Here’s a follow-up to the story from a couple of weeks ago about McHenry, Illinois, trying to ban costumed advertising mascots. The Ninth Circuit actually ruled this week that a Washington city’s similar attempt to ban "portable signs" violated the…
Paul Lewis and Paula Wood of Milford, Connecticut, are locked in litigation over a disputed hairpiece that Lewis says gave him a heart attack. Not directly. Lewis says that he bought the hairpiece for $1200 from Paula’s Wig Boutique in…
Minnesota’s Department of Health is prosecuting LaRae Lundeen Fjellman, not for her recklessly unpronounceable name but for something much more serious: having sex with her husband. Fjellman was cited because she is a massage therapist and her husband, Kirk Fjellman,…
Michael Loughner, a 14-year-old boy from Jeannette, Pennsylvania, was charged with harassment in August after a 78-year-old neighbor reported that he had meowed at her. This brings to one the number of meowing-related incidents in the Pittsburgh area this year….
Craig Moore of Manchester, England, seems to have realized right away that he had probably been caught speeding by a "road safety camera," which British authorities have installed to catch violators or, some allege, just to collect fines. But he…
Speeders continue to provide proof of the human race’s endless capacity for coming up with excuses. On Sunday, a Swiss tourist caught speeding in Ontario, Canada, said he had been driving so fast because he cannot do so in his…
A new law will infringe on the freedom of “Mattress Man” and “Lady Liberty,” among others.
Tired of lengthy letters from opposing counsel full of BS? This one’s refreshingly short:
There was bad weather on the way, to be fair. But still.
Might not be a copycat case, definitely is stupid.