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Woman Gets Probation for Creepy Notes to Neighbors

"The children look delicious. May I have a taste?" So read an anonymous note that a Minneapolis woman sent her neighbors, the Star Tribune reports.

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Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay Cancer Victim’s Family $72M

A Missouri jury has awarded $72 million to the family of a woman who died of ovarian cancer allegedly caused by her use of Johnson & Johnson products containing talc. So reports the Associated Press.

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Mom Who Killed Her Three Kids Gets Life in Prison

A California judge sentenced Carol Ann Coronado to life in prison for stabbing her three baby girls to death. So reports The New York Daily News.

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Female Partners Underrepresented in Middle Management: Study

An informal study shows that women occupy only 19.8% of the regional management positions at the nation’s 10 biggest law firms by revenue. So reports Bloomberg BNA.

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Feds Arresting People for Defaulting on Student Loans

A Texas man was arrested by federal marshals for failing to repay a $1,500 student loan that he took out 30 years ago when he was a student at Prairie View A&M University. So reports the Fox26.

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Waffle House Waitress Arrested for Allegedly Poisoning Coworker

A woman was arrested after video footage allegedly showed her secretly putting a large dose of methamphetamines into her coworker’s drink while she was working as a waitress in a Georgia Waffle House. So reports WSB-TV.

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Prosecutors: Sentencing Judge Shouldn’t Consider Tragic Death of Criminal’s Young Son

Federal prosecutors urged a sentencing judge to hand down a hard sentence to an admitted Brooklyn bank robber despite the fact that the criminal’s 6-year-old son was stabbed to death in an unrelated incident two years after the crime. So reports The New York Daily News.

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Defense Attorney: Accuser Too Fat for Story to Be Plausible

At the trial of Dan Nelson, who is being accused of attempted rape, Nelson’s defense attorney asked the alleged victim to verify her 215-pound weight in an attempt to discredit her story. So reports The New York Post.

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Big Law Rates Top $1,500 Per Hour

Rates at some of the nation’s top law firms have reached as high as $1,500 an hour. So reports The Wall Street Journal.

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Big Law Rates Rise to More Than $1,500 Per Hour

Rates at some of the nation’s top law firms have reached as high as $1,500 an hour. So reports The Wall Street Journal.

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