A German police officer will now get an extra week off of work per year—following his demands that he should be paid for the 15 minutes per day that it takes him to dress for duty. Read more
A Federal judge has declared a virtually unknown law to be unconstitutional: the Stolen Valor Act makes it a crime to falsely claim possession or award of a military medal or Purple Heart, the U.S. Read more
Lawyers drop a closely watched lawsuit against document-sharing site Scribd and a battle over a book, the website standing accused of copyright infringement by a kids’ author. Read more
Roman Polanski will now stay a free man to live abroad as Switzerland refuses to extradite the director following Polanski’s Swiss house arrest since September--claiming that its request for sealed Gu Read more
Johannes Mehserle--the white Oakland transit police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant, a young black man--has been deemed guilty by a jury, but not of murder. Read more
A late night joyride turned out to be less than joyous for an Iowa man arrested on suspicion of DUI/DWI charges at 1:00 in the morning—for driving a lawn mower drunk—on a vehicle vehicle that maxes ou Read more
White (BART) Oakland police officer Mehserle has been found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter by a Los Angeles jury—after a nearly execution-style New Year’s 2009 Oakland shooting death of an unarmed Read more
While California law says it’s illegal to use a cell or mobile phone without hands-free while driving, it’s not illegal to send or receive cell information that doesn’t involve another person accordin Read more
Artist Steve MacDonald noticed his artwork being used by Target—looks like the mega-store has incorporated what certainly appears to be the artist’s bicycle-themed artwork, in an allegation of copyrig Read more