While marijuana is legal for recreational use in a few states, most marijuana users currently need the drug for medical purposes. Despite being able to get the drug legally, access is still an issue for many users. Either their conditions prevent them from making frequent trips to a dispensary, or the nearest dispensary is a frequent target for crime. Have no fear! Snoop Dogg is coming to the rescue! Well, not really....
A New York appellate court has overturned a lower court ruling, allowing a toxic mold lawsuit to go forward. Brenda Cornell had sued the owners of her former apartment building, seeking compensation for the dizziness, rashes and respiratory ailments she acquired after being exposed to mold for nearly six years. Though Cornell’s lawsuit is small in scope, the toxic mold ruling itself impacts the almost 3 million people living in New York and Bronx counties....
Twitter stalking is free speech, according to a federal judge in Maryland. Well, at least when the tweets don’t constitute true threats or defamation. The FBI arrested William Lawrence Cassidy in February after receiving complaints from Alyce Zeoli, a Buddhist leader. The two had been friends, but a falling out led to some heated exchanges. Cassidy sent 8,000 tweets and created a number of blog posts about Zeoli, including pleas for her to kill herself....
Is there a connection between vitamin E and osteoporosis? Researchers in Japan believe there may be. Early findings suggest that the most common form of vitamin E causes the body to produce more bone-degrading cells. The compound, alpha-tocopherol, is found in most dietary supplements and in olive and other vegetable and nut oils. Vitamin E has long been promoted for its antioxidant properties. Scientists have connected it to a reduced risk of heart disease and cancer, explains the Telegraph....
“The Sandlot” actor Tom Guiry was arrested at a Houston airport on Saturday after he allegedly headbutted a cop who offered him a ride to a “sober center” to dry out. Guiry, who played the baseball-loving Scotty Smalls in “The Sandlot” was flagged by United Airlines employees as being “too wasted” to fly and became belligerent when police told him he would need to sober up or be arrested for public intoxication, reports The New York Post....
When you’re the designated driver, do you drink anyway? If so, you’re not the only irresponsible one. According to a new study by Adam Barry, an assistant professor of health education and behavior at the University of Florida in Gainesville, many designated drivers are far from sober. Barry and his team conducted breath tests on 1,071 bar patrons between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Buckle up and get ready for a bumpy ride, because the findings are pretty disturbing....
A settlement was announced January 7, between a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe and the U. S. government, stemming from sexual assault charges brought by Lavetta Elk against an army recruiter. Elk was one of many young women who reported to officials that they had been assaulted by recruiters after expressing interest in the military. More than 80 recruiters were disciplined in 2005 for sexual misconduct with potential enlistees, according to records obtained by the AP....
Learning how to live with your college roommates is a common struggle, especially during your first year. But for one freshman at San Jose State University, the experience entailed an unbearable series of alleged hate crimes including Nazi symbols and the “N-word.” The roommates from hell – Logan Beaschler, 18, of Bakersfield; Joseph Bomgardner, 19, of Clovis; and Colin Warren, 18, of Woodacre (Marin County) – have been charged with misdemeanor hate-crime and battery for their racially motivated hazing, reports CNN....
DaimlerChrysler must defend a ‘Dirty War’ lawsuit brought in Northern California federal court by survivors and decedents’ heirs of the Argentine military dictatorship’s ‘Dirty War’ between 1976 and 1983. In Bauman v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has asserted jurisdiction over DaimlerChrysler AG, reports Reuters. The U.S. District court dismissed the case in 2007 for lack of personal jurisdiction. So now Daimler-Chrysler must defend the plaintiffs’ claims on the merits....
Meet Belinda and Paul Berloni – they’re in the running for grandparents of the year. Or not. The couple was pulled over on Sunday afternoon when a Sheriff’s deputy in Sarasota, Fla. noticed them towing a strange object behind their SUV. That object was none other than a toy car. It was being “driven” by their 7-year-old granddaughter. Oh, and the couple was drunk. Belinda and Paul Berloni reportedly thought it would be a brilliant idea to tow around their granddaughter’s toy car....
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition by convicted murderer Charles Hood for a hearing which he hoped would result in a new trial. Hood claimed that the affair carried on between the judge and the prosecutor in his case violated his right to a fair trial. The Court denied Hood’s petition without comment. In 2008, during the legal proceedings around re-sentencing, Holland and O’Connell admitted the affair. However, as Reuters reports, they say it ended in 1987, three years before Holland’s trial....
The reason reality television got so much traction is because truth is stranger than fiction. This is best evidenced by reading crime news, stories like this month’s arrest in Arizona of a Texas priest for the murder of a beauty queen half a century ago, reported by the Associated Press. John Feit, the ex-priest who more than 55 years ago took the final confession of a Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen, 25-year-old Irene Garza, has long been suspected of murder....
If you have no contact with the criminal justice system, you might think jail is for bad people who commit vicious crimes. That’s not quite right. Jail is where people often go after an arrest, and it is where people serve sentences on misdemeanors (beyond a year of incarceration is a felony and it’s off to prison). But people get arrested for all kinds of things, and some of them might surprise you....
Hubris caused the downfall of many Greek heroes. And after years of eluding investigators, it seems Robert Durst’s hubris may have landed him behind bars. Robert Durst, once heir to one of New York’s real estate dynasties, has lived under the watchful eye of law enforcement since the disappearance of his wife Kathleen in 1982. Since then, he has been suspected of killing a friend in Los Angeles in 2000, and shooting and dismembering a neighbor in Texas in 2001....
Is my window tint legal? It’s a common question asked across the country. You may have heard a lot of different (and contradictory) things said about the legality of car window tints and whether you could get pulled over for tints. The source of the confusion may be because there is no federal regulation on car tinting and states and cities usually have their own unique laws and regulations. Legal window tints in one state may be illegal in another....
The Kardashians using a lawsuit as drama for their reality show? No way. Yes way, according to a new lawsuit brought by Ellen Pearson-Kardashian, who married famed O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian two months before he died. Earlier this year, the famous Kardashian kids sued Pearson for trying to publish all of their late father’s secret diaries for tabloid moola, and now she’s suing them back. Pearson-Kardashian claims that Kris Jenner, along with daughters Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, filed the lawsuit against her to conjure up drama for an episode of their E!...
Madonna is fighting a “Material Girl” lawsuit brought by clothing retailer LA Triumph. Quick, what first comes to mind when you hear “Material Girl?” Most likely, you’d think of Madonna first. Or, her song. But, just because Madonna is associated with the phrase “Material Girl” does not mean she has trademark rights over the name for use in business or commerce. LA Triumph has apparently been making clothes under the name “Material Girl” since 1997....
Two young men were arrested this weekend for spray painting racial slurs and the name “Trump” in a non-denominational chapel in Illinois. The Northwestern University students were in court on a bond hearing, where the judge was vocal about her feelings, according to ABC News. “These allegations are disgusting to me,” Judge Peggy Chiampas told Anthony Morales, 19, and Matthew Kafker, 18, both of whom are charged with hate crimes. For many young teens, getting chided by a judge must be scary....
A classmate of Lauren Giddings has been charged with the former Mercer Law student’s murder in Macon, Georgia. Giddings, 27, had just graduated from Mercer University’s law school and was preparing for the bar exam when she went missing. Stephen McDaniel, 25, was Giddings’ neighbor and fellow Mercer Law classmate and recent graduate. He was already being held on separate burglary charges when he was charged for her murder by prosecutors, reports WMAZ-TV....
Summers in Arizona are brutal, where temperatures exceed 100 almost daily, reaching heights that can fry an egg on a sidewalk. If locals don’t have air conditioning, they may be tempted to stay at a local motel to escape the heat. But, if they’re staying at a Motel 6, they may be in for another type of heat … In yet another Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid targeting Latinos, Motel 6 settled a discrimination and privacy lawsuit in which guests claimed that their location and personal information were shared with ICE....
