Gray Areas

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28/07/2013

University of Southern California students claim in a federal complaint that the school has ignored or mishandled dozens of s*xual assault cases, including one case in which a woman was allegedly told by campus police that her r**e report was groundless because the assailant did not or**sm.

28/07/2013

Californian exotic dancer, Tasha Mishra, 33, will have her life savings of over $1 million returned to her almost a year after it was confiscated by a Nebraska State Trooper who thought it was drugs money.

18/07/2013

Ma*****na testing used to mean checking to see if someone had been smoking it. But with Oregon, Washington and Colorado all making pot more widely available to the public, laboratory testing for safety, ...

12/07/2013

Russian president Vladimir Putin has passed a draconian law that calls for the arrest of anyone who is openly gay or supportive of gay rights.

12/07/2013

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By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The annual Def Con hacking convention has asked the federal government to stay away this year for the first time in its 21-year history, saying Edward Snowden's revelations have made some in the community uncomfortable about having feds there. "It would be best for e...

12/07/2013

David Lowery, who is best known as the lead singer for the 1990s alternative rock ban Cracker, said he is outraged that Pandora is now campaigning to lower royalty payments for songwriters even farther.

12/07/2013

A Postal Service program created after anthrax attacks gathers photos of the exterior of every piece of paper mail processed in the nation — about 160 billion pieces last year.

09/07/2013

California's Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a warrant must be obtained before officers can open a suspicious package, even if it smells heavily of

08/07/2013

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(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Why do merchants sometimes ask us for our ZIP code when we buy something? I recently visited the Mob Museum in Las Vegas, an interesting addition to Sin City’s attractions. I paid my admission with a credit card, prompting the museum ticket seller to ask me: “What’s your ZI...

08/07/2013

No, really, the President actually does follow the venerable Wicked Pictures studio on Twitter. Comedian Pat House discovered the incredible fact this weekend and even had the presence of mind to take a pic.

18/06/2013

Those friendly, fuzzy Muppets from “Sesame Street” have helped kids open up about all sorts of serious subjects, from hunger and divorce to military deployment.

18/06/2013

All Natalie Gunshannon wanted was to be paid a fair wage for her work, she said. Gunshannon, 27, of Dallas Township, worked at McDonald's Restaurant on the Dallas Highway from April 24 to May 15....

18/06/2013

Watch the video United Airlines Sued After Allegedly Not Taking Action When Teen Reported Lewd Passenger on Yahoo! News. A San Gabriel teenager, along with her family, sued United Airlines Thursday, claiming flight attendants didn't take action when she reported that a fellow passenger was pleasurin...

18/06/2013

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. entertainer Barbra Streisand on Monday took a swipe at Orthodox Jews in Israel who compel women to sit in the back of buses and assault them for following religious rituals traditionally reserved for men. "It's distressing to read about women in Israel being forced to sit…

18/06/2013

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Foreign minister Ricardo Patiño says situation is 'totally unjust', as talks arranged between British and Ecuadorean legal experts

18/06/2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has reached a milestone in its 63-year-old program of pursuing its "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives."

18/06/2013

By Myles Miller WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A jury on Monday cleared a doctor of negligence in a lawsuit filed by a Delaware truck driver who underwent a pe**le implant procedure and ended up with an er****on that lasted eight months. "We're stunned," attorney Michael Heyden said as he left the...

14/06/2013

A filmmaker is seeking to have a court declare the popular ditty to be in the public domain and to block a music company from charging licensing fees for its use.

14/06/2013

The owners of three cannabis-selling cafes went on trial Wednesday in the southern Netherlands charged with selling w**d to foreigners, in a case both sides of a heated drugs debate in this border city hope will clarify the legality of a clampdown on so-called coffee shops.

14/06/2013

A north Phoenix man has launched an initiative to legalize ma*****na for recreational use in Arizona. Dennis Bohlke, the 59-year-old computer programmer who is leading the effort, said the Safer Arizona initiative is modeled after Colorado’s newly enacted law, which taxes and regulates ma*****na.

14/06/2013

Despite the fact that Arizona has a medical-ma*****na law, that law does not turn a neighborhood w**d dealer into...

12/06/2013

Since 1978, Chicago Police alone have arrested Shermain Miles 396 times. Those arrests include 92 for theft, 65 for disorderly conduct, 59 for prostitution-related crimes and five for robbery or attempted robbery. The system hasn’t been able to save Miles from herself or to help the communities she…

11/06/2013

A Surprise man claims police charged with DUI despite a 0.000 blood alcohol level and now plans to sue the city.

09/06/2013

On Wednesday the Hauge District Court ruled that the Dutch government must pay damages to cannabis coffee shops across the Netherlands for lost income due to a tourist ban that is decidedly too harsh. A new law went into effect in the Netherlands May 1st of last year, intended to restrict tourists f...

09/06/2013

On Friday France took a huge step in reforming their cannabis polices by passing a measure which legalizes medical products containing cannabis or its derivatives, such as cannabis teas, sprays (such as Sativex) and capsules, all of which can contain actual cannabis, not just synthetic alternatives…

07/06/2013

TRENTON — A Senate panel today cleared a bill that would eliminate bureaucratic barriers families say have blocked minors from participating in New Jersey’s medical ma*****na program. The bill is in response to the plight of 2-year-old Vivian Wilson, who has been diagnosed with a rare an...

07/06/2013

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) signed a bill on Thursday decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of ma*****na. The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, will remove criminal penalties on possession of up to an ounce of cannabis and replace them with civil fines.

07/06/2013

The furor surrounding the Steubenville, Ohio r**e case was sparked in large part by the raucous entrance of the hacktivist collective Anonymous into the story. Anonymous members organized digital and real-life protests and leaked information about the case, occasionally going beyond the law in their...

07/06/2013

DENVER—A gay couple is pursuing a discrimination complaint against a Colorado bakery, saying the business refused them a wedding cake to honor their Massachusetts ceremony, and alleging

06/06/2013

A jury in Bexar County, Texas just acquitted Ezekiel Gilbert of charges that he murdered a 23-year-old Craigslist escort—agreeing that because he was attempting to retrieve the $150 he'd paid to Frago, who wouldn't have s*x with him, his actions were justified.

06/06/2013

Hair extensions: Hot new underground commodity

06/06/2013

Musician was involved in car accident in Palm Springs

06/06/2013

U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler's laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal Homeland Security Department study.