From the January issue of Scientific American magazine (pp. 24-25, in case you are a big enough dork to actually read that magazine): Take the 50-something lawyer who, fearing Alzheimer’s, came in for an MRI and got good news and…
This one’s easy: you just kidnap him until the family pays the ransom, I mean fees. Works best on the client’s wedding day. Police in Waco, Texas, said that Paula Allen, a 51-year-old attorney who had defended Rolando Castelan from…
A municipal judge in Phoenix ruled in 2006 (Snopes, NBC) that a woman was properly ticketed for using the carpool lane, despite her argument that she was in fact riding with a "passenger" because she was pregnant. A good question for…
Marylin Christian found her cat Cody dead in her front yard last summer, apparently the victim of an attack by another animal. She suspected her neighbors’ dog, Lucky, but officials investigating the murder were unable to make a case because…
In December, 2005, police in Hudson Falls, New York, came upon a street fight and leapt out of their car to break it up. Members of the crowd that had gathered shouted "he's stabbing him!" and Deputy Shawn Lovelace saw…
Using transcripts of Supreme Court oral arguments, in which the term "[laughter]" is inserted when laughter is noted during an argument, a law professor at Boston University has analyzed the relative funniness of the justices and concluded that Scalia is…
Jacob Vandeven, 27, of Whitewater, Missouri, got off relatively easy after he was charged with drunk driving and causing an accident in which people were injured. Charged with a felony, he was allowed to plead guilty to a reduced misdemeanor…
The youth-outreach coordinator for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, formerly known as "Chris Garnett," has legally changed his name to "KentuckyFriedCruelty.com" to further PETA's protest against Kentucky Fried Chicken for alleged chicken abuse. "People don't believe me at…
Last week, the California Court of Appeal upheld a $18,950 fine against Thomas Mesereau, Jr., for failing to be "civil and courteous in communicating with adversaries." Specifically, Mesereau, who was representing Robert Blake in his murder trial, called his adversary…
Reuters News reported yesterday that, starting today, prosecutors in South Korea will be informing people they have been indicted by sending a text message via cell phone. U R N DITD — CALL ME! 8-P Officials said that the text…