Just as the Trayvon Martin shooting prompted a re-examination of Florida's Stand Your Ground law, the Aurora massacre could lead to more scrutiny of Colorado's laws. Here's a primer.
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How rude! Jodie Sweetin is heading to court after filing a lawsuit against Clark Taylor Savros, the driver who struck her car in Los Angeles over a year ago.
The German lower house of parliament passed a resolution Thursday to protect the rights of Muslim and Jewish parents to have their sons circumcised, after a German court banned the practice in a ruling on June 26, drawing severe criticism from the religious groups.
After activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management said he expects to make 15 to 20 times his investment in beleaguered Plano, Texas-based retail giant J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), stock in the company hit a ten day high.
China uses Africa conference as an opportunity to respond to foreign criticisms of its expanding relations with the continent.
The tycoon has repeatedly denied have any kind of links to the mob.
In his first interview since shooting Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, George Zimmerman has apologized to the teen's family
Kristen Saban, the daughter of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, who apparently inherited her father's short temper, has finally responded to the civil lawsuit filed by Sarah Grimes, her fellow sorority sister at University of Alabama, for beating the living snot out of her on a Saturday night in 2010.
Tom Cruise is lashing out via his attorney, Bert Fields, yet again. TMZ reports that Fields is outraged over Life & Style's latest cover story, which alleges that Cruise has neglected his 6-year-old daughter, Suri.
India's economy will grow at its slowest pace in a decade this fiscal year, with tight monetary policy, political gridlock and a weakening global economy prompting analysts to slash their forecasts, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Wednesday were Emulex Corp, New York Times, Tempur-pedic International, International Business Machines and Titan International. The top after-market NYSE losers were Greenhill & Co, Convergys, Whiting USA, Stryker Corp and Diana Shipping.
On his blog post, Takei noted that many well-meaning people counter that the BSA is a private organization, and as such should be able to keep whomever they want out. This is of course the same justification used to prevent minorities from eating in restaurants during the Jim Crow years.
The notoriously homophobic church has declared Sylvester Stallone has blood on his hands because he was married three times.
Nass Contracting Co., a wealthy Bahraini construction giant that was recently under fire from human rights groups, announced on Tuesday that it would permit its workers to leave the country and return home.
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The Basic Law guarantees subsistence-level support for a life in decent conditions as a human right, the court said.
Banking in line with the Koran's prohibition on paying interest is an expanding sector, and the ascent of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt is going to help it grow faster.
The Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed Tuesday its policy to exclude gays from joining or being leaders.
The European Union has called into question Romania's respect for democratic institutions, following the center-left government's attempt to impeach conservative President Traian Basescu.
The other side of the coin -- receiving less attention but meriting far more -- is his determination to preserve the Bush tax cuts for those under the $250,000 threshold.
