Schoolyard bullying is nothing new, but it’s certainly more unusual—and more inexcusable—for a grown man to tease a 10-year-old disabled child.
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Woman Forced to Wear ‘Idiot’ Sign as Punishment for Driving on Sidewalk
Punishment through public humiliation is nothing new.
Pole Dancing Isn’t Art, Rules New York Court
An Albany Court of Appeals ruled that a local gentlemen’s club can’t declare itself exempt from sales tax on artistic grounds.
Dog Gets Pro Bono Attorney in ‘Death Penalty’ Case
A pit bull in Georgia will receive pro bono legal representation to determine whether it should be euthanized after attacking a 5-year-old boy
“Gum Chewing Survey” Nabs Murder Suspect 36 Years Later
A simple ruse conducted by an undercover Seattle detective has nabbed a suspected murderer 36 years after the horrific crime. Police used a DNA sample collected from a fake “chewing gum survey” to link a Seattle homeless man …
Inspirational, Quadriplegic Blogger @daveonwheels Exposed as Hoax
Last Thursday, the online world mourned the death of David Rose, a deaf and quadriplegic blogger with cerebral palsy who entertained the masses with his humorous posts. The 24-year-old Anaheim, Calif. man had a huge following on …
French First Lady Risks Controversy —This Time, with Chocolates
With her politically disastrous Twitter swipe at her partner’s ex- scarcely behind her, French First Lady Valérie Trierweiler risks possible diplomatic ire from Mexico with a show of support for a French inmate in Mexican prison …
13-Year-Old Girl Finds Porn On New Cell Phone
A mother and her 13-year-old daughter got more than they bargained for when they activated their new RadioShack cell phones in June 2011, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Marcia Jones alleges in a civil lawsuit …
Google Executive Arrested as Brazil Bans Anti-Muslim Film
The trailer for an anti-Islam film released on YouTube earlier this month has been banned by a Brazilian court in Sao Paulo. Judge Gilson Delgado Miranda argued that the case “juxtaposed freedom of expression” with the need to …
$9.99 Gas? Lukoil Station Owners Raise Prices in Protest
It’s enough to give drivers a heart attack, but luckily, it was just to make a point.
Forget Facial Recognition: This Computer Can Recognize You by Your Tattoos
A team of researchers have developed a rather unusual method of catching criminals.
Prison Riot: Rebel Russian Band Members Speak Out from Behind Bars
It seems it will take more than a two-year prison sentence to silence the rebellious members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot.
The three Russian women — given guilty verdicts on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious …