Suicide Blamed on Gas Station's 'Spice'
DETROIT (CN) - A 20-year-old man killed himself after smoking "Spice" or "K-2" that he bought at a suburban gas station, his father claims in court. John Sdao, father of the late John Anthony...
View ArticleRehab-Minded Sentence Needed to Be Checked
(CN) - A federal appeals court had the power to correct an overly long sentence that aimed to get its recipient off drugs, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. In early 2010, Armarcion Henderson...
View ArticlePatient Claims ER Nurse Molested Her
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A male nurse sexually assaulted a hospital patient while she "lay unconscious and fully exposed in a fetal position," the woman claims in court. Jane Doe sued Washington...
View Article9th Circuit Asked to Revive Trafficking Law
(CN) - California wants to revive a human-trafficking law that a federal judge enjoined for imposing unconstitutional penalties on convicted sex offenders. Attorney General Kamala Harris said...
View ArticleCourt Scoffs at Light Sentence for CEO's Fraud
CINCINNATI (CN) - The seven-day sentence given to a former CEO whose money-laundering scheme cost investors more $18 million was as "unreasonably low," the 6th Circuit ruled. Michael Peppel...
View ArticleCongress Joins Retailer's Protest to Obamacare
(CN) - Eleven members of Congress are among those who urged the 10th Circuit to exempt a family-owned retailer from the contraception mandate in health care reform. Hobby Lobby, the...
View ArticleJudge in Hactivist Case Refuses to Step Aside
MANHATTAN (CN) - A chief federal judge refused to step down from the case of a computer hacker who allegedly exposed her husband's work email address in a cyberattack. Chief U.S. District...
View ArticleClass Calls Auction Website a RICO Fraud
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Project Fair Bid's penny auction website, Bigdeal.com, was a $100 million RICO gambling racket, a John Doe claims in a federal class action. Doe claims Project Fair Bid...
View ArticleVisa Secrecy Can't Shield Canada Travel Document
(CN) - The State Department cannot withhold a customs document from a Canadian who renounced his U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled. Robert Darnbrough filed a Freedom of Information Act...
View ArticleThe Worst Bosses in the World?
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (CN) - Bosses at Capital Asset Exchange and Trading, which deals in high-tech equipment, handed out Adderall to employees, ordered prostitutes in a salesman's name and ran...
View ArticleNew Trial on Armenian Genocide Museum Nixed
(CN) - The protracted dispute over an Armenian Genocide museum and memorial project that never got off the ground should not face a new trial, a federal judge ruled. The consolidated complaint...
View ArticleEpicenter of Gulf Oil SpillSays BP Hasn't Paid It 1 Cent
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Plaquemines Parish, the "epicenter" of the BP oil spill, sued the company in Federal Court, claiming BP has not paid a single one of its claims for damages arising from the...
View ArticleFuneral Home DucksSuit Over Brain in a Bag
(CN) - A Utah funeral home that allegedly slipped the bagged brain of dead woman among her personal effects cannot be sued in New Mexico, the state appeals court ruled. After Maria Romero died...
View ArticleFeds Seek Advice for Rail Car Access Guidelines
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board is establishing a Rail Vehicles Access Advisory Committee, and requesting applications for membership from...
View ArticleFDIC Wants to Change Foreign Deposit Status
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has proposed a change to its regulations on deposits made in foreign branches of U.S. banks. The proposed rule would "explicitly...
View ArticleUtilty Agrees to Reduce Coal Plant Emissions
(CN) - A Texas public utility reached a settlement with environmentalists that requires it to reduce emissions from its coal-fired power plant. The Lower Colorado River Authority is a...
View ArticleNo Liability in 911 Report Error That Led to Deaths
(CN) - Emergency operators who said a woman threatening to shoot herself was unarmed are not responsible for a cop killing that woman and her 74-year-old mother, a federal judge ruled. Barbara...
View ArticleLack of Evidence Dooms Public Strip-Search Suit
WASHINGTON (CN) - Four men do not have enough evidence to support claims that D.C. cops illegally and publicly strip-searched and humiliated them, a federal judge ruled. "This case arises from...
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