Public assessments of the Supreme Court have reached a quarter-century low. Unlike evaluations over much of the past decade, there is very little partisan divide. The court receives relatively low favorable ratings from Republicans, Democrats and independents alike.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to run News Corp. or any major international company, British lawmakers say in a report released Tuesday.
“I believe that people who are either transsexuals or transvestites — I don’t know what the proper term is — traditionally are more liberal-minded thinking people, tend to associate more with the defendants because, obviously, they have been either ridiculed before or are feeling in a position of being in a microscope all the time and are outcasts which lends themselves to associating more with the defendant.” That was part of the reason a California prosecutor gave for removing Christopher Lewis — an African-American potential juror described by the trial judge as a “man dressed as a woman” — from a jury in 2000. [...] In 2005, a federal court upheld Lewis’ removal, observing that “no federal law” prevents attorneys from removing “cross-dressers or transvestites” from juries. Lewis’ experience is not unique. Federal courts have consistently declined to prohibit attorneys from openly discriminating against LGBT people during jury selection.
That was part of the reason a California prosecutor gave for removing Christopher Lewis — an African-American potential juror described by the trial judge as a “man dressed as a woman” — from a jury in 2000. [...]
In 2005, a federal court upheld Lewis’ removal, observing that “no federal law” prevents attorneys from removing “cross-dressers or transvestites” from juries.
Lewis’ experience is not unique. Federal courts have consistently declined to prohibit attorneys from openly discriminating against LGBT people during jury selection.
You'd think that folks who love both red meat and Sarah Palin would rally behind a sculpture devoted to both. But for some reason, the Tea Party is not happy with this BBQ smoker in the shape of the conservative firebrand's freedom-filled noggin. [...] Perhaps their indignation could be explained by the work's unique design: When the smoker is in operation, it look like Palin's head is steaming with anger.
Perhaps their indignation could be explained by the work's unique design: When the smoker is in operation, it look like Palin's head is steaming with anger.
Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager and her husband Henry put their south Baltimore home on the market in 2010 and though they are now renting out the 1880s townhouse, the couple still gets a tax break meant for owner-occupants. The Baltimore Sun reports that a man who answered the door at the three-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath corner townhouse last week said he had been renting from the couple since August. The state Department of Assessments and Taxation says it took away the homestead tax credit when it was reported in 2010 that the couple was trying to sell the home, but it was reinstated when Hager informed officials that it was still their residence. They got a $296 tax credit on their $9,000 bill for the current tax year.
The Baltimore Sun reports that a man who answered the door at the three-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath corner townhouse last week said he had been renting from the couple since August.
The state Department of Assessments and Taxation says it took away the homestead tax credit when it was reported in 2010 that the couple was trying to sell the home, but it was reinstated when Hager informed officials that it was still their residence. They got a $296 tax credit on their $9,000 bill for the current tax year.
[Henry] Wolf is suing both the bike's manufacturer, BMW of North America, and the company that made the bike's after-market seat, Corbin-Pacific Inc., in a civil suit filed last week in San Francisco Superior Court. In his lawsuit, Wolf claims he was cruising on his 1993 BMW motorcycle equipped with a Corbin-Pacific seat on two back-to-back two hour rides and, immediately afterwards, was stricken was a severe case of priapism (a.k.a. "a persistent, lasting erection") allegedly caused by "the ridge-like seat on his motorcycle, negligently designed, manufactured and/or installed by [the] defendants." He took the ride in question on May 1, 2010 and has had the painful condition ever since.
In his lawsuit, Wolf claims he was cruising on his 1993 BMW motorcycle equipped with a Corbin-Pacific seat on two back-to-back two hour rides and, immediately afterwards, was stricken was a severe case of priapism (a.k.a. "a persistent, lasting erection") allegedly caused by "the ridge-like seat on his motorcycle, negligently designed, manufactured and/or installed by [the] defendants."
He took the ride in question on May 1, 2010 and has had the painful condition ever since.