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Mon, 01/24/2011 - 14:08 by Anter Prakash Singh
A conference held in Laguna Woods on Saturday advocated the use of medical cannabis for the elderly. While describing the benefits of cannabis, the speakers at the conference called for better quality control and self regulation.
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Sat, 01/15/2011 - 11:56 by Anter Prakash Singh
The federal government has proposed new guidelines regarding the food served to children at schools. The new rules aim at adding more fruits and vegetables and decreasing salts and fats from the daily school lunch.
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Mon, 12/06/2010 - 09:10 by Prince damin
Seoul -- South Korean actor Kim Sung-min was arrested in Seoul for allegedly using illegal drugs, officials said.
Kim was arrested at his apartment Friday after it was stormed by officials from the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, The Korea Herald reported.
Korea bans the import and use of illegal drugs such as methamphetamine; Kim allegedly told authorities he smuggled the drug from overseas and regularly used it in violation of the law.
In a message on Twitter, Kim said he is "deeply sorry for those who have been hurt and disappointed in me, including my family members and loved ones."
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Tue, 11/02/2010 - 09:56 by Prince damin
Little Rock, Ark. -- Rapper T.I. began his 11-month sentence in an Arkansas prison Monday after violating his probation in a 2007 gun case, law enforcement sources told TMZ.
The 30-year-old performer, whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge in connection with a 2007 incident in which he used a bodyguard to attempt to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers from an undercover government agent.
He served time in jail and a halfway house as part of the plea deal and wrapped up his sentence last March.
The recording artist had his probation revoked, however, after he was arrested for drug possession in September, TMZ said.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Fri, 10/29/2010 - 00:18 by Prince damin
Detroit -- U.S. attorneys are having a field day with a law that allows anyone to sue a business that keeps a patent number on a product too long, an attorney said.
With the recent change in the law allowing anyone to sue and collect half the fine for themselves, "Anyone can look at a product and see if it has an expired patent number and can sue. It's caused the opening of the floodgates," said patent attorney Tom Bejin at Radar Fishman & Grauer, a Michigan firm, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday.
"The economic incentive went from zero to 60 in three seconds," Bejin said.
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Wed, 10/13/2010 - 07:46 by Prince damin
Washington -- A Washington police officer sustained minor injuries when his vehicle was hit by a yellow Chevy Camaro during the filming "Transformers 3," authorities said.
The collision occurred Monday during the filming of a car-chase scene, Fox News reported.
Law enforcement sources told FOX 5 the police officer driving the sport utility vehicle involved in the crash is a 25-year veteran senior explosive ordinance technician who was on his way to answer a call for a suspicious package when he was hit by the Camaro known as Bumblebee in the film franchise.
The officer, whose name was not reported, is believed to have been using a different radio channel than the one used by officials securing the perimeter for the movie, the sources told Fox.
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Sat, 10/09/2010 - 00:38 by Prince damin
Fort Laderdale, Fla. -- A Florida judge ordered a man to repay $4,000 loaned to him by the father of his daughter's ex-husband.
Montel Nelson of Fort Lauderdale said he put $2,000 toward expenses for his son's 2008 wedding -- which led to a marriage of only one year -- and loaned $4,000 to father of the bride Wilma Pierre Louis, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday.
Nelson told Broward County Court Judge Martin Dishowitz the loan was never repaid.
However, Pierre Louis said the money was all part of Nelson's contribution to the $14,880 wedding fund.
"They were supposed to pay 50 percent of the bill," Pierre Louis said. "I have never been in a position where I needed to borrow $4,000."
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Fri, 10/08/2010 - 09:50 by Prince damin
Salt Lake City -- Stars of the TV show "Sister Wives" say they have hired a prominent constitutional law professor to represent them in case they are charged with bigamy in Utah.
The family's marital status and living arrangements are under investigation by the Lehi police and the Utah County Attorney's Office.
The Salt Lake Tribune said Kody Brown and his wives -- Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn -- have hired Jonathan Turley, a member of George Washington University's faculty, to represent them if they are charged with bigamy, a third-degree felony punishable by as much as five years in prison.
Turley is a frequent guest on cable news television, providing analysis on constitutional and other legal issues.
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Thu, 10/07/2010 - 07:30 by Prince damin
Detroit -- An administration judge in Michigan said the state needs to give 15,000 supervisors a pay raise of 3 percent that Gov. Jennifer Granholm has tried to rescind.
In a rare move, administration law judge William Hutchens awarded the non0union employees their attorney fees in the case, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday.
Hutchens rebuked the governor for deliberately skirting civil service rules so the state could avoid paying $45 million in raises, which were set in place in 2007.
Unionized state workers saw their pay increase by the same rate hike Friday, the newspaper said.
If the raise is enforced, the employees would end up paying more of their healthcare costs, but the state said it would appeal Wednesday's ruling.
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Wed, 08/25/2010 - 00:39 by Prince damin
Washington -- The public may have the final say on how tough U.S. courts get on banks that break the law, a University of Chicago law professor said.
Federal judges have become increasingly vocal about disagreeing with deals prosecutors make with banks.
"The court is trying to make it public that the government may be cutting cozy deals, because it is the public that ultimately controls the executive branch," The New York times quoted Professor Todd Henderson as saying.
Two judges at the Federal District Court in Washington last week balked at signing off on deals prosecutors made with banks.
In separate hearings, Judge Emmet Sullivan asked, "Why isn't the government getting tough with banks?"
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Sun, 08/01/2010 - 00:12 by Prince damin
Los Angeles, D.C. -- Another spinoff from the extinct "Law & Order" is on tap: "Law & Order: Los Angeles" is scheduled for the original show's 10 p.m. Wednesday slot, officials say.
NBC says the the show will follow the same format, with the first half following Skeet Ulrich and Corey Stoll as detectives and the second half following district attorneys Alfred Molina and Terrence Howard, USA Today reported.
Molina and Howard are set to rotate in alternating episodes.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Fri, 07/09/2010 - 02:15 by Pankaj Damin
Orlando, Fla. -- A Florida appeals court has ruled that simulating oral sex with a sex toy is not sexual activity as defined by state law.
The court ruled in favor of David Lowe, 47, of Brooksville, who allegedly sucked on the toy in a convenience store parking lot as a 7-year-old girl walked by with her mother and grandmother, The Orlando Sentinel reported.
Lowe pleaded no contest in July 2009. But he appealed after a two-year period of sex-offender probation was imposed, arguing that under Florida law he did not actually commit a sex act.
"His actions, though clearly rude and offensive, do not violate the express terms of the statute," the appeals panel said.
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