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Don’t mess with momma, especially a breastfeeding momma! Alyssa Milano was not happy (see tweets!) after security officers at London’s Heathrow Airport confiscated her breast milk because it did not comply with liquid regulations. Milano had 10 ounces of breast milk. While airport regulations do allow her to bring a reasonable amount of milk with her if she was traveling with her baby, Alyssa was not with her baby. Without the baby, Milano had to comply with the 100ml limit for liquids....

For Amber Portwood, a rehab sentence is likely preferable to spending years in jail. The Teen Mom was originally sentenced to lengthy five-year prison term. She received three years for a drug violation and two years for a probation violation, according to the Long Island Press. Portwood is currently in custody. The reality TV star has been in jail in Indiana since last month. She entered a plea deal with prosecutors to spending time in a rehab facility instead of a jail cell....

Are you sure your minor kids are holding a tame, alcohol-free party? You might want to double check. Just ask Bill Burnett. The Stanford professor was arrested on 44 counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors over a party thrown by his teen son. Burnett and his wife hosted the party for their son and his friends after Thanksgiving. The parents bought chips and soda. They said they made it clear that no alcohol was permitted....

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals will have yet another chance to review the disturbing photos of U.S. held detainees as well as a new law that applies to them. In a three sentence, unsigned opinion, the Supreme Court sent the ACLU’s long-running case for the release of the infamous detainee photos back to the lower court for reconsideration in light of the new law. The decision of the 2nd Circuit in the detainee photos case permitted publication of the pictures....

One Sherlock Holmes enthusiast uncovered a great copyright mystery: Whether Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain. Central to the mystery is how evolving literary characters like Sherlock Holmes fit into our copyright laws. The court applied the “elementary” tenets of public domain law to solve the mystery. Under U.S. copyright law, work published before January 1, 1923 enters the public domain, meaning everyone can use the material without getting the copyright owner’s permission or paying licensing fees....

Along with ten other women, Summer Zervos accused Donald Trump of sexual assault following the recent release of a recording of Trump bragging about grabbing women’s genitals. Trump fired back against Zervos and others, calling the allegations a “total fabrication,” and even mocking his accusers’ physical appearance. Zervos, a former contestant on Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice,” has now filed a defamation lawsuit against the future president, claiming his denials of her story as a “hoax” and dismissal of her as a “phony” caused her emotional distress and lost business....

Two separate GM recalls have been issued by the car maker. The recalls are about problems with GM’s automatic transmission, and the recall effects about 10,000 SUVs and trucks. In total, GM is recalling 9,215 models of the 2011 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. The transmission problem may cause a car to not shift correctly into “park.” As a result, the car may roll away. The problem is that the transmission clip can slip and inaccurately show what transmission the car is in, so while it may look like it’s in “park” it might not be....

Graco is recalling almost 3.8 million car safety seats because of buckles that may not unlatch, making it difficult to free the child in an emergency. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the government’s road safety watchdog, wants Graco to recall another 1.8 million rear-facing car seats designed for infants, The Associated Press reports. The situation highlights the difference between a voluntary recall and an ordered recall. Graco Car Seat Recall The Graco recall aims to address car seat buckles that are stuck or difficult to unlatch....

A federal judge has overturned the Labor Department’s rules providing overtime and minimum-wage protection for home health care workers. The rules were announced in 2011 by President Obama, reports The Associated Press. Federal employment regulations had previously exempted home health care workers from wage and overtime requirements for other types of employees. The new rules were due to take effect January 1, but had been delayed pending the judge’s ruling....

Welcome to the club. You have now joined the millions of people in this country charged with the crime of driving while intoxicated (DWI) or Driving Under the Influence (DUI). According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics nearly 1.5 million people are arrested annually and charged with this offense. Now you are facing your first court appearance and wondering what to do and what it will cost you to clear up this situation....

There may come a time when your checking account is low. Bills may be due, but your paycheck won’t be issued for another few days. Should you still write a check? What if it bounces? Is it illegal to bounce a check? What if you have overdraft protection? These are all incredibly important questions for anyone on a fixed budget. But the answers are unfortunately not very positive. Bouncing a check is also known as writing a bad check....

A recent lawsuit filed by Johnny Depp against his former business managers and attorneys is seeking over $25 million. The company asserts that the actor’s spending is to blame, while Mr. Depp asserts the real problem was gross mismanagement of his business, finances, and personal assets by his managers. The lawsuit is the result of Depp hiring a new business manager, who after conducting an audit of his finances and business, discovered the gross mismanagement....

The case against Minnesota officer Jeronimo Yanez for the murder of Philando Castile has finally come to a close. To the surprise of anyone who viewed the Facebook Live video of the aftermath, uploaded by Mr. Castile’s fiancee, the jury actually found Yanez not guilty. Though there is no doubt that Yanez pulled the trigger and killed Philando Castile, this decision, which took five days of deliberations by the jury, goes a long way toward vindicating Officer Yanez of criminal wrongdoing....

A Nebraska mom is facing charges that she caged her two sons in a wire dog kennel. Ashly Clark, 22, has been charged with a myriad of crimes ranging from felony to misdemeanor child abuse and false imprisonment. Police were dispatched to the trailer home when they received a call requesting they check on the welfare of the children. What they found was a home in complete disarray. Officers say the trailer was filled with the smell of urine....

Police arrested more people for marijuana possession than for violent crime in 2011 – the ninth year in a row this has happened, FBI statistics show. In 2011 alone, police made 663,032 pot-possession arrests nationwide, according to the latest data reported by The Huffington Post. That’s 24 percent more than the number of violent crime arrests, which totaled 534,704 in 2011, statistics reveal. Pot-possession arrests have now topped violent crime arrests every year since 2003, according to the FBI....

When Rolling Stone published their story, “A Rape on Campus,” in November 2014, about an alleged ritualistic rape in a fraternity on the University of Virginia’s campus, the series of events that unfolded landed the rock n’ roll magazine in seriously costly legal trouble. Nearly three years later, the last chapter in their legal saga may finally be closing as they’ve agreed to pay the fraternity named in the story $1....

Gift cards have become a popular holiday gift. But what happens if you don’t use a gift card right away? Do gift cards expire? Uncertainty regarding hidden fees, expiration dates, and other restrictions on gift cards led the federal government to establish rules for gift cards in 2010 as part of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act. Gift Cards Good for Minimum of 5 Years Under the federal rules established in 2010, gift cards cannot expire earlier than five years after the date of purchase or the last date on which additional money was loaded onto the card....

Matthew Cordle, the Ohio man who made a YouTube video confession about killing a man in a DUI-related crash, surprised everyone in court Tuesday – including the judge – by entering a plea of not guilty. Cordle, 22, is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and OVI (operating a vehicle while intoxicated), and was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. But the judge postponed the arraignment in light of his surprising plea....

The so-called “affluenza” DWI teen’s father didn’t provide much of a good example this week after he was arrested for allegedly impersonating a cop. Frederick Anthony Couch, father of Ethan Couch, the boy responsible for killing four people during a drunken driving incident, was arrested Tuesday after being accused of telling real police officers that he was Texas law enforcement, Reuters reports. The elder Couch is out on bail while his son is still on probation for his “affluenza” DWI....

Anyone who has been to college must have at sometime complained about the hard work. Between studying, and working at a low-paying internship or temp job, it can feel like indentured servitude. However, the hard work behind the criminal charges levied against one college administrator brings a whole new meaning to the term. Former St. John’s College Dean of the Institute of Asian Studies and vice president for international relations, Cecilia Chang, is facing federal charges of forced labor....