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Reports of serious injury have prompted the worldwide recall of Mattel, Inc.’s “Polly Pocket” magnetic playsets, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. The playsets include plastic dolls and accessories that have small magnets, and CPSC has received 170 reports of these magnets coming off, including three cases of serious injury to children who swallowed more than one magnet. CPSC advises consumers to immediately take these recalled toys away from children, and to contact Mattel for information on returning the toys and receiving a voucher for the value of the toy....

News of Arnold’s love child has hit the airwaves. Unfortunately for Arnold, paternity issues have shoved him back into the media’s crosshairs. It has also likely ended his 25-year marriage to former first lady of California Maria Shriver. Arnold and Shriver separated a few weeks ago after he broke the news to her that he had fathered a love child with a former household staffer. He reportedly had kept the secret from her for a decade....

This week CitiGroup issued a report warning users of their iPhone app that security loopholes allowed their data to be stolen by third parties. The iPhone app, iTunes 11th most popular app contained a security flaw that stored data to a remote file on the smartphones internal memory. Citigroup noticed this flaw and notified customers about a week ago. By exploiting the flaw, hackers could access person information including security codes, account information, transaction details and other sensative data....

A federal court just dismissed a gay couple’s legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8 (‘Prop 8’), but only as it applies to the State of California, holding that the couple lacked standing (i.e., the legal ability to sue) to sue the State since they were already married. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California held that Christopher Hammer and Arthur Smelt’s 2008 same-sex marriage remained valid. The couple was married in California before Prop....

Don’t mess with Texas Girl Scouts. Especially if you’re after their Girl Scout cookie money. Sheriff’s deputies in Fort Bend County, west of Houston, are looking for two men accused of stealing a cash box from a Girl Scout cookie stand outside a Walmart, CNN reports. One of the thieves may be a bit bruised from the incident, because one of the Girl Scouts punched the man in the face as he jumped into a getaway car....

During the 1990s and into the early 2000’s, sections of Hollywood were more well-known for easy access to drugs than for clubs, bars, and music scenes. And while the neighborhood’s recent renaissance into a lively nightlife scene has been a welcome sight for locals, it’s also made visitors and patrons targets of crime both petty and serious. With the former “nightlife wasteland” now booming with both business and crime, police are now trying to curb the criminal elements feeding off of Hollywood’s revived nightlife....

Bernard L. Madoff, the former financier accused of bilking thousands of would-be investors out of billions of dollars, is expected to enter a guilty plea in federal court in Manhattan later this week, and the deal could carry a sentence of life in prison, according to multiple news sources. Revelation of Madoff’s intent to plead guilty came from Madoff defense attorney Ira Sorkin, during proceedings before U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin on Tuesday....

A San Francisco man who offered a free pinch of marijuana to a seemingly stressed-out stranger – who turned out to be an undercover cop – has been acquitted of felony drug charges. As reported by KPIX-TV, Stetson Qualls Jones was smoking marijuana in Golden Gate Park when a man asked him if he could buy $20 worth of weed. Jones declined, but offered to give the man a little of his own stash for free....

For 41 days in January and February, armed militants seized and occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon. The occupation became a news-cycle and social media circus, as the occupiers broadcasted video from inside the refuge and made no secret about their goals. As one of the occupier’s attorneys told the Los Angeles Times, “His point in this case was to be convicted. His point was to go to the Court of Appeals and make legal arguments about the United States’ ability to own land ....

An Illinois judge has ordered porn star Jenna Jameson to pay for failing to appear as promised at screenings of her film “Zombie Strippers!” Just as Jameson failed to show up for her movie-theater appearances in suburban Chicago, Jameson also failed to show up for her court appearances, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The 38-year-old adult film actress was ordered to pay $92,000 in damages to theater owner Ted Bulthaup. The theater owner’s attorney seemed happy with the result, though it remains unclear just how they plan to collect from Jameson, who lives out of state....

Between the gifts you’re buying online this holiday season and the ones you might be expecting or hoping to get from friends and loved ones, you’re probably expecting an email confirmation or two about those packages being delivered. And you would be understandably upset if you saw an email in your inbox that read “FedEx: Delivery Problems Notification.” If you got one of these emails, we have some good news and some bad news....

Your home is your castle. Only most houses don’t come complete with a moat, drawbridge, and turrets. So it makes it easier for other people, including the police, to enter your home. Whether by force, by warrant, or by permission, police may ask to or just try to enter your house, and there are better and worse ways to handle it. Here’s what you need to know if police raid your home....

A political discrimination lawsuit filed by Teresa Wagner can go forward, according to the 8th Circuit. Wagner, a conservative Republican, applied for a professorship at the University of Iowa College of Law in 2006. Despite being qualified for the job, she was not hired. She believes that the law school’s dean, along with its faculty hiring committee, denied her the position after learning of her active involvement in “socially conservative causes....

Last night’s episode was the premiere of what promises to be an epic seventh season. Here’s what you need to know from last night’s episode, entitled “Bond.” Episode Recap (Spoiler Alert): Alicia’s new firm is off to a shaky start as she’s hustling bond hearing cases and makes a new friend in fellow bar attorney Lucca Quinn. She also gets a client passed on from Louis Canning as he tries to woo her into his firm....

It seems like there’s a new Internet scam or security breach happening every week, but truth be told, there are many typical online behaviors that can make you more vulnerable to scams. An American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) survey found 15 specific behaviors that could open you up to Internet trickery. The survey found that one in five Americans engage in at least seven of the 15 online behaviors....

Terrorism-related arrests are increasingly commonly in the United States. Last year, nearly 70 people were reportedly arrested for involvement in actual terror plots or for providing material support to a terrorist organization. 2016 starts with two new arrests, this time in Texas and California. The two arrests may be related and the accused may have had ties with each other, CNN reports. Both men are described as Iraqi-born Palestinians living as refugees in the United States, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ)....

Two high school football players were found delinquent in an Ohio rape trial in which social media played a key role. Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, were both found delinquent in the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl. Witnesses said the girl was too drunk to move or speak when she was assaulted by two members of the football team at a party in the eastern Ohio city of Steubenville, reports Reuters....

Former “Real Housewife” Bethenny Frankel is stealthily becoming a real divorcee, as she has filed to continue her New York divorce case under the name “Anonymous.” Frankel and her putative ex-husband Jason Hoppy seem set on keeping their ongoing divorce out of the public eye. They apparently asked the New York court system to refile their case anonymously, reports E! Online. Although Frankel’s star may be on the decline, is it just that easy for celebrities to get their names kept secret in court?...

A suburban Detroit homeowner has been convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting a woman on his porch who was looking for help. Jurors found Theodore Wafer, 55, of Dearborn Heights, guilty of second-degree murder for shooting and killing Renisha McBride, 19, of Detroit, who showed up knocking on his door last November. Defense lawyers argued the shooting was in self-defense, but prosecutors insisted McBride was only seeking help after a car crash, the Detroit Free Press reports....

Parents are often very protective of their children. It’s natural. However, Sean “Diddy” Combs took that protective instinct too far, and it landed him in jail. The media mogul was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon recently after an altercation with one of his son’s football coaches at UCLA. Helicopter Dad According to reports, Diddy was unhappy about the way UCLA football strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi was treating Diddy’s son Justin....