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Drunk Gambler Sues Casino To Recover Losses
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A California man is suing a Las Vegas casino to keep from having to pay the $500,000 he lost while gambling there intoxicated. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Inmate Beard Policy to Be Decided by Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of an Eighth Circuit decision holding that Arkansas prison officials’ policy prohibiting inmates from growing beards was warranted. So says The New York Times.
Read more...Inmate Beard Policy to Be Decided by Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of an Eighth Circuit decision holding that Arkansas prison officials’ policy prohibiting inmates from growing beards was warranted. So says The New York Times.
Read more...Teen’s Facebook Post Costs Dad $80,000
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A Florida teen’s obnoxious Facebook post cost her father $80,000 that he was set to receive in a settlement. The father had filed an age discrimination suit against the prep school where he once worked as a headmaster. So reports the Miami Herald.
Read more...Mass. Makes It Illegal to Sneak 'Upskirt' Pics
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Massachusetts lawmakers last week criminalized “upskirting,” the practice of photographing or recording video of a person’s private parts under or around that person’s clothing, such as down a blouse or up a skirt. So reports CNN.
Read more...Rapper Da Brat To Pay $6.4 Million For Attacking Cheerleader
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After serving almost three years in prison for attacking former Falcons cheerleader Shayla Stevens with a rum bottle in a 2007 night club incident, the rapper known as Da Brat was recently ordered to pay Stevens $3.7 million in compensatory damages and $2.7 million in punitive damages by the Georgia jury who heard Stevens’s civil case against her. So reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Read more...NJ Teen Living With Friends Sues Parents For Support Payments
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Are non-divorced parents obligated to pay for their children's college education and provide other financial support after the child has left home?
Read more...Law Firm Refuses to Pay Fee to Estate of Partner Who Committed Suicide
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The family of a Minnesota lawyer who took his own life has filed suit against the law firm where he was a partner for the amount the lawyer was owed for negotiating the settlement of a claim against a drunk driver. So reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Read more...School OK to Ban American Flag Shirts at Cinco De Mayo Party: Court
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A federal appeals court last week held that the principal of a California high school acted constitutionally when he told students wearing American flag t-shirts to turn them inside out in the interest of maintaining peace during the school’s Cinco De Mayo celebration, which had inspired altercations between the school’s white students and Mexican students the year before. So reports the Daily Caller.
Read more...5 States Weighing Bills to Allow Businesses to Deny Service to Gays
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed the Grand Canyon State’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act last week, but legislation that would strengthen a business owner’s right to refuse service to homosexuals is still on the table in five U.S. states. So reports ABC News.
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