potential release of a sex tape. New wife and mom Kendra Wilkinson, along with her legal team, is involved in a battle to stop the release of the sex tape by porn giants Vivid Entertainment, RadarOnline reports. Apparently, Vivid is the same company that released the Kim Kardashian sex tape. Last June, Kendra Wilkinson got married to NFL football star Hank Baskett and the couple had a baby, Hank IV, in December....

If you own a Honda CR-V or an Acura ILX may be time for some repairs because Honda has issued a recall. The company is recalling over 300,000 vehicles worldwide due to problems with the door locking mechanism. The recall is voluntary and no one has reported any injuries or accidents as a result of the problem, a Honda spokesman told Reuters. In the U.S. that means 166,000 CR-V’s and an additional 6,200 ILX’s are being recalled for repairs....

The Jon and Kate saga might finally be coming to an end. The fifteen minutes of fame have long expired for Jon and Kate, but the minutes turned to hours which subsequently turned into days, weeks and months in the wake of their celebrity divorce. Then came the legal battles between Jon Gosselin and the station that gave them their break, The Learning Channel (TLC). Now, after several months of fighting TLC, there seems to be evidence of a settlement reached between the parties....

The reality may be virtual, but the jury’s verdict is very real. Oculus VR, makers of the Rift virtual reality headset, along with founders Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe, were found to have violated a nondisclosure agreement as well as copyright infringement and false designation in a legal rift with ZeniMax Media. And now Oculus – or more accurately its new owner, Facebook – owe ZeniMax half a billion dollars....

Grocery stores, and most retailers for that matter, suffer from large financial losses due to shoplifting. That’s why you can face serious criminal penalties if caught stealing food from a grocery store. From time to time, news stories pop up about law enforcement officers taking pity on a shoplifting suspect trying to steal a carton of eggs to feed their children, and the cop or community then buys them groceries. However, more often, officers will arrest both parents for theft and send a child to CPS over an accidentally-forgotten about $5 sandwich that was eaten while shopping in a multinational grocery chain....

Sherrie Gavan was just trying to protect her son, Clayton. The teen had started using heroin in high school, and the family had done all it could to keep him clean. They even sent him away to live with relatives, and watched him like a hawk when he was home. It wasn’t enough. Gavan has pointed the finger at a 20-year-old neighbor, according to Fox News. He would reintroduce heroin into her son’s life while he was getting clean....

The Montana Supreme Court has reversed a 30-day sentence for a convicted rapist teacher, sending the case back for sentencing with a new judge. Ex-teacher Stacey Dean Rambold had been previously sentenced to only a month in jail for the rape of one of his former freshman students who later committed suicide. State attorneys argued that Rambold should have served the mandatory minimum of four years in prison, reports the Billings Gazette....

Would you be willing to risk a criminal record for the sake of your children’s education? Kelley Williams-Bolar, an Ohio mother of two, did. Kelley Williams-Bolar’s intent was not to defraud the Ohio Department of Education, but, like any good Ohio mother, was to provide her children with an education–in this case, one that the local underperforming and dangerous school couldn’t provide, reports The Atlanta Post. Private school and other alternatives within her local district were not options, as she lives in subsidized housing....

An alleged Skype “sextortion” scheme in which hundreds of women were tricked and coerced into stripping on camera has landed an Arizona man behind bars. Karen “Gary” Kazaryan, 27, targeted as many as 350 women over the Internet and stole naked pictures that he found by hacking into their accounts, authorities say. Kazaryan allegedly hacked into his victims’ Facebook, Skype, and email accounts, the Los Angeles Times reports. After getting into the private accounts, Kazaryan would change passwords and lock the victims out of their own accounts....