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Dumb Laws Of Alabama
AnnistonYou may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street. AuburnNo person may spit on the floor of a church.It is unlawful for any person to spit upon the sidewalks, or upon the floors of places of worship, buses, public halls, theaters or other public places. Alabama HuntsvilleIf an animal control officer is in uniform, it [...]
2-year-old Kaylee Called for Jury Duty
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) – Kaylee Reynolds had a problem when she recently received a summons to serve on a Taunton District Court jury. She wasn’t old enough to read it. The two-year-old has quite a few years to go before she reaches the minimum age of 18 to serve on a state jury. Lucky [...]
Hostage-taking Ends Peacefully; Hostilo Unharmed
STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) – A couple surrendered Tuesday after holding a lawyer hostage in his office for more than 24 hours and telling authorities they were armed with an explosive device The suspects, Robert Eugene Brower, 43, a former client of the lawyer, and Connie Brower, have been charged with kidnapping, police said, adding that [...]
Uwe Max Jensen Fined for Pretending to Urinate
Uwe Max Jensen, a painter known for decorating house walls, claimed it was an artistic stunt that was not meant to be indecent. He told the court in Herning, 270 kilometres west of Copenhagen, that he pretended to urinate by concealing a plastic bag containing water in his trousers and squeezing water on a wall.The [...]
Flying Shrimp Kills Colaitis Lawsuit Pending
A shrimp a hibachi chef tossed at a man eating at a Japanese steakhouse ultimately led to the diner’s death, his family claims in a $10 million US wrongful death lawsuit against the restaurant chain Benihana Jerry Colaitis, 43, wrenched his neck when he ducked to avoid the shrimp in the chain’s Munsey Park restaurant, [...]
Frito-Lay Target of Olestra Lawsuit
CSPI Wants Court to Order Labels on Frito Lay “Light” Chips to Warn of Diarrhea, Stomach Cramps. Frito-Lay has been notified that it will be sued by a Massachusetts consumer for deceptively marketing its line of “Light” potato chips. Those chips are made with olestra—the controversial fat substitute that causes diarrhea, stomach cramps, and other [...]
The Baucums Sue to Keep Pet Chickens
A Shreveport couple has sued the city over its order to get rid of the chickens they keep as pets at their home. The City Council in November told Mary and Ralph Baucum they couldn’t keep their three hens in pens behind their house. Having lost at city hall, the Baucums has appealed to a [...]
Lawsuit Against FBI : Mistaken Fingerprint Match
A Justice Department report that faulted the FBI for sloppy work may strengthen a lawsuit filed against the agency by a Portland man who was arrested after his fingerprints were mistakenly identified during the investigation into the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine faulted the FBI for mistakenly matching a fingerprint [...]
Laughable Laws and Large Ladies
*An ordinance in Rosette, Utah, prohibits a man from looking at a full-figured woman “in that way” while she’s walking down a public street? (Caught a second time, the violator has to “wear horse blinders” for a twenty-four-hour period when out in public.) *In Hickory Plains, Arkansas, says that no large woman wearing lingerie can [...]
Lawsuit against Staples Over Insurance Charges
An appeals court reinstated a lawsuit that claims office supply chain Staples Inc. cheated customers by charging them for insurance when shipping some products. The 2nd District Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, ruled Wednesday that Staples was acting as an unlicensed insurance agent when it doubled the shipping insurance costs on some packages [...]
Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 Settlement
If you purchased or acquired in the United States for your own use or the use of your organization/company a new Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 notebook computer, a proposed nationwide class action settlement (“Settlement”) could affect your legal rights. You may be entitled to file a claim for monetary recovery. Toshiba Notebook TroublesThe Settlement resolves [...]
Floppy Disk Failure | Stephen Grider Lawsuit
When Stephen Grider tried to save information to the floppy disk on the then-new Compaq Presario laptop he bought in September 2000, it often came back garbled and unreadable — lost in a digital netherland. It wasn’t user error, however. Turns out the $1,700 computer had a faulty floppy disk controller. Grider had paid an [...]
Expelled Lesbians Sue California Lutheran School
Two California teenage girls whose former school branded them as lesbians and expelled them have sued the school for violating their rights, their lawyer said on Friday. School Yard LesbiansThe lawsuit against the California Lutheran High School in Riverside, California, 150km east of Los Angeles, explains that the private school expelled the girls, both 16, [...]
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Dumb Laws Of Alabama
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2-year-old Kaylee Called for Jury Duty
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Hostage-taking Ends Peacefully; Hostilo Unharmed
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