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Feels Like Blackmail as ICM Registry XXX Domains Spark Lawsuit Legal Problems

December 6, 2011 9:12pm by editor

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The dot-com world is about to crash for even federal trademark holders as the more than hush-hush release of .xxx domain names is unleashed--at a price. Now anyone can buy your good name as ICM Registry change is no longer top-secret. Now business owners, those owning marks and the U.S. courts can look forward to battles thanks to the company, ICANN and domain registration companies. Read more

Not So Old Geezer Bandit Drops Day Planner as FBI Hopes for Bank Robber Arrest

December 6, 2011 4:03pm by editor

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Bank video surveillance showed pictures looking a lot like Bulger. And then there seemed possible confirmation based on the huge amounts of cash found at the Whitey Bulger home in Santa Monica. Read more

Crank Calls Make a Comeback with a New Twist as One Man Plays Breast Doctor

December 3, 2011 12:34am by editor

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Of course you don't want private medical records out of your hands--but what if someone who isn't really a physician phones you to fill in any gaps in those docs? If you get a call from a doctor who inquires about breast exams, it may just be a clue he's a phony. Especially if he asks you dirty things in the night. Read more

Swede Randomly Bursts into Flames Outside Gothenberg Train Station Music Store

November 29, 2011 10:58pm by editor

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If there's no such thing as spontaneous combustion related to humans, one man seems intent on proving otherwise. Swedish police are trying to identify a guy who onlooker say burst into flames outside of a train station. And no one can figure out how a man randomly became part of a fire. Read more

Texas Man Claims Twins are His But Sperm was Stolen in Houston Lawsuit

November 29, 2011 7:21pm by editor

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There's been a surge in twins over recent years--and the subjects of fertility treatments and sperm donors ranking as hot topics for debate. But one guy claims he's not a donor in the birth of twins where he claims stolen sperm. It's one weird court battle where a Houston man says his twin sons are his but that sperm was taken without his knowledge. Read more

Felon Sues 160 LA Businesses Supposedly Disabled James Cahon Busted on Steep Hike

November 14, 2011 1:12am by editor

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He’s the semi-automatic collecting senior who's working his way toward 200 lawsuits against Los Angeles small businesses. Many claim those suits are fraud. He claims disability, end-stage emphysema that typically requires organ transplant. But ABC found the senior hiking a steep hill without wheelchair, walker or oxygen tank--and it's on video. Read more

Teen Plans Sex with Two Women But Instead Gets Cut 300 Times in Satanic Ritual Stabbing

November 10, 2011 11:18pm by editor

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The two woman police arrested in Milwaukee allegedly stabbed a man 300 times in a sex scene the guy described as having "got quickly out of hand." No kidding. Cops found Satanic books onhand. And bloody rope, some duct tape and of course knives. One woman isn't so sure whether her roommate may be involved with Satanism or the occult.
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Never Joke About Stealing Candy from Trick or Treating Twins Packing 9 mm Guns Ammo

November 7, 2011 1:44am by editor

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Holidays are important stuff for kids--with treats apparently really, really important. A woman who was joking about stealing a young boy's candy got quite a surprise. She got a gun pulled on her. Someone must have taught the boy about a constitutional right to bear arms as protected by the 2nd Amendment. They just forgot to tell him he was supposed to be an adult before doing it. Read more

Pissed Customer Pees in RBC Deposit Tube Near Facebook Bank Transfer Day

November 7, 2011 12:27am by editor

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Call it coincidental timing, or call it pre-defined: While the bank protest circulated via Facebook is in the news, one man has apparently chosen his own and very unique method for protesting against a financial institution. He peed in a RBC bank deposit tube after vocal complaints of bad customer service. Read more

Doctor Wants to Change Brown Eyes to Blue by Burning Pigment in Laser Surgery

November 6, 2011 9:18pm by editor

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Those who've always been envious of 'piercing blues' just may have their wish come true. Or, at least kind of. And it doesn't involve color contacts. A Southern California doctor--and former entertainment lawyer--plans to change brown eyes to shades of blue. It's permanent and involves burning away pigment. Doctor Gregg Homer claims the color-changing eye laser surgery is completely safe. Read more

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