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Professional Ax Thrower Thwarts Burglars With Tomahawk
By Aditi Mukherji, JD | Last updated on
A professional ax thrower in California managed to fend off a burglar without Tomahawk-chopping the suspect. Though Robin Irvine certainly had an ax to grind...
Woman Named Cowit Crashes Into Cows While Texting
By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on
A 21-year-old upstate New York woman has been arrested for texting and driving, New York's WNBC-TV reports, but that's not the whole story. Here's the...
'Night Before Christmas' Trial: 'Twas the Verdict Surprising?
By Jenny Tsay, Esq. | Last updated on
It wouldn't be the holidays without hearing "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." But some folks in Troy, New York, took it a step further by holding a mock...
Which Country Owns the North Pole, Eh?
By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on
While Santa Claus and underpaid workers may call the North Pole their own, there is a real question as to which country legally owns the North Pole. On Monday,...
Woman Drives 5,000 Miles to Fight Traffic Ticket ... and Wins
By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on
A Kentucky woman drove more than 5,000 miles to fight a traffic ticket she received in New Jersey, and she actually won. Road warrior Lynda Farley, 62, drove...
Selfie: 'Word of the Year' Can Spell Legal Trouble
By Aditi Mukherji, JD | Last updated on
The Oxford Dictionary Online -- not to be confused with the prestigious Oxford English Dictionary -- proclaimed "selfie" as the word of the year. Per The New...