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Lindsay Lohan is taking a stand and plans to bring a defamation lawsuit against the Manhattan cook who said she smelled like alcohol when she struck him with her Porsche SUV. Last week, restaurant worker Jose Rodriguez, 34, alleged that Lohan was driving “real quick” and struck him in an alleyway in Chelsea. Rodriguez says that after being hit, Lohan smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words. He also claimed he was in great pain after the incident....

More than 4 million units of Magnetix Magnetic Building Sets are being recalled by manufacturer Mega Brands America, Inc., according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recall includes all sets (except newer Magnetix sets sold since March 31, 2006) that are age-labeled 6+ and sets that contain the following caution label: “CAUTION: Do not ingest or inhale magnets. Attraction of magnets in the body may cause serious injury and require immediate medical care....

Donald Trump is a busy billionaire and this fall it seems his steak-filled plate will be very full. The businessman-turned-politician is running a presidential campaign while facing a trial for fraud associated with Trump University. Across the country, there are a few cases against Trump University, a real estate seminar that costs tens of thousands of dollars to attend. Yesterday a New York court found sufficient questions of fact that a fraud case brought by New York Attorney General (AG) Eric Schneiderman should go to trial....

The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday a recall of products containing hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) paste and powder distributed by Basic Food Flavors, Inc. According to The Washington Post, the FDA says salmonella was detected in one lot of hydrolyzed vegetable protein made by the company, as well as inside the company’s Nevada manufacturing facility. The Post reports that this recall is large and expected to get bigger. Basic Food Flavors is one of only a small group of companies who produce the protein used to enhance flavors in snack foods....

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a local surgeon, Christopher Owens, was arrested last week on suspicion of 99 felony crimes related to prescription opioids. Owens was jailed, but later released and the San Francisco’s District Attorney announced on Monday they won’t be filing criminal charges yet. So what put Owens behind bars in the first place, and why is he out? Owens was a vascular surgeon and associate professor of surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, working at the USCF-affiliated Veterans Affairs Medical Center....

A Florida school bus monitor faces criminal charges for allegedly choking and tormenting an autistic child throughout the boy’s 45-minute ride home. The entire incident was caught on tape. It started when the 13-year-old boy wet his pants on the bus, reports the New York Daily News. The school bus monitor, Darryl Blue, was allegedly caught on camera yanking on the child’s protective harness from behind, causing the child to scream in pain....

The Better Business Bureau is warning parents to be on the lookout for a new email scam disguised as a warning about child predators in their area. According to the BBB, parents have reported receiving an email with the alarming subject line “Alert: There is a Child-Predator Living Near You!” The email goes on to say that, based on your ZIP code, a registered child sex offender has “just moved into your area....

The man behind “The Innocence of Muslims,” the online video that set off weeks of violent protests around the world, has been arrested for violating his probation, federal prosecutors say. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, who lived in Cerritos, Calif., before going into hiding, was set to appear in federal court Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Times reports. Nakoula was convicted in 2010 of charges including bank fraud and identity theft, and spent about a year in federal prison....

SlutWalk. The name may be a bit confusing, but the message is anything but: Sexual assault is not the victim’s fault–even if dressed like a slut. Which is why hundreds of men and women, some dressed provocatively, will be bringing this message to the streets this summer in a series of SlutWalks across the nation. SlutWalks began this past April after a Toronto Police officer told a group of university women that they “should avoid dressing like sluts in order to not be victimized,” reports NPR....

Two seniors in Missouri have been charged with the decades-old murders of their ex-spouses. Alice Louise Uden, 74, and husband Gerald Uden, 71, each allegedly killed their exes in Wyoming separately before the couple married each other, prosecutors say. Authorities are keeping mum on details, but the two seniors face extradition from their home in the Ozarks in Chadwick, Missouri. In the mid-1970s, Alice Louise Uden allegedly shot her ex-husband in the back of his head as he slept and dumped his body in an abandoned gold mine on a ranch in southeastern Wyoming, reports the New York Daily News....

With Christmas and New Year’s fast approaching, the millions of Americans currently incarcerated in state or federal prisons will likely be finding ways to celebrate the holidays behind bars. As an early Christmas present, here are five legal ways to celebrate the holidays in prison: By almost all accounts, the food in prison is pretty abominable. In fact, some prisoners have been known to convert to Judaism in order to receive Kosher meals, which are often of a higher quality....

Elisabetta Canalis is all over the news these days, but this time it’s not for dating her boyfriend of over a year, George Clooney. Rather, the 31 year-old Italian model and TV host has been implicated in a complicated Italian cocaine scandal involving two Milan nightclubs. Caught in the middle of a prostitution and drug bust, one party to the case is quoted as saying, “I remember taking cocaine with Elisabetta Canalis and others,” according to the New York Daily News....

U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth has temporarily stopped federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction Monday, ruling that the research destroys embryos, going against the will of the U.S. Congress. The ruling is a setback for President Obama. The Obama administration issued guidelines last year to detail how embryonic stem cell research could be conducted and allowed federal funding for the research. Obama issued a 2009 executive order repealing President G....

Dole Food Company Inc. is recalling a specific line of bagged salad, called Seven Lettuces, because of possible Salmonella contamination. But for some consumers, the recall may have come too late. No illnesses have been reported, but one sample of Dole’s Seven Lettuces bagged salad tested positive for Salmonella, the Associated Press reports. In response, Dole issued the recall. The recalled bags of Dole’s Seven Lettuces were sold in 15 states: Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin....

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed changes to those “Nutrition Facts” labels for packaged foods that will reflect the latest scientific information. The purpose behind the proposed changes is to incorporate information that research has revealed about the connection between the food Americans consume and the development of serious chronic diseases, according to the FDA. But before the new labeling rules can take effect, the public gets 90 days to comment....

A Federal judge in Texas is making a big impact from coast to coast on businesses that have salaried employees making less than $45K per year. The overtime pay rules that were slated to go into effect on December 1st have been put on an indefinite hold as the court figures out whether the new rules are legal. The indefinite hold is the result of an emergency preliminary injunction that was ordered at the request of 21 states that have joined together to block the new rules from taking effect....

Flo Rida was caught in a lie and now he must pay, a court ordered. The Flo Rida lawsuit involves “slave wages”, as the rapper is accused of working his former assistant Mahogany Miller nearly to death on a measly $3.08 an hour and then firing her when she complained. But from the very beginning, Flo Rida has been uncooperative. He told a court that he never received the lawsuit papers and that they were sent to some address and person that he had no knowledge of....

Soon to be ex-wife Jenny Sanford filed for divorce from South Carolina governor Mark Sanford. The New York Daily News reports that Jenny Sanford filed for divorce after many failed attempts at reconciliation with her estranged husband. The Sanford divorce is definitely not a surprise to many people. The New York Daily News quotes her released statement as saying, “This came after many unsuccessful efforts at reconciliation, yet I am still dedicated to keeping the process that lies ahead peaceful for our family....

You’ve all heard it before, but here it is again: Driving is a privilege, not a right. And if you’re not careful, you can lose your driver’s license. It’s a fairly heft (and inconvenient) punishment. Without a driver’s license, you can’t legally drive. This means you would be relegated to taking public transportation. In some cities, it could make going to work extremely difficult. Trust us, you don’t want to end up losing your right to drive....

Hulk Hogan is suing a medical facility, claiming that the care they rendered him severely damaged his wrestling career. The wrestler, whose real name is Terry Bollea, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, claiming the clinic performed unnecessary surgeries. He is seeking damages of $50 million, reports the Associated Press. But wait – there’s more. The Laser Spine Institute also allegedly used Hogan’s endorsement without his permission....