Miscellaneous

• The Jury is still out on the Letterman Extortion Case

  Paul Napoli | October 07, 2009 11:43 AM | 8 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Legal experts around the country are in disagreement as to how comedian David Letterman should have handled threats of extortion against him. Some think it was wise to contact the authorities...

• CDC Considering Mandatory Circumcision for Baby Boys to Stop Spread of HIV

  David Mittleman | August 30, 2009 11:42 AM | 8 CommentsLansing, MI

  The Centers for Disease Control are currently considering making routine circumcision mandatory for baby boys born in the United States. Circumcision is considered a method of reducing the spread of...

• Kinston Man Attacked By Ferocious Pit Bulls Feared For His Life

  Rick Shapiro | May 06, 2009 4:37 PM | 8 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A Kinston, North Carolina (NC) man is recuperating only days after he was attacked my two menacing Pit Bulls that were apparently on the loose in his neighborhood. The victim, L.H. Clemmons, has...

• Medical Marijuana, ID Cards, and Sacramento County

  Amber Wheat | December 18, 2008 4:19 PM | 8 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Since 1996, medicinal use of marijuana for certain medical cases has been legal in California. In 2003, the state decided that ID cards should be issued on the county level to identify patients who...

• Two Foreclosure Relief Plans that Don't Require a Government Bailout?

  Paul Kiesel | October 27, 2008 5:22 PM | 8 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  As noted last week, the FDIC and Congress both have foreclosure bailout plan proposals that would require the government to buy under water mortgages and place those borrowers into government backed...

• Reserve Yield Plus Fund (RYPQX) – Hurry up and wait…

  NBR Law | October 16, 2008 1:55 PM | 8 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Neither Reserve or TDAmeritrade have released any information regarding when the fund’s shares will begin trading, or at what price. I have spoken to over 100 investors who are ready...

• Baton Rouge Devastated by Gustav--Forgetten by Main Stream Media

  Peter Wetherall | September 05, 2008 1:52 PM | 8 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been forgotten by main stream media. Hurricane Gustav recently made landfall in Louisiana. The main stream media organizations were camped out in New Orleans waiting to...

• On Mortgage Fraud: McCain vs. Obama

  Paul Kiesel | September 04, 2008 8:13 PM | 8 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Senators Barack Obama and John McCain want to go after predatory lenders. Senator Obama, contrary to Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin's claims about his Senate record in her acceptance speech at the...

• What's Happened to Civility and Shared Sacrifice? Romney Pledges to Repeal Obama Care

  Mark Bello | January 11, 2012 5:43 PM | 7 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  I am almost 60 years old. I've lived through good times and bad, war and peace, conservative and liberal administrations. I've experienced periods of civility and compromise and periods...

• Vatican Denies Responsibility for Sexually Abusive Priests

  John McKiggan | August 23, 2011 5:08 PM | 7 CommentsHalifax, NS

  The Washington Post has reported on litigation in Oregon that seeks to prove that the Vatican should be held liable for alleged sexual abuse by Father Andrew Ronan. The lawsuit hopes to prove that...