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,…
The Legal Times reported today that Judge Roy Pearson, who lost a bench trial in June in his $54 million lost-pants lawsuit against Custom Cleaners, has appealed. Pearson, who shed actual tears during the trial and yet seems to have…
Possibly inspired by (but far less successful than) last month's "Tree Bandit," who also employed duct tape but only to attach his foliage, a Kentucky man tried to rob a liquor store last Friday after first wrapping his entire head…
Police in Tartu, Estonia, said that a driver they arrested on Saturday may face jail time and the loss of his vehicle because he is a repeat offender. Police first arrested the 20-year-old man a week ago. The article did…