The federal government has filed a lawsuit against BP, and several other related companies regarding the oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. Like many other companies who have also filed suit against BP, the Justice Department accuses BP of failing to take the “necessary precautions” to prevent the spill. The suit seeks to obtain…
DetailsThat’s right, Columbia University is in the news again, earlier this week it was for students selling drugs and now it is because a professor is being charged with incest. Political Science professor David Epstein is being accused of having a three-year long sexual relationship with his biological daughter. If convicted, Epstein would face up…
DetailsFive students have been arrested and charged with the criminal sale of a controlled substance at Columbia University. The students are accused selling LSD spiked candy on campus, as well as other drugs such as cocaine and heroin. The liquid LSD was applied to sweet tarts and other treats. One of the students claims he…
DetailsA war veteran, Ryan Newell, who is a double amputee has been charged with stalking members of Church in Kansas. The Church members routinely protest at the funerals of dead soldiers holding up signs saying statements like “Thank God for dead soldiers.” The Church members state that dead soldiers are a sign of God punishing…
DetailsDavid-Israel Zenon Murillo has been charged with first-degree murder and selling stolen property in Florida. Murillo allegedly murdered his counselor by strangling him and then using an ax to bludgeon him to death. The medical examiner’s officer has concluded that the counselor died as a result of blunt force trauma and strangulation. Murillo is accused…
DetailsSlaves Holders in New Jersey Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison That’s right, you read correctly. Slaves in America in 2010. A sad story of cruelty and injustice. Many girls were sent from West Africa to the United States under false pretenses that they would be educated. Once they got to the United States,…
DetailsChildren nowadays spend less time playing outside and more time in front of screens, whether it be a computer screen, television screen, a handheld game or simply on their phones. This naturally means children are often on websites or using the Internet to access their favorite games. Large companies often ask children to enter personal…
DetailsWarrens Jeffs was extradited on Utah to Texas earlier this week. Jeffs is being held without bail and is waiting to be tried on two charges of sexual assault of a child and bigamy. Jeffs has been in the media several times over the last decade for his role as the prophet of the Fundamentalist…
DetailsMuneer Awad, the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), filed a lawsuit earlier this month to halt the certification of election results that would ban consideration of Sharia law in Oklahoma Courts. Judge Miles-Lagrange granted Awad’s request to stop Oklahoma from adding a constitutional amendment that would forbid the use of Islamic or…
DetailsFormer House majority leader Tom Delay (R-Tex) was convicted of money laundering and conspiracy to engage in money laundering late last week by a Texas court. Texas law defines ‘money laundering’ as knowingly using “the proceeds of criminal activity.” Delay was also charged with a conspiracy to violate election law, but the court did not…
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