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Headlines matching 'Law'
Sun February 12, 2012
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(NPR) Stupid California chef serves up twigs, rocks, moss, and lawn clippings for $50 an entree, calls it "Wilderness on a Plate"  (npr.org) (123)


Sat February 11, 2012
(CBC) Asinine Weed Man: Can we take care of your lawn? Customer: No. Weed Man: Great, we'll be over next week. Customer: I said no. Weed Man: We'll send the invoice when we're done. Customer: Refund it. Weed Man: How about no?  (cbc.ca) (122)


Fri February 10, 2012
(The Local (Germany)) Followup Artist awarded $2500 for lost French fries after using high priced lawyer, a few bargaining chips  (thelocal.de) (4)


Wed February 08, 2012
(Mother Nature Network) Weird Scientists discover a primate with a shriek that more ear-piercing than your sister-in-law's  (mnn.com) (31)
(nbc philadelphia) Followup Animal slavery trial of PETA against Sea World begins. Shamu reportedly hires a real shark for a lawyer  (nbcphiladelphia.com) (132)


Tue February 07, 2012
(Sun Sentinel) Florida Judge orders man to go on a date with his wife. Man expected to file lawsuit alleging infringement of his 8th Amendment rights  (sun-sentinel.com) (57)
(ktvb.com) Asinine City blocks lawsuit allowing bicycles on bicycle path  (ktvb.com) (158)
(Some Guy) Hero Evangelical Christian Group: If a man busted for a half-gram of cocaine in 1988 still can't get a job in 2010 without involving lawyers, there's a problem with the justice system  (breakpoint.org) (114)
(NPR) Obvious So just how important are illegal immigrants to a state's economy? So important that even the Alabama hillbillies who voted for their tough anti-immigration laws are starting to second-guess themselves  (npr.org) (200)
(SeattlePI) Interesting Courtney Love threatens to sue author over unlawfully obtained deposition papers, may settle out of court for a cheeseburger and some blow  (blog.seattlepi.com) (13)
(Omaha World Herald) Interesting Nebraska considers outlawing cheap beer, sanity  (omaha.com) (18)


Mon February 06, 2012
(ESPN) Cool Dispirited Arsenal kicks off a desperate claw for fourth place, Suarez returns to Liverpool, with lots of action culminating in a Sunday morning finale between Chelsea and Manchester. It's your weekend EPL thread  (soccernet.espn.go.com) (497)
(News.com.au) Hero Three-year-old defeats claw machine, shares his victory with everyone else at the arcade  (news.com.au) (104)


Sun February 05, 2012
(Fox News) Sick From the "Who didn't see this coming?" files: Insurance companies and lawyers screw 9/11 families out of large portions of their entitlements  (foxnews.com) (124)
(JSOnline) Obvious Deadbeat homeowner discovered after five years of skipping out on taxes, utilities, lawn care, living  (jsonline.com) (92)


Sat February 04, 2012
(Gawker) Amusing Bill Maher un-baptizes Mitt Romney's atheist father-in-law  (gawker.com) (290)


Fri February 03, 2012
(Huffington Post) Stupid Since they don't get enough attention in this country, Arizona lawmaker proposes a holiday to celebrate white people  (huffingtonpost.com) (325)
(Yahoo) Interesting World Court says Germany has immunity from lawsuits over Nazi atrocities, says the country was only following orders  (news.yahoo.com) (61)
(Fox News) Interesting Indiana lawmakers pass last-minute legislation making it more difficult for thousands of men to find hookers for the Super Bowl  (foxnews.com) (36)


Thu February 02, 2012
(Calgary Sun) Ironic New distracted driving law leads to drivers who are even more distracted than before  (calgarysun.com) (94)
(NJ.com) Dumbass N.J. Democratic lawmakers: "Shame on Chris Christie for abusing the Port Authority for patronage. (Psst, hey Port Authority, how about some patronage?)"  (nj.com) (13)
(LA Times) Cool California now getting 5% of its electricity from wind. Savvy lawmakers to propose harnessing energy from wild fires, mud slides, earthquakes  (articles.latimes.com) (27)
(WTOP) Interesting Virginia may be about to pass a law that separates school year planning from King's Dominion's schedule. In other news, Virginia currently plans its school year around King's Dominion's schedule  (wtop.com) (108)
(SanDiegoUnionTribune) Scary Woman's body found in Lawrence Welk  (utsandiego.com) (27)


Wed February 01, 2012
(The Raw Story) Asinine 14-year old girl testifying before MD lawmakers tells them that they should vote to deny people their basic civil rights because it would be "my best birthday present ever"  (rawstory.com) (257)
(Canada.com) Interesting Problem: Australia infested with invasive African grass that fuels wildfires. Solution: Import elephants and rhinos as lawnmowers  (canada.com) (113)
(Politico) Stupid WSJ publishes opinion piece which states Obama has an enemies list headed Charles and David Koch, written by... the lawyer for Charles and David Koch. Fox News smiles as its apprentice finally becomes a Sith  (politico.com) (60)
(New York Daily News) Spiffy Backlash: Osama Bin Laden death photos may be released after all. Judicial Watch has sued for release of the materials under Freedom of Information Law, and they apparently have a case  (nydailynews.com) (237)
(Some Guy) Fail The Federal Government would like to charge pro weed Montana state lawmakers as "conspirators" to sell and distribute medical marijuana  (missoulian.com) (225)


Tue January 31, 2012
(CTV) Followup After hearing some sports cars are being driven dangerously police revoke the license of the next guy they find driving a sports car. Judge finds a flaw in their cunning plan  (ctvbc.ctv.ca) (98)
(Mail) Followup 20-year-old babysitter's diary entry about 14-year-old boy: 'I don't care about the law.' The law: 'Ahem'  (middletownpress.com) (207)
(Rolling Stone) Interesting Comedian from popular, news-savvy TV show launches Presidential campaign to expose foibles of the political process. No, we're not talking about Stephen Colbert. Come upon my lawn and let me tell you about Pat Paulsen  (rollingstone.com) (67)
(SFGate) Scary Beware the Jabberwock, my son / The jaws that bite, the claws that catch / Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun / Celine old Bandersnatch  (blog.sfgate.com) (98)


Mon January 30, 2012
(InfoWorld) Sad Dear Google: Please get off the lawn you built for me  (infoworld.com) (56)
(Hartford Courant) Interesting LEGO has a patent on filing nuisance lawsuits against companies that make similar toys  (courant.com) (28)


Sat January 28, 2012
(Huffington Post) Amusing A Republican member of the Indiana General Assembly withdrew his bill to create a pilot program for drug testing welfare applicants Friday after one of his Democratic colleagues amended the measure to require drug testing for lawmakers  (huffingtonpost.com) (110)
(Sarah Palin's Facebook Page) Interesting Sarah Palin rallies Tea Party to arms against the GOP establishment on her Facebook page. Lawn chairs are set up and the Jiffy-Pop is on the stove  (facebook.com) (157)


Fri January 27, 2012
(Gawker) Strange Mitt Romney converted his atheist father-in-law to Mormonism after his death. Take that, Atheists  (gawker.com) (195)
(Some Guy) Silly Russian officials want to outlaw political protests that use soft toys, plastic penguins, Lego men and South Park figures  (couriermail.com.au) (6)
(Toledo Blade) Hero Ohio Republican goes rogue on new restrictive voting law: "It's likely to be misused by people for their own political ends to confuse voters about what the rules are for the election"  (toledoblade.com) (33)


Thu January 26, 2012
(Smh.com.au) Cool Scientists at UT Austin have perfected a working "cloaking device" in their lab. Critics say this is yet another example of Obama's lawlessness as this is a blatant violation of the Treaty of Algeron  (smh.com.au) (38)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Illinois lawmakers are being urged to help lower the risks of online dating, presumably by banning use of MySpace photo angles  (chicagotribune.com) (27)
(WTOP) Spiffy Pregnant woman's water breaks on lawn outside the hospital; doctors and nurses come to the fescue and deliver baby  (wtop.com) (35)


Wed January 25, 2012
(Red State) Sad Difference between the 2008 and 2012 primaries? In 2008, Democrats fight over two highly electable candidates. In 2012, Republicans fight over two highly flawed candidates and neither side thinks the other can win  (redstate.com) (71)


Mon January 23, 2012
(YouTube) Scary And you thought Americans had all the fun being threatened by scary broad-brush anti-piracy laws. Video explaining what ACTA, the EU's answer to SOPA, is all about  (youtube.com) (46)
(Some Guy) Dumbass After failing to ban Sharia law, the Oklahoma state legislature is ready to solve another non-problem: new bill bans use of aborted fetuses in food. My omelette could really use more embryo  (addictinginfo.org) (125)
(Bitten and Bound) Obvious Jim Carrey's daughter got her golden ticket to Hollywood after auditioning for American Idol in San Diego. There is one serious flaw that could spell doom, she's the spitting image of Miley Cyrus. (pics, vid)  (bittenandbound.com) (99)


Sun January 22, 2012
(Celebitchy) Misc Jude Law either growing more comfortable with receding hairline or preparing for Phil Collins biopic  (celebitchy.com) (41)
(The Daily Caller) Obvious Jobs for All: Alabama's unemployment rate continues to drop after state-wide enforcement of a new immigration law  (dailycaller.com) (257)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Virginia lawmaker sponsors bill that would allow marijuana to be sold in state-owned liquor stores. Subby working on his bid to sell Twinkies and Funyuns in same stores  (wtkr.com) (106)
(Some Geezer) Survey What do you remember from your childhood that is no longer sold today like colored TP, Sani-Flush cleaner, Lawn Darts, Bromo-Seltzer? Get off my lawn  (blog.toiletpaperworld.com) (776)


Fri January 20, 2012
(Mother Nature Network) Weird Storm of controversy after a proposed law would outlaw meteorologists from making unauthorized weather predictions  (mnn.com) (76)


Thu January 19, 2012
(Daily Kos) Obvious "Newt Gingrich reiterates his plans to be an outlaw president, or if you prefer, a dictator"  (dailykos.com) (65)
(Naked Security) Asinine U.K. citizen running TVShack.net based in the U.K. arrested in the U.K. for breaking U.S. copyright law. Wait, what?  (nakedsecurity.sophos.com) (52)
(Washington Post) Obvious Wealthy Americans showing their love of country by renouncing their US citizenship before anti tax evasion law takes effect  (washingtonpost.com) (370)
(Some Guy) Amusing January 19 is National Popcorn Day so Your Candidate sucks, Apple products rule, global warming is a myth, declawing pitbulls should be outlawed, and circumcision ought to be mandatory  (popcorn.org) (131)
(Some Guy) Spiffy After yesterday's protests, many lawmakers have pulled their support for SOPA/PIPA--including a half-dozen of its original sponsors. Democracy's condition upgraded to "mostly dead"  (abs-cbnnews.com) (66)
(Herald Tribune) Florida Florida Department of Law Enforcement needs to test new Breathalyzers, but how? Buy a bunch of Jim Beam and Doritos and get the employees drunk, of course  (heraldtribune.com) (43)


Wed January 18, 2012
(Some Guy) Survey What is your favorite wet salad? Subby chooses cole slaw  (google.com) (104)
(WZTV Fox 17) Stupid It's baaaaaack The "Don't Say Gay Bill" in TN heading to lawmakers for round 2  (fox17.com) (62)
(Fark) Survey If we can somehow squeeze in a thread NOT relating to blackouts and SOPA and PIPA (dang, she's cute...), who is/was your favorite "Law and Order" character? Mine was Lenny. I would have liked to have a beer with him  (fark.com) (89)
(Yahoo) Obvious Occupy Wall Street movement converges on the West Lawn of the Capitol for massive rally, the largest national gathering of Occupy protesters to date. Reality: a couple of hundred show up  (news.yahoo.com) (68)
(News.com.au) Spiffy Lawyer wins 'Nuckin Futs' case. Nuck yeah  (news.com.au) (28)


Tue January 17, 2012
(Some Guy) Dumbass Well, I'm drunk and my car is stuck in the front lawn so I may as well pass out right here. What's that you say? This is not my own front lawn? Oh, it belongs to the Michigan State Police. Well that changes things now doesn't it?  (cadillacnews.com) (18)


Mon January 16, 2012
(The Daily Beast) Interesting "My primary phone is the iPhone, I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do." A) Gul Dukat? B) The Borg Queen? C) The Woz? D) Khan Noonien Singh? E) Lawrence Gorn?  (thedailybeast.com) (181)
(Tom's Hardware) Interesting Torvalds' law: The size of Linux doubles every 24 months  (tomshardware.com) (64)
(Stuff.co.nz) Strange When she's not studying law or competing in surfing competitions, Mischa Davis likes to strap on a mermaid's tail and hang out beneath the waves. Yes, there is a pic  (stuff.co.nz) (53)
(Some Guy) Scary App lets you deliver your last words from beyond the grave for eternity. DO NOT let your mother-in-law find out about this  (couriermail.com.au) (32)


Sun January 15, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Newt Gingrich's bold new plan? Fire government employees for being "too liberal." Never mind that it would be breaking the law and get classified as discrimination   (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (180)
(SLTrib) Dumbass Utah's top law enforcement officer accused of plagiariz...er, stealing intellectual property in support of SOPA. Damages estimated at about 28 billion dollars by MPAA/RIAA mathematicians  (sltrib.com) (46)


Sat January 14, 2012
(Some Guy) Spiffy Thanks in large part to the efforts of your sister-in-law, the US is now the biggest consumer of wine in the world  (plushasia.com) (88)
(Yahoo) Silly Stop kneeling on my lawn: Orel Hershiser invented Tebowing back in 1988  (sports.yahoo.com) (28)


Fri January 13, 2012
(My San Antonio) Cool Sometimes, you just have to send a lawyer a sketch of a t-rex waiving a white flag  (blog.mysanantonio.com) (51)
(Quad City Times) Hero Lawmaker wants to make it illegal for people to wear pajamas in public  (qctimes.com) (194)
(Washington Post) Unlikely Woman claims she cared for and fed all 82 dogs on a regular basis. Plus, her lawn probably looks awesome  (washingtonpost.com) (28)
(Newsday) Followup After third consecutive losing season, lawsuits, losses of $70 million, Fred Wilpon to stay as NY Mets owner. Fans brace for another hilarious 70 win season  (newsday.com) (34)
(Some Guy) Strange Not news: College student gets drunk after consuming ten drinks. Fark: And then breaks into a museum and tries to steal a claw from the real 20-foot skeleton of a giant ground sloth  (dispatch.com) (48)


Thu January 12, 2012
(MSNBC) Sick Say there, Mr. Law-Abiding Citizen, having trouble finding work? Can't even get a crappy job in a call center? Maybe it's because companies are using inmates to fill positions at $0.50/hour  (usnews.msnbc.msn.com) (270)
(Yahoo) Ironic Israeli courts uphold law denying citizenship to Palestinian spouses of Israelis in order to preserve Jewish purity. You know who else had marriage laws aimed at preserving purity?  (news.yahoo.com) (481)
(Yahoo) Followup US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Oklahoma's ban on Sharia law is unconstitutional, then promptly gives the plaintiff the secret Muslim high-five and yells "all hail the coming Caliphate" before ululating wildly  (news.yahoo.com) (122)
(Some SOPA Fearing Guy) Fail Comcast's Lawyers: "We think SOPA is just the bestest idea ever ever." Comcast's Technical Experts: "Uh, it's unpossible for us to be SOPA compliant." Now what, Beeyotches?  (theverge.com) (180)
(Jacksonville.com) Florida Sir, you've been in an accident and skinned your knee, so we're rushing you to the emergency room. IT'S THE LAW  (jacksonville.com) (121)


Wed January 11, 2012
(Some Guy) Dumbass There's dumb and then there's selling pot on the county courthouse lawn dumb  (thenewstribune.com) (29)
(KTLA) Strange Credit card skimmers make off with treasure in Sierra Madre. Suspects include a bearded man in a beat-up fedora and a Mexican man in a giant hat who claimed to be a law enforcement officer but refused to show a badge  (ktla.com) (22)


Tue January 10, 2012
(Washington Post) Asinine Having solved all other problems in the state, Maryland lawmaker wants to legislate fantasy football  (washingtonpost.com) (66)
(Daily Mail) Unlikely People get happier as they get older, study reveals. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN  (dailymail.co.uk) (79)


Mon January 09, 2012
(Some Guy) Followup In response to Georgia plan to drug-test welfare recipients, state lawmaker submits bill to require drug testing for state legislators. Hilarity ensues  (onlineathens.com) (509)


Sun January 08, 2012
(USA Today) Strange Southern rednecks rejoice as new law allows them to skin and eat roadkill. Wait... the law is from Illinois? Whoops, sorry about the stereotyping there, Jethro  (usatoday.com) (114)
(Some Guy) Fail When even Texas of all places criticizes your juvenile sentencing laws you might want to consider looking at said laws more closely  (masslive.com) (34)
(Bloomberg) Ironic Arizona's Governor on ObamaCare: This violates the tenth amendment. We shall fight this. Arizona's Governor on Medical Marijuana: This violates Federal law. Who are we to question them?  (bloomberg.com) (158)
(Some Guy) Followup Answer: this law was one of the tenets of justice for 800 years in the UK before it was repealed in 2003  (news.sky.com) (71)
(Washington Post) Sad Cecil Pond, a pioneer of the riding lawn mower, has died at age 87. Bag it. Done  (washingtonpost.com) (7)


Sat January 07, 2012
(Reuters) Followup In case if you have missed it, yesterday was the day that President Obama's lawyers went before the Supreme Court to explain how forcing Americans to give money to corporations is somehow constitutional  (reuters.com) (212)
(CBS News) Followup Actress outs herself in federal lawsuit. No, not that actress. Or that one. Or that... heck, we've never heard of her, either  (cbsnews.com) (49)


Fri January 06, 2012
(Oregon Live) Interesting Awesome: You're pinned under a 3,200 pound car after a bike accident and firefighters use brute strength to lift it off of you. Sucks to be you: Cops then ticket you for unlawful lane change and improper use of lane  (oregonlive.com) (169)
(My Fox DC) Strange French fans of Michael Jackson sue the late star's doctor for "emotional damage" they suffered over his death. "It's similar to losing a childhood friend in a traffic accident," their lawyer said...exac...wait, what?  (myfoxdc.com) (43)
(Some Guy) Obvious Former Republican almost-governor denied college post teaching law, due to his political views. Bu-bu-but diversity   (intellectualconservative.com) (74)
(Techzwn) Asinine Not News: News industry forms RIAA-like group. News: Says lawsuits won't be part of starting playbook, but will be added eventually. Fark: First salesperson starts next week  (techzwn.com) (29)


Wed January 04, 2012
(UPI) Sad Andy Dick says 2012 will 'be big' for him ... so be watching for big arrests, big lawsuits, big headlines  (upi.com) (36)


Tue January 03, 2012
(The Daily Caller) Obvious Today's NYC has got you by the short hairs for unknowingly violating its gun law brought to you by the Empire State Building  (dailycaller.com) (485)
(Huffington Post) Ironic Iowa's Republican frontrunners taking cues from A: Pollsters? B: The public? or C: Sharia Law?  (huffingtonpost.com) (102)
(WTOP) Hero Lone woman sues Honda in small-claims court for not delivering promised mpg in her hybrid. Fark: After opting out of the class action lawsuit that Honda settled with $200 to owners and an $8.5 million payout to trial lawyers  (wtop.com) (119)
(Gizmodo) Weird From the "maybe they didn't think this through all the way" department: Pepsi moves to dismiss lawsuit from guy who found dead mouse in his soda, on grounds that Mountain Dew would dissolve a mouse carcass before the can was opened  (gizmodo.com) (121)


Mon January 02, 2012
(Politico) Silly Santorum blasts Bill O'Reilly for refusing to put him on the program. O'Reilly expected to cite FCC decency laws strictly prohibiting showing santorum on television  (politico.com) (53)
(Some Beery Guy) Cool "Why no occifer I habnt bin drinkling, hats my coloo... calloug... cawlaw......... toilet water"  (demeterfragrance.com) (17)
(Daily Mail) Unlikely Driver threatens lawsuit against 20 mph speed limit because her BMW can't go that slow  (dailymail.co.uk) (116)
(LA Times) Interesting California: "We're proud of our strict emissions laws." Federal Court: "LOL, Commerce Clause"  (latimes.com) (43)


Sun January 01, 2012
(LA Times) Fail If you live in California, you just got 760 new laws today. Happy New Year  (latimes.com) (165)
(Some Guy) Strange Happy Ending: Illinois Motorcycles, Bicycles can run red lights under new law  (chicago.cbslocal.com) (143)
(Public Domain - Not yours) Obvious Duke might suck, but their annual list of books, movies, and music that WON'T be entering the public domain, due to landmark copyright legislation passed in 1976, will make you think copyright law sucks a teenie bit more  (law.duke.edu) (121)


Sat December 31, 2011
(NYPost) Followup After TN woman is brought up on NY charges for trying to check her legal gun, the state's leftiest liberal leftist left-wing Democrat says "actually, these gun laws of ours might be kinda stupid"  (nypost.com) (284)


Fri December 30, 2011
(IndyStar) Silly Indiana lawmaker introduces a bill that would force entertainers to sing the National Anthem the "right" way  (indystar.com) (202)
(St. Petersburg Times) Florida The evolution of TV lawyer commercials, beginning with fake law books and culminating with ex-NFL players doing Kill Bill impressions  (tampabay.com) (71)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Unlikely In a reminder that the US legal system is serious business, "Beverly Hillbillies" actress settles lawsuit over Barbie doll  (suntimes.com) (80)
(USA Today) Interesting New state laws for 2012. Get your shark fin soup while you can, California and Oregon  (usatoday.com) (110)


Thu December 29, 2011
(LA Times) Strange Appellate court lets woman sue man whose flying body parts struck her after he was hit by a train, noting that "flying bodies" case law is a little sparse  (latimes.com) (112)
(Gawker) Amusing 'Homeless by choice', it's apparently the hip thing to do for this well-to-do law student  (gawker.com) (47)


Wed December 28, 2011
(las vegas weekly) Spiffy Las Vegas Weekly notes that the bizarre lawsuit from the self-proclaimed 'pinball wizard' really "took off, thanks to a link from Fark" (item #3)  (lasvegasweekly.com) (1)
(Smh.com.au) Amusing In this most joyous of seasons, here comes the heart-warming story of the love between a crocodile called Elvis and his lawn mower  (smh.com.au) (22)


Mon December 26, 2011
(Mirror.co.uk) Cool Nigella Lawson goes from pleasingly zaftig to oh my I'll be in my bunk  (mirror.co.uk) (98)


Sat December 24, 2011
(Daily Mail) Obvious Assange may face spy charges after lawyers claim he 'coached' U.S. traitor on breaking military computer passwords  (dailymail.co.uk) (114)
(Daily Mail) Stupid "By using a five-foot-tall cannabis plant as a Christmas tree, Richards showed a total disregard for the law." (w/stoner Christmas pic)  (dailymail.co.uk) (90)


Fri December 23, 2011
(Daily Mail) Spiffy Leonardo DiCaprio continues on his quest to bang Victoria's Secret model. All of them. FLAWLESS VICTORY  (dailymail.co.uk) (50)


Thu December 22, 2011
(Sun Sentinel) Hero 81-year old woman beats up the gun-toting man who mugged her daughter, demands he get off her lawn. Sure, it happened in Florida, but this woman deserves the Hero tag  (sun-sentinel.com) (19)


Wed December 21, 2011
(Mercatus Center) Interesting #Occupy Their Lawn might be the move, what with the bluehairs soaking up half the federal budget in two decades' time  (mercatus.org) (45)
(Some Guy) Ironic Sony's attempt to rule out class-action lawsuits sparks class-action lawsuit  (gamespot.com) (40)


Tue December 20, 2011
(Starpulse) Followup "The Hangover Part II" copyright lawsuit sobers up, remembers what it did last night  (starpulse.com) (27)
(Buzzfeed) Scary Forty things that will make you feel old. GET OFF MY LAWN  (buzzfeed.com) (282)


Mon December 19, 2011
(Canada.com) Obvious British lawmakers blame police tactics for severity of August riots. Police outraged, insist they used no tactics whatsoever  (canada.com) (32)
(Some Guy) Interesting What do Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, eBay and British Telecom have in common? Probably lawyers and certainly a hatred for all things Google  (fosspatents.blogspot.com) (18)


Sun December 18, 2011
(LA Times) Weird To all of you who wanted to live outside the law in the middle of the desert next door to a donkey-riding hippie named Half-Pint  (latimes.com) (45)
(LiveLeak) Unlikely In this house, we do not obey the laws of thermodynamics  (liveleak.com) (48)


Sat December 17, 2011
(Beatcalls) Stupid The same laws of motion that govern spitting out the car window while driving apply to throwing pot out the car window while the cops are chasing you (w/ pic)  (beatcalls.com) (53)
(Telegram) Scary Online criminal background checks may be accurate 99% of the time. Maybe. The remaining 1% leaves you homeless and class action lawyers rich  (telegram.com) (77)


Fri December 16, 2011
(UPI) Florida Don King's turkey truck hijacked. This is an audacious, fallacious, hellacious, and vexatious crime intended to stupify, horrify, and mystify our mortified law enforcement officials and poultrified spectators  (upi.com) (11)
(Detroit News) Cool Out of ideas to save his failing state, Michigan governor signs law allowing residents to just blow the place up. Salute  (detnews.com) (60)
(Some Guy) Followup Hospital won't perform surgery on your wife. Do you A.) Get second opinion, B.) File lawsuit, or C.) Threaten to kill Obama and blow up the hospital  (clarionledger.com) (99)
(AL.com) Stupid Lawsuit filed to prevent Obama from appearing on ballot. Even in birtherism, Alabama lags behind  (blog.al.com) (169)


Thu December 15, 2011
(Some Guy) Dumbass Not news: A former administrative assistant for the Maine Trial Lawyers Association admitted in court this morning to embezzling $166,000. FARK: Most of the money was used to purchase sheep and thugs  (kjonline.com) (29)
(USA Today) Sick Sandusky's lawyer: "Teaching a person to shower at the age of 12 or 14 sounds strange to some people ... like how to put soap on their body." ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  (content.usatoday.com) (172)
(St. Petersburg Times) Florida Guess which state will not be participating in the NTSB's suggestion to ban texting while driving, because all the lawmakers already do that. Go on, guess  (tampabay.com) (179)
(SFGate) Dumbass Ah, lawyers. Is there anything they won't steal?  (sfgate.com) (20)
(Short List) Asinine So guys, what shall we wrap our 204kgs of cocaine in so as not to draw the attention of the law? Adolf, your hand was up first  (shortlist.com) (24)
(Some Guy) Interesting Freedom From Religion Foundation: "If the county can put a Nativity scene on the courthouse lawn, then we can hang a sign saying there are no gods." County officials: "YOINK"  (kltv.com) (475)
(The New York Times) Interesting Men are oppressing women by allowing women to earn more with better jobs while staying home playing video games, drinking beer, watching porn and boffing their mother-in-laws  (nytimes.com) (251)


Wed December 14, 2011
(Norwich Bulletin) Obvious Man argues that lawyers should be permitted to f*ck their clients outside the courtroom as well  (norwichbulletin.com) (67)
(io9) Amusing Why toast always lands buttered-side down. Behold the Law of Toast  (io9.com) (83)


Tue December 13, 2011
(Mother Nature Network) Interesting Eggnog, undercooked poultry, and nine other things that could ruin your Christmas. Your in-laws surprisingly absent from the list  (mnn.com) (90)
(Think Progress) Asinine Fiscal conservative™ and small government Governor of South Dakota looking to borrow another $1 million to defend their unconstitutional anti-abortion law in court  (thinkprogress.org) (147)
(Examiner) Stupid If you are going to lie about your son-in-law pulling a gun on you, be sure he didn't record you putting two slugs into his chest on his iPhone  (examiner.com) (182)
(LiveLeak) Amusing WARNING: Agent Bear 14 has broken cover. Repeat, Agent Bear 14 has broken cover. Deploy cover story. Send lawyers, guns. and money  (liveleak.com) (26)


Mon December 12, 2011
(Some Guy) Asinine Do you collect rainwater in big barrels? You're now breaking the law because, according to the government, "that rain belongs to someone else"  (majortrend.tv) (285)


Sun December 11, 2011
(Reuters) Obvious After their tough new immigration law has so far succeeded only in ensuring neither Honda or Mercedes will ever build a plant there; Alabama thinks the law might could stand to be tweaked jest a little  (af.reuters.com) (177)


Sat December 10, 2011
(The Hill) Fail Lawmaker wants to strip TSA officers of badges. "TSA has essentially allowed its airport screeners to play dress-up by giving them metal badges and police-like uniforms". Also allowed them to play doctor  (thehill.com) (333)
(Some Guy) Amusing "She was a difficult mother and a horrendous mother-in-law. She will STILL be missed"  (ydr.com) (49)


Fri December 09, 2011
(CNBC) Ironic New laws designed to protect consumers from credit card fees actually costing them more  (cnbc.com) (42)


Thu December 08, 2011
(Some Guy) Amusing Disgraced and disbarred former personal injury lawyer finds redemption in music - as a Tea Party rapper  (digbatonrouge.com) (56)
(CBS News) Obvious Confirmed: Newly acquired documents show that the Obama Administration intended to use the covert gunwalker operation "Fast and Furious" to argue for controversial new laws regulating U.S. gun sales  (cbsnews.com) (765)


Wed December 07, 2011
(TwinCities.com) Cool Governor Walker signs bill that says lawyers shouldn't get paid more than three times what they win for their clients. In other news, Bar Association backs recall  (twincities.com) (121)
(USA Today) Amusing Mitt Romney: "I'll name my cabinet before I'm elected". US Federal Law: "If you do, you'll be fined or imprisoned"  (content.usatoday.com) (119)


Mon December 05, 2011
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) Amusing Republican lawmakers: "People receiving public funds should be regularly drug tested." Democratic lawmaker: "You mean like legislators? Good idea"  (ajc.com) (205)
(The Local - France) Unlikely France passes law banning prostitution by criminalizing paying for sex, thus guaranteeing married men will never get laid again  (thelocal.fr) (49)


Sun December 04, 2011
(New York Daily News) Strange Lawyer is not feeling irie after he's awarded only $1.50 for successfully defending the religous right of a prisoner to not have his dreadlocks touched by guards  (nydailynews.com) (29)


Sat December 03, 2011
(Some Guy) Asinine School puts up Ten Commandments display. Student complains, prompts ACLU to file lawsuit. Of course, the school wants to force the court to release the student's name and are calling him a "coward" for remaining anonymous  (roanoke.com) (411)
(The New York Times) Fail In a bid to help law enforcement officers with cognitive difficulties, the Border patrol and other agencies are purging anyone intelligent enough to question the drug war  (nytimes.com) (189)
(TimeFreePress) Fail Sex with minors, snorting crushed pills, storing porn on city owned phones, shooting other officers and running from other law enforcement agencies... just another day in the Cleveland (Tennessee) Police Department  (timesfreepress.com) (55)
(The Raw Story) Asinine When Alabama arrested one foreign car executive under its new immigration law, that might have been a fluke. But now they've gone and done it again  (rawstory.com) (176)


Fri December 02, 2011
(Washington Post) Spiffy Law school students provided puppies for exam study break, allowed to cuddle, play and bond, then required to kill them with their bare hands and eat them  (washingtonpost.com) (62)
(JSOnline) Followup NFL attempt to stop lawsuit from fans screwed over by Jerry Jones's greed fails  (jsonline.com) (41)
(Gawker) Dumbass News: Herman Cain's lawyer goes on Piers Morgan's show to answer questions about Cain's alleged affair. Fark: He refuses to do so and then fights with Morgan (w/ video)  (gawker.com) (9)
(BusinessWeek) Asinine Hey. Hey you. Hey buddy. Buddy buddy buddy. Buddy, check out these new laws available for purchase  (businessweek.com) (15)
(Gawker) Interesting A guide to 3-Grammy-nominated Skrillex and Dubstep music for the 'Get off my lawn' crowd  (gawker.com) (184)


Thu December 01, 2011
(Ars Technica) Followup Sen. Franken demands answers from Carrier IQ, suggests phone snooping violates federal law  (arstechnica.com) (58)
(truTV) Asinine When designing a bikini lap dance contest, don't place flimsy lawn chairs on the edge of the stage, or else drunk college kids will fall over and be further humiliated...Okay, on second thought, do  (trutv.com) (124)
(Forbes) Followup Ohm's law says carriers may face resistance  (forbes.com) (22)
(New York Daily News) Interesting Lady Gaga says spinach and orgasms are how she maintains such flawless skin. Subby would help out there, except that girls who wear Peter Gabriel's old Genesis costumes aren't quite his thing  (nydailynews.com) (50)


Wed November 30, 2011
(Some Master) Spiffy The reason there's no pristine digital restoration of "Manos: The Hands of Fate?" Because until now, no one has had a flawless workprint to use  (manosinhd.com) (195)
(Gamma Squad) Cool The next five F&SF series that need to come to TV: "Any novel series that features zombie saber-toothed tigers should automatically be made into a TV show. That should be a law"  (gammasquad.uproxx.com) (216)
(Deadline) Interesting There's more than meets the eye in this Paramount lawsuit  (deadline.com) (17)
(Washington Post) Stupid It's only been about a year since lawmakers called for a total end to earmarks, so it should come as no surprise to you at all that lawmakers slipped hundreds of earmarks into recent legislation  (washingtonpost.com) (28)
(My Fox DC) Interesting 1 lawmaker + 1 underage prostitute + 161 more prostitutes = 0 days in jail, thanks to his lawyer, otherwise known as "the best lawyer in the world"  (myfoxdc.com) (63)


Tue November 29, 2011
(Daily Mail) Fail Family undertakes lawsuit after grave diggers jump on 91-year-old's casket to force it into hole that was too small  (dailymail.co.uk) (50)
(Washington Times) Fail Obama uses taxpayer cash to back ACORN name changes used to dodge the law  (washingtontimes.com) (171)
(Daily Kos) Scary You know that whole military not being able to arrest civilians thing? What about the laws against indefinite detention? Sen McCain and Sen Levin are trying to change that  (dailykos.com) (254)


Mon November 28, 2011
(The Smoking Gun) Amusing Not news: Man gets busted for video recording a woman in the bathroom. FARK: Man was recording his mother-in-law. (with "cue up the banjo" mugs)  (thesmokinggun.com) (66)
(Yahoo) Unlikely A lawyer for Chick-fil-A said in a letter that the use of the "eat more kale" message is likely to cause confusion of the public with their phrase "eat mor chikin"  (finance.yahoo.com) (150)
(TC Palm) Florida Florida man accused of shooting a lawn mower and brawling with his son tells cops, "Fighting is what redneck people do." Cops concede that, but say blasting a riding mower with a .380 pistol crosses the line  (blogs.tcpalm.com) (54)
(Some Guy) Asinine If law enforcement needs to take over your Facebook account so that they can pretend to be you while they investigate your friends, then Facebook will not require a warrant, court order, or subpoena, just a polite request  (dailydot.com) (88)


Sun November 27, 2011
(PhysOrg.com) Interesting Common disk encryption software is so good it makes the disk unreadable to local and federal law enforcement, according to a press release from Pedobear.org  (physorg.com) (92)


Sat November 26, 2011
(Spokesman.com) Followup Twenty years later, lawyer determines Ronald Reagan was not criminally liable in the Iran-Contra affair  (spokesman.com) (105)
(Some Guy) Interesting Police superintendent whose force ran radar speed trap is outraged after judge enforces Pennsylvania law banning local police from using radar  (delcotimes.com) (75)
(CTV) Strange Ottawa man finds flaw in Starbucks gift cards. For one thing, they have to be used at Starbucks  (ctv.ca) (37)


Fri November 25, 2011
(Some Guy) Dumbass "You're an officer of the law and you're scared of a Jack Russell? Do you want that kind of person protecting you?"  (baynews9.com) (163)


Thu November 24, 2011
(GameSpot) Followup EA: Sorry PS3 gamers who bought BF3, we aren't including BF1943 like we promised. Gamers: Okay, here is a lawsuit. EA: Sorry, there seem to be some misunderstandings here  (gamespot.com) (70)


Wed November 23, 2011
(Philly.com) Interesting Penn State lawyers claimed that PA open records law would fark them in the ass  (philly.com) (48)
(Komo) Fail Not News: 6th grader falls asleep in class. News: His punishment? Being forced to mow the school lawn. FARK: He has special needs and a medical condition causing him to sleep  (komonews.com) (128)


Tue November 22, 2011
(PCWorld) Dumbass Apple profusely thanks and rewards a hacker who finds serious security flaws in the App Store. Just kidding. They threw him out of the developer program. Tag is for Apple  (pcworld.com) (55)
(ESPN) Followup Sandusky's lawyer anticipates more charges. Against his client or against him?  (m.espn.go.com) (57)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop this spicy hot lawman  (thisweekinblackness.com) (92)
(Boston.com) PSA When you go to Thanksgiving dinner, be sure to share this advice with your parent, in-law, sister, roommate's mom, or whoever. Report back to Fark on Friday  (boston.com) (113)
(Huffington Post) Obvious Neo-nazis adopt a road in Delaware and agree to keep it clean, although locals notice that suddenly there's a lot more noticeable white trash when they show up  (huffingtonpost.com) (50)
(Showbiz Spy) Obvious Robert Pattinson thinks his Twilight character is "flawed and ugly," gay  (showbizspy.com) (20)
(USA Today) Strange After you acquire truckloads of money and fame as the star of L.A. Law, what do you do? Well, you lose your mind and spend your money on snow globes. Eight thousand of them  (usatoday.com) (53)


Mon November 21, 2011
(NME) Interesting Liam Gallagher sobers up, resumes lawsuit against brother Noel, gets drunk again  (nme.com) (15)
(Some Guy) Dumbass While running aroung like a chicken with his head cut off squawking about creating jobs, Obama fails to notice that his signature health care law is doing the exact opposite  (blog.heritage.org) (190)
(USA Today) Stupid Windows 95 lawsuit going to trial. Moses, King Tut, Julius Caesar and other Windows 95 users expected to be called as witnesses  (usatoday.com) (159)


Sun November 20, 2011
(CNN) Asinine Newt Gingrich: Laws preventing child labor are "truly stupid"   (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (529)


Fri November 18, 2011
(Some Guy) Dumbass Alabama enticed Mercedes Benz to build a plant in their state but then arrests their German executives under their new tough immigration laws  (timesfreepress.com) (289)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Spiffy Council votes to loosen laws that separate church and alcohol. The spirits of Christ compelled them  (startribune.com) (20)


Thu November 17, 2011
(Daily Mail) Followup Mariah Yeaters' lawyers don't know what a Justin Bieber is, but her paternity suit is again newly pressed and ready for him to try on  (dailymail.co.uk) (32)
(Huffington Post) Interesting Walmart agrees to settle class-action suit involving alledged anti-trust agreement with Netflix. We get gift cards, the lawyers get hookers and blow  (huffingtonpost.com) (11)
(Statesman) Strange In Texas, the law that requires cars to display license plates expires January 1  (statesman.com) (67)


Wed November 16, 2011
(3 News New Zealand) Interesting Lucy Lawless rallies against deep drilling. Can we still cuddle?  (3news.co.nz) (76)
(Washington Post) Obvious The IRS, lawyers, Paris Hilton, and the US becoming a communist nation are all more popular than Congress  (washingtonpost.com) (142)


Tue November 15, 2011
(Daily Kos) Asinine Hours after taking up the case, Justices Scalia, Thomas were guests of honor at a party thrown by the law firm challenging health-care reform  (dailykos.com) (205)
(New York Daily News) Sick Jerry Sandusky's lawyer once impregnated a 16-year-old client. We're gonna need a "Pennsylvania" tag  (nydailynews.com) (389)
(Cracked) Amusing Bruce Lee dies and has a casket boner and then goes to hell, but he takes over and outlaws gambling and teaches Popeye kung fu and beats up Dracula. After that this gets a little weird  (cracked.com) (61)
(Media Matters) Stupid Country & western musician and noted health industry expert Collin Raye weighs in on health reform law  (mediamatters.org) (36)


Mon November 14, 2011
(PennLive) Amusing When hiring an attorney connected to the largest pedo case in the US, it might be good to doublecheck the names of your lawyers  (pennlive.com) (104)


Sun November 13, 2011
(Yahoo) Dumbass When making up a story for police about how your toddler went missing; make sure it's not exactly like the plot of a "Law and Order" episode. Particularly not the one that aired the night before your baby went "missing"  (news.yahoo.com) (77)
(Mental Floss) Interesting Eleven sounds kids have probably never heard in their lives. Because they've always got those damn headphones on and they're always playing with their cell phones. Get off my lawn  (mentalfloss.com) (373)


Fri November 11, 2011
(NJ.com) Interesting NCIS Cold Case Homicide working on 1992 Marine murder. There is no Prime Suspect, but they hope a new Dragnet by the Numb3rs will restore Law & Order by catching these Criminal Minds  (nj.com) (61)
(CBS 4 Denver) Asinine Nurses file lawsuit over the time it takes them to get dressed and undressed, argue they should get paid for the extra 15 minutes a day. This will set a horrible precedent for strippers if they win  (denver.cbslocal.com) (119)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Moments after lawmakers pass a law to stop global warming, a freak rainstorm drenches their drought-stricken region. Too bad they didn't legalize prostitution  (heraldsun.com.au) (122)


Thu November 10, 2011
(The Hollywood Reporter) Asinine "Law & Order: SVU" actress Tamara Tunie scammed out of $1 milion by her accountant. This is her story. *CHA-CHING*  (hollywoodreporter.com) (23)


Wed November 09, 2011
(ABC) Sad "Family Circus" cartoonist Bil Keane dead at 89. Funeral procession to pass through schoolyard, neighbor's lawn, baseball diamond, train tracks, and abandoned factory  (abcnews.go.com) (399)
(Yahoo) Followup Supporters of the MS "Personhood" ballot initiative say they're not going to let a little thing like the clearly and overwhelmingly expressed will of the people stop them from trying again to get the law passed in other ways  (news.yahoo.com) (150)
(The Hill) Amusing House Republican lawmakers want out of Norquist tax pledge: "I never considered it to be like my marriage vows"  (thehill.com) (155)
(CNN) Interesting Author of tough Arizona immigration law loses recall election to fellow Republican Jerry Lewis. Lewis was said to have benefitted from strong turnout among Latinos, college students, and LADIES  (cnn.com) (67)


Tue November 08, 2011
(CNN) Obvious Totally unconstitutional Obamacare law that will never withstand legal challenges and violates every constitutional principle ever... once again judged constitutional  (cnn.com) (204)
(BBC) Interesting Welsh law would keep Welsh from welshing on organ donations. Welsh  (bbc.co.uk) (56)
(Talking Points Memo) PSA Today, Mississippi votes to determine whether or not to outlaw birth control and remove birth rights from all women   (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) (143)
(Huffington Post) Stupid Mississippi's proposed new law defining a fertilized egg as a person could force coroners to investigate miscarriages and allow people to sue on behalf of an egg that didn't implant in the uterus due to birth control  (huffingtonpost.com) (209)


Mon November 07, 2011
(Some Guy) Obvious Bank of America loses $410 million overdraft class action lawsuit. After attorneys' fees, the average customer can expect a $27 check. In other news, BofA announces $30 "Overdraft Award Fee"  (wfaa.com) (32)
(Some Guy) Dumbass When someone videotapes a public employee doing something stupid, the correct answer is not "It's against the by-law to videotape me". Especially when it's not  (owensoundsuntimes.com) (61)


Sun November 06, 2011
(Chicago Sun-Times) Spiffy Arrests of illegal immigrants down 43% on Arizona border, a significant drop that indicates the Arizona illegal immigration law is working  (suntimes.com) (191)


Sat November 05, 2011
(Roanoke Times) Dumbass Not news: Salem High School marching band flawlessly executes halftime show with artistry and precision. Fark: with an escaped, mostly-nekkid Noid of some kind running amuck among them carrying a stolen flag  (roanoke.com) (46)


Fri November 04, 2011
(LA Times) PSA Dumbest man on planet to fly lawnchair over Baghdad, lifted by hundreds of balloons. I guess that's one way to get in some target practice  (latimesblogs.latimes.com) (46)
(ABC) Cool MF Global CEO hires criminal defense attorney because of all those pesky unnecessary criminal laws. He just needs government off of his back  (abcnews.go.com) (90)
(CBS 46 Atlanta) Dumbass Authorities match up sex offender's ankle monitor GPS coordinates and the location of three reports of indecent exposure, consider also charging him with assault for giving his lawyer a migrane  (cbsatlanta.com) (8)


Thu November 03, 2011
(Celebitchy) Interesting Jennifer Lawrence tries to distance "Hunger Games" from "The Twilight Saga." Good luck with THAT  (celebitchy.com) (46)
(Mirror.co.uk) Scary Justin Beiber on Twitter: "I did not lose my virginity to a random 20-year-old fan and get her pregnant after a 30 second sex romp backstage." Justin Beiber to girl's lawyer: "I plead the fifth"  (mirror.co.uk) (291)
(National Post) Asinine City of Calgary tolerates Communists violating bylaws, but has no problem prosecuting heroic Christians for same infractions  (life.nationalpost.com) (99)


Wed November 02, 2011
(Some Guy) Florida Republican-led state senate finally passes a jobs bill. Well, it will create a lot of work for lawyers, anyway  (pnj.com) (25)
(Some Guy) Obvious You can only stab so many defense lawyers before the judge stops giving you new ones  (heraldnet.com) (39)


Tue November 01, 2011
(Crooks & Liars) Asinine While millions of Americans are out of work, Congress is furiously busy passing a law that shoves Christianity into your face everywhere you look  (crooksandliars.com) (198)
(The Raw Story) Scary Japan lawmaker drinks water from Fukushima plant, gives glowing review  (rawstory.com) (48)


Mon October 31, 2011
(Washington Post) Dumbass Woman gets 54 years in pizza murder. Geez, should subby call a lawyer? He just killed two larges last night  (washingtonpost.com) (40)
(NineMSN) Interesting Taylor Swift calls in lawyers over photo of topless lookalike being published. Lawyers insist that they can prove it's not Swift because the topless model is capable of different facial expressions  (news.ninemsn.com.au) (51)


Sun October 30, 2011
(Fox News) Asinine If you've ever wondered what is meant by "the letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law", here's your answer  (foxnews.com) (731)
(Yahoo) Cool JoePa tells Illinois to get off his snowy lawn  (news.yahoo.com) (20)


Fri October 28, 2011
(WorldNetDaily) Silly Hey, instead of trying to find a GOP candidate that can defeat Obama in the next election, why not just file a lawsuit that will prevent Obama from running? What could possibly go wrong?  (wnd.com) (154)


Thu October 27, 2011
(Some Guy) Sad Son of Murphy's Law namesake proves that if anyone can go wrong, they will  (offender.fdle.state.fl.us) (31)


Wed October 26, 2011
(Contact Music) Sappy Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. miss each other when they aren't working together. Awwwwwwwww  (contactmusic.com) (24)
(NW Florida Daily News) Florida Cops stop you as you walk down the street and ask if you have any drugs on you. The wrong thing to say is: A) I need a lawyer? B) I need a lawyer? C) I need a lawyer? D) Just less than an ounce of weed?  (nwfdailynews.com) (61)
(I Got A Rock) Asinine Food allergy jihadists set up alternative Halloween in abandoned parking lot in Tuscon. Naturally, they've outlawed costumes, pumpkins, and candy, but children will certainly thrill to the awesome spectacle of tar fumes and 120 degree heat  (blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com) (150)


Tue October 25, 2011
(CTNow) Weird ♫ Weekend should be Halloween, Halloween, Halloween ♫ Weekend should be Halloween ♫ Says lawmaker ♫  (ctnow.com) (92)
(Some Guy) Obvious Wisconsin lawmakers to vote on making malt liquor part of a well-balanced breakfast  (duluthnewstribune.com) (61)


Mon October 24, 2011
(Washington Post) Dumbass Law enforcement to drug-dealing gang members: We see what you did there. And by "there" we mean your Facebook page. The one with all the comments about drug dealing and the photographs of you flashing gang signs under gang graffiti  (mobile.washingtonpost.com) (48)
(Yahoo) Stupid Harley to recall 300,000 motorcycles. Noted not for the number, but for the fact that HD finally broke down and issued a recall for an embarrasingly obvious design flaw  (news.yahoo.com) (95)


Sun October 23, 2011
(Fox News) Sad "The transitional government leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil set out a vision for the post-Qaddafi future with an Islamist tint, saying that Islamic Sharia law would be the "basic source" of legislation in the country"  (foxnews.com) (232)
(The Hollywood Reporter) Interesting New lawsuit claims that Poison stole their songs from some bar band. Someone actually wants to take credit for writing Poison's songs?  (hollywoodreporter.com) (43)
(LA Daily News) Obvious State and national policies on pot are confusing and should be reconciled, say people who are too high to remember that federal law trumps state law  (dailynews.com) (132)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Turns out, Tennessee's Voter ID law is so strict, it won't allow a 91 year-old woman to get an ID because she couldn't stand in line for hours at the DMV   (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) (206)


Sat October 22, 2011
(Gawker) Misc Prince Harry dates California cocktail waitress who looks exactly like his sister-in-law Kate Middleton. The aristocrats  (gawker.com) (40)
(smart money) Unlikely Bill introduced to let you keep your account number when switching banks. Banking lawyers hurriedly trying to figure out a way to profit from this  (blogs.smartmoney.com) (52)


Fri October 21, 2011
(People Magazine) Strange Joey Lawrence is ripped. WHOA  (people.com) (76)
(Washington Post) Stupid How's a Federal law requiring a mandatory one-year waiting period before you get divorced sound to you? Sound good? All right then, let's do this  (washingtonpost.com) (132)
(UPI) Fail Man posed as federal agent to dodge debt. Because you're reading this on Fark, you can safely assume that his plan had some major flaws  (upi.com) (30)


Thu October 20, 2011
(ABC) Sick Bernie Maddoff writes letter to his dead son's daughter-in-law from jail, tells her he is doing the time of his life and informs her about "great new investment possiblity"  (abcnews.go.com) (114)
(Talking Points Memo) Obvious Voter ID laws in the south working just as well as they always have   (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) (186)
(Cincinnati Enquirer) Dumbass Flawless plan to extort money from local business reads like something from an episode of Scooby Doo: "police suddenly saw the bucket begin to move and watched it go from the field into nearby woods"  (news.cincinnati.com) (54)


Wed October 19, 2011
(Some Guy) Fail Dear Customer, Thank you for quietly notifying us of a glaring security flaw in our website. Please accept this complimentary gift basket containing a police visit, blame for the issue, a bill for fixing it and termination of your account  (techdirt.com) (86)
(Some Guy) Sad Ebay, I mean, Louisiana law makes it illegal to buy second hand goods with cash  (klfy.com) (281)


Tue October 18, 2011
(BBC) Dumbass Actress sues IMDB over it publishing her age. As a bonus, she's doing it so people don't find out her age. I'm sure the lawsuit will not draw any attention to her  (bbc.co.uk) (80)
(The Daily Beast) Spiffy While lawmakers in the US hem and haw over a few billion dollars, European leaders have agreed to a two-trillion euro rescue fund. Go big or go home, indeed  (thedailybeast.com) (108)
(Some Guy) Dumbass What do a lawnmower, unauthorized hedge trimming, after dark traffic blockage, and a 0.312 DWI have in common? South Louisiana  (fox8live.com) (11)
(C|Net) Spiffy If you plan on being a part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, you need this app that lets you quickly alert your family, friends, and lawyers that the cops have arrested you  (download.cnet.com) (95)
(ABC) Misc Mother of missing baby has nothing to hide...according to lawyer who must know she already did the hiding  (abcnews.go.com) (78)


Sat October 15, 2011
(Onion AV Club) Obvious Headline removed by Lady Gaga's lawyers  (origin.avclub.com) (57)

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