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There is yet another case of “sexting,” a topic that seems to come up in the news constantly these days. A former track and field coach at Bozeman High School in Montana was arrested and charged with felony sexual abuse of children and obscenity. The coach allegedly sent nude pictures of himself to female students. The school learned of the incident on October 26th and launched an investigation which included school officers as well as the Bozeman Police Department....

The family of an Ohio nurse who died in a car accident while driving home from a shift has sued her hospital, alleging that she was “worked to death.” The wrongful death lawsuit (attached below) claims that stress and extra hours from short-staffing led to the March 16, 2013 death of Beth Jasper, 38. She may have fallen asleep before her car veered off the road, jumped an embankment and struck a tree, attorney Eric Deters told WCPO-TV....

nSPIRED Foods, a unit of organic food company Hain Celestial Group, has announced a voluntary recall of its peanut and almond butters after testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revealed potential salmonella contamination. The nut butters subject to the recall were sold under the Arrowhead Mills and MaraNatha brand names, and were also sold as private label nut butters for Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Safeway and other retailers, reports The Associated Press....

Reebok has agreed to pay a $1M fine to the federal government in connection with the 2006 recall of charm bracelets that contained toxic levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today. The bracelets were imported by the athletic shoe and apparel manufacturer and given away with the purchase of certain styles of kids’ footwear from May 2004 through March 2006. The fine is the largest ever for a Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) violation, according to a CPSC Press Release....

A single-car crash in Rhode Island led to three separate DUI arrests, all of which had nothing to do with the initial crash. A van slammed into a utility pole about 1 a.m. Sunday, police told WLNE-TV in Providence. That crash was not DUI-related, but it set off a chain of events that kept police busy over the next few hours. Because the pole was linked to important electrical transformers, cops set up a roadblock so utility crews could make repairs....

In a 5-4 per curiam opinion (see below), a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices held that a San Francisco federal court’s failure to give the public notice and a chance to comment about broadcasting live, streaming video of California’s Proposition 8 (‘Prop 8’) trial violated a local legal rule, justifying the decision to halt the trial’s broadcast. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a blistering dissent, concluding that the case did not satisfy any of the majority’s 6-point legal standards for halting the broadcast....

Colorado’s pot law is now officially in effect. Gov. John Hickenlooper issued a declaration Monday formalizing the law, known as Amendment 64. Hickenlooper could have waited until January, but chose not to because “voters were loud and clear on Election Day,” The Coloradan reports. This means people 21 or older may now use, possess, distribute, and cultivate limited quantities of marijuana, according to Colorado’s new law. However, those eligible to smoke weed must still do so in a private place – not outdoors like the pot-smoking revelers who celebrated in public Monday night....

Actress Tippi Hedren, known best as the striking protagonist in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” has won a $1.5 million award in a malpractice lawsuit against her Santa Barbara lawyer. Believe it or not, the case involves a bird’s nest (sort of). In 2006, Hedren took a role in the short-lived soap “Fashion House.” One day in rehearsal, a gallon of water fell from the ceiling onto her head. According to the The Hollywood Reporter, there’s speculation that a bird’s nest was blocking a condensation tube in the air conditioning system....

A biker suspected in a road rage assault will not be charged by the Manhattan DA’s office. According to the New York Post, Allen Edwards, a biker from Queens, was one of the riders who allegedly punched in the rear driver’s side window on the assaulted man’s SUV. Edwards turned himself in to the police on Tuesday. Why did the DA decline to pursue charges against Edwards? The 33-year-old driver of the SUV, Alexian Lien, was involved in a harrowing conflict with a group of bikers on Sunday – a chain of events that ended with Lien being pulled out of his vehicle and beaten....

You probably know that an autopsy is an examination performed on a body after death, usually to determine the cause of death. But with the autopsy of Ferguson, Missouri, police-shooting victim Michael Brown making news (Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a federal autopsy in addition to the state-performed autopsy and a private autopsy requested by Brown’s family, reports Reuters), there are a few aspects of autopsies you may not be familiar with....

Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that the U.S. Justice Department will strictly limit local and state law enforcement agencies’ use of so-called federal “adoptions” for civil asset forfeitures. The federal asset forfeiture program originally began in the 1980s as part of the war on drugs, reports The Washington Post. At that time, few states had similar forfeiture laws; however, federal adoption of seized property allowed local and state law enforcement agencies to prevent seized property from being returned to criminals....

Plum Organics has recalled containers of its Apple & Carrot Baby Food in Portable Pouches. The recall includes pouches with a best buy date of May 21, 2010 and “890180001221” marked on the bottom of the package. Plum initiated the recall out of concern over risk of potential contamination with Clostridium botulinum, the bacteria associated with food borne botulism. These have been sold at Toys-R-Us and Babies-R-Us stores, where they can be returned for a refund....

For a man known for his comedic timing, Bernie Mac’s death was no laughing matter. Comedian Bernard McCullough, better known to his fans as Bernie Mac, died from pneumonia complications in August 2008 at the age of 50. His widow, Rhonda McCullough has filed a wrongful death suit against her late husband’s dermatologist. Dr. Rene Earles worked as Mac’s dermatologist for over twenty years and saw his celebrity patient a couple weeks before his death....

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld a federal judge’s ban of the Trump administration’s new asylum restrictions, a ruling which had already been affirmed by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. President’s Administration Cannot Legislate From the Oval Office Historically, asylum seekers were not required to enter the U.S. through immigration ports. Rather, they could cross the U.S. border wherever they chose....

Excedrin has been off the shelves for almost six months due to a manufacturing snafu and migraine-sufferers are turning to expensive eBay sales to keep the pain at bay. Bottles of Excedrin have been sold online for over $1 per pill which means rich profits for the sellers. At least one man has made about $300 per bottle in online sales on eBay according to the New York Post. With the high costs and the threat of crippling migraines, there might be an argument that sellers are taking advantage of the people purchasing the highly coveted drug....

Many of us secretly wonder how much our colleagues make and whether or not we’re being paid what we deserve. And if we’re not paid the same, what’s the justification for those pay differences? When a Fresno math consultant found out her male counterpart was paid more solely because he made more at his last job, she sued her employer. Now, a federal court has decided that prior salary cannot be used to justify a pay gap....

Singer Britney Spears is reportedly facing a lawsuit that can only be described as toxic. The allegations contained in a suit filed by former bodyguard Fernando Flores maintain he was sexually harassed by the singer. The suit claims Spears made repeated unwanted sexual advances toward Flores and goes on to detail the actions that the bodyguard says “humiliated and traumatized him.” How Britney’s camp will do damage control on this suit is anybody’s guess....

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed complaints in four separate cases alleging that weight-loss and weight-control claims were not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence. Marketers of the four products (Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, TrimSpa, and One-A-Day WeightSmart) have settled with the FTC, surrendered cash and other assets worth at least $25 million, and agreed to limit their future advertising claims. “You won’t find weight loss in a bottle of pills that claims it has the latest scientific breakthrough or miracle ingredient,” said FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras....

Labeling on erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra will more prominently display information on the potential risk of sudden hearing loss, and guide consumers on what to do if they experience sudden problems with their hearing, according to an announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The labeling changes are a result of a number of cases in which patients taking these drugs reported sudden hearing loss, sometimes with dizzinesss and/or ringing in the ears....

The World Trade Center lawsuit settlement might not be working out as well as originally contemplated. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Alvin Hellerstien said on Friday that he rejected the proposed settlement in the World trade Center lawsuit. He stated that the settlement is not enough, includes too large a chunk in attorney fees, and does not provide plaintiffs adequate information to decide whether to opt in or not. In the proposed settlement, reached earlier this month, several Ground Zero rescue workers heard that they may be entitled to thousands, if not millions, under a $657 million settlement amount....