The city council of Alexandria, Louisiana, has chosen to join other municipalities that are bravely fighting against the greatest scourge of our day, namely the problem of people wearing low-riding pants that do not conceal all of their undergarments. On…
The Associated Press reports today that Leona Helmsley, the billionaire who became notorious in the 1980s for saying "Only the little people pay taxes," and who died earlier this month, has left $12 million to her dog. Helmsley’s will, made…
In a result sure to not open the floodgates of missing-skull litigation, a German court has awarded only 3,000 euros ($4,100) to a man who had to have the top of his skull replaced with plastic after a hospital’s error….
On August 15, a jury acquitted a British police officer of dereliction of duty (I think) after he convinced them he had in fact been "on duty" while he was having sex in a room at the police station at…
Agnes Hitchcock says she has made her point and will no longer disrupt school-board meetings, now that her act of civil disobedience on April 4 has served its purpose of allowing her to talk about mismanagement of the Detroit-area school…
The Associated Press reports today that a proposed amendment to Atlanta’s indecency ordinances would target baggy, low-riding pants that allow portions of the wearer’s underwear to be seen. The ordinance would make "the indecent exposure of [one’s] undergarments" in a…
Bill Murray was detained by police on Monday after they spotted him driving a "slow-moving vehicle" through downtown Stockholm. The vehicle was a golf cart that had been on display outside Murray’s hotel. He and other VIPs were in Sweden…
A legal team in Southern California trying to create a defense exhibit has come under fire for what some might call "thinking outside the box," but others have suggested might be "illegal human experimentation." George Engman is on trial in…
Surprised at his sudden heart attack (but then, I guess, who isn’t?), an Australian whose heart stopped after he drank eight Red Bulls in five hours is blaming the company for not warning about what might happen. The labels do…
The conviction of Jose Padilla is more bad news for Michael Vick, already facing charges connected with his participation in a dogfighting operation. This means he needs to be worried about the lawsuit filed in July by Jonathan Lee Riches,…