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Ty Law spent the first half of the season waiting for the right team to come calling. Now that it has, he doesn't want to waste any more time getting back on the field. Complete Story...
Jude Law and his fellow cast mates in Broadway's production of "Hamlet" have no reason to be melancholy: They are an official hit.
Voters have defeated a measure to allow advertising signs and billboards along a small area on one of San Francisco's major roadways.
The California Supreme Court is set to hear arguments challenging a key section of a law aimed at protecting children from sexual predators.
Sheldon Cooper is narcissistic, socially awkward, childish, hurtful, naive, irascible, selfish, rude, and irrepressible.
A western Wisconsin farmer is the first person convicted of violating a law requiring owners to register their livestock with state officials.
Booksellers, video game dealers, newspaper publishers and other critics of an online child protection law encountered skepticism from state Supreme Court justices Tuesday for their free-speech arguments.
The Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case that pits defenders of online child protection against advocates of free speech.
Uruguay's Supreme Court on Monday declared unconstitutional a law that has provided amnesty to military officials accused of murders, disappearances and other human rights violations during the country's dictatorship.
A Nigerian lawmaker says parliament is considering a bill that will make it a criminal offense for hospitals and medical workers to delay or deny treatment of gunshot wounds.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an anti-paparazzi bill making it easier to sue media outlets that use photos that invade celebrities' privacy.
Argentina's Senate overwhelmingly approved a law that will transform the nation's media landscape on Saturday, and President Cristina Fernandez quickly signed it into law.
A federal law inspired by a New Hampshire woman's courage and enacted through her mother's determination took effect Friday, sparing seriously ill or injured college students from having to choose between taking time off and keeping their health insurance.
The Supreme Court will consider whether portions of a law that makes it a crime to provide "material support or resources" to designated terrorist groups are unconstitutional.
A state judge on Tuesday blocked implementation of several key parts of a new Arizona law restricting abortions, while allowing a few provisions to take effect.
Changes are afoot at "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," with charter cast member Vincent D'Onofrio exiting the USA Network series and recent recruit Jeff Goldblum taking over full-time.
Judges considering newly filed lawsuits face tight deadlines to decide whether parts of a new Arizona law that imposes restrictions on abortions will take effect next week as scheduled.
Two Maine co-workers who discovered they were long-lost brothers, and then found they had a half sister, were reunited with yet another sibling live on TODAY after she saw them on the air on Tuesday. “I think we’re all dumbfounded. But we can start getting to know each other now,” Randy Joubert said.
The state Court of Appeals on Thursday struck down an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification for voters, overturning on state constitutional grounds a strict law previously upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters overwhelmingly chose to throw conservative Islamic parties out of power.
A man was cited for cursing in public under a local law created back in 1887. Police said a 19-year-old man was cited Wednesday after he yelled obscenities at officers who had earlier given him a ticket for underage drinking. Officers said they could hear the man cursing at them from a block away. Several neighbors said they also heard the shouting.
Argentina's president made a major concession Monday as she seeks votes for a proposed media law, saying telephone companies should not be allowed to compete for television customers after all.
Steve Valdez, 54, was born without arms, so he has prosthetics. But they were of no help to him when a Tampa, Fla., bank refused to cash his check because he couldn’t supply the required form of identification — a thumbprint.
The governor should be allowed to name an interim replacement to the late Edward Kennedy's vacant Senate seat because it would help ensure health care overhaul legislation gets passed, Democrats told a packed Statehouse public hearing Wednesday.
The federal and state campaign finance laws and legal interpretations of them at stake as the Supreme Court hears a reargument of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:
Spiritus Legis & the Larrañaga Prison-Exchange-with-Spain Case[Manila, Philippines] In respect of the 1997 rape-slaying of two sisters which saw the conviction of Francisco Larrañaga and six others, you raise the point that Larrañaga's transfer of confinement to some penitentiary in Spain was not a miscarriage of justice because it was …
The LAPD fights crime, not illegal immigrationEarlier this month, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that 11 more locations across the United States have agreed to participate in a controversial law enforcement program known as 287(g).
Credit-card rates up before new lawHave you checked the interest rates on your credit cards lately? Odds are they're going way up.
Drug laws found to cause 'needless suffering.' What ever shall we do?The Constitution grants no authority for the government to meddle in the distribution of drugs, nor the practice of medicine. Restore the free market, as our grandparents knew it before 1914. Open the prison gates. Repeal all the drug laws. Now.
Girl 'cried rape after living out fantasy of having sex with two strangers'This is a good thing, and good because it may be the beginning of making it happen often, i.e. when it should be.
Suggestions offered to reduce emissionsMore telecommuting, more traffic circles and more mass-transit options will help the county reduce emissions of climate-warming gases, according to a new report from the University of San Diego School of Law that recommends solutions large and small for policymakers.
Ramming the climate bill through no matter whatThese people are tone deaf. Anyone really know what the cost of this abomination will be? Jobs? Prosperity? Equity? Wake up!
Prosecutors: We can frame you with impunityProsecutors trying to put you in prison for a crime you didn't commit can fabricate evidence, coerce witnesses into lying on the stand, and enjoy absolute immunity. They cannot go to prison. They cannot even be sued.
The end of us internet freedom looms - The InquirerWHILE MANY HAVE WELCOMED the unfettered reign of the Internet service providers (ISPs) coming to an end in the US in favour of network neutrality, a team of learned legal minds has warned that all might not be as it seems.
Disputed evidence in spotlight as Amanda Knox trial nears endCNN) -- Within weeks of British student Meredith Kercher's death in the vibrant college town of Perugia, Italy, prosecutors and police declared the case closed.
Climate change belief given same legal status as religionIn a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that "a belief in man-made climate change ... is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations".
Virginia's Elections Are UNCONSTITUTIONAL?!?!Yes, Virginia, your elections are unconstitutional, and frankly, no one in power gives a damn! Check it out if you want to know why the government doesn't listen to the voters any more.
Judge OKs Challenge to Patents on Human GenesA federal judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit can move forward against the Patent and Trademark Office and the research company that was awarded exclusive rights to human genes known to detect early signs of breast and ovarian cancer. More Articles
Some tag agents ignore donation-request lawSome Oklahoma tag agents are breaking a law that requires them to ask their customers to consider giving $1 for organ donation education.
Supreme Court Reviews California Woman's 1982 Murder A Third Time Fernando Belmontes was sentenced to death in 1982 for murdering a 19-year-old woman. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned his sentence three times. The case is back yet again before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lawyerese Goes Galactic as Contracts Try to Master the UniverseLawyers for years have added language to some contracts that stretches beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
Top drug advisor quits in protest - AOL NewsI have friends who work in ER etc... they all say " Every weekend is the same; casualties of Alcohol abuse & it gets darker..." The Government have closed their eyes 4 long enough! Decriminalise & then the police can focus their attention 2 more serious crime. The law
When citizens act like police - thestar.comDavid Chen has discovered that criminal justice has become a spectator sport. Members of the public are only allowed to watch from the sidelines.
The Pillars of Liberal ProgressivismIf you want to meet Liberal Progressives, this right-wing writer identifies their hangouts.
TARP on SteroidsWhat 9/11 didn't bring down in America's finances - the "Gold Man of Sacks", Tim Geithner, and his cabal will keep sacking our economy. It's TARP you all the way.
US president Barack set a January. 22 deadline to close Guantanamo. There is still much debate over his plan to hold some prisoners indefinitely.
Public Sees A Tilted Playing FieldWhen Peter Hart Associates asked registered voters recently who they felt was benefiting from the government's economic policies, the resounding answer was that the hundreds of billions poured into the economy have done far more to help those at the top of the economic food chain …
F.B.I. Raid Kills Islamic Group Leader in Michigan Federal authorities fatally shot a man they described as the leader of a violent Sunni Muslim separatist group in Detroit and took six others into custody during three raids on Wednesday. The leader, Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, was killed after he refused to surrender and began f …
Gangs flee N.Va.for havens in Md., D.C., report says | Washington ExaminerThis article speaks for itself. All of this can be corrected where we all can live in peace. It really doesn't have to be like this......
Immigrants sue feds over 2007 raidTen New Haven residents intend to file a lawsuit today against federal immigration agents and officials, accusing them of violating constitutional rights during the raids in New Haven on June 6, 2007.
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