The medicinal value of cannabis is a controversial topic. The debate centering on the legality of its use in certain situations has been unresolved for decades now, fueled, to some extent, by the U.S. federal authorities refusal to accept its possible medicinal uses. That refusal has hit the billion dollar marijuana industry hard in recent times.
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football defensive coordinator faces who is accused of molesting young boys, faces two new claims of sexual abuse, Sandusky’s lawyer said.
Deutsche Telekom and AT&T withdrew their application for approval by the Federal Communications Commission of a planned $39 billion deal for T-Mobile USA to focus on obtaining the green light from the Department of Justice.
The government of Tamil Nadu has banned screening of Dam 999, with immediate effect. The film was supposed to release on Nov. 25.
It might be too soon for Justin Bieber to wash his hands off Mariah Yeater, whose lawyer insisted Wednesday that the crooner head to California to subject himself to a second paternity test after taking one a few days earlier to confront the allegation that he fathered her baby.
A U.S. court has awarded $920.3 million in damages to Wilmington, Delaware-based chemical giant DuPont (NYSE:DD) after ruling that South Korea's Kolon Industries Inc. had violated trade secrets relating to DuPont's Kevlar fiber, Reuters reported Nov. 23.
A former talent manager is hoping to convince the California Supreme Court to block enforcement of the state's Talent Agencies Act.
Can too much success be a bad thing? In the case of the critical acclaim received by the 2010 film Rabbit Hole, perhaps so.
A deranged 76-year-old man shot and killed his ex-wife on a Brooklyn street, than rode away on an undersized girl's bike. Video surveillance shows the suspect struggling to gain control of the bicycle just before the cold-blooded murder.
An Amish breakaway compound was raided by authorities Wednesday morning, leading to seven hate crimes arrests for incidents in the past few months in which members allegedly forcibly cut the hair of other Amish people in Ohio.
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Wednesday he was happy for Libya to try Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam instead of sending him to the Hague, and cast doubt on whether the country's former intelligence chief had been caught.
Some of Libya's clans said on Wednesday they would not recognise the government, a day after the unveiling of a new cabinet revived regional and tribal rivalries which threaten the country's stability.
Judge William Adams -- the family court-at-law judge from Aransas County, Texas who was caught on video beating his daughter with a belt -- has been suspended with pay by the Texas Supreme Court.
The Department of Homeland Security announced last week a sweeping review of deportation cases before immigration courts and the establishment of a nationwide retraining program for enforcement agents and prosecuting attorneys. Both are intended to focus deportations on immigrants who have committed serious crimes or who pose a threat to public safety, rather than a broad category of noncriminal immigrants.
A Columbia University student, arrested for on drug charges last year, will spend his hard-time in a drug-abuse treatment facility instead of going to jail.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Yahoo, ASML Holding, Brigham Exploration, and First Solar. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Diamond Foods, Rambus, Netflix, Groupon, Central European Distribution, and Micron Technology.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it intends to effectively block AT&T's (NYSE:T) proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile by referring the matter to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for review.
In the wake of the mystery surrounding Lisa Irwin's disappearance, there is news of another missing baby who, like Lisa, seems to have disappeared under unusual and suspicious circumstances. The baby, Sky Metalwala, 2, disappeared, according to his mother, Julia Biryukova, from the rear seat of her car, in Bellevue.
Ron Paul, R-Texas, a libertarian congressman, has gained popularity recently among likely Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. Here are his positions on the issues.
The Orlando Police have a task force specially dedicated to the Parker case. The task force is made of about 10 to 16 detectives mostly from the homicide unit.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: TiVo, Novellus Systems, Casual Male Retail Group, Canadian Solar, and Applied Materials. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Diamond Foods, Netlist, Gulfport Energy, Sangamo Biosciences, and Expedia.
As the search continues for missing Missouri baby Lisa Irwin and 2-year-old Sky Metalwala, another missing person's case has emerged. Michelle Parker of Orlando, Fla., vanished Friday after she appeared on The People's Court for a settlement of dispute with her ex-fiance, who is the father of her twin children.