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HIV Vaccine Researcher Sentenced To Prison for Fraud
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A scientist who tampered with blood samples to make it seem as if a potential HIV vaccine actually increases immune defense against the disease that can cause AIDS has been sentenced to 57 months in prison. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...TV Personality Sherri Shepherd To Pay Child Support Unless Judge Finds She Was Defrauded
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Actress and talk show host Sherri Shepherd has entered into a settlement agreement with her ex-husband, providing that she will pay $4,100 a month in support for a child that was born to a surrogate. So reports TMZ.
Read more...Man Gets Up to 40 Years in Prison for Sending Romantic Rival Poisonous Card
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A Pennsylvania man who sent a birthday card laced with the deadly poison Ricin to his ex-girlfriend’s new beau has been sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison. So reports NBC News.
Read more...Jury Awards $500K to Patient Whose Docs Maligned Him While He Was Anesthetized
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A jury awarded $500,000 to a Virginia man whose cell phone recorded his doctors ridiculing him while he was anesthetized and undergoing a colonoscopy. So reports the Washington Post.
Read more...Calling a Woman a ‘Whore’ Isn't Disorderly Conduct: PA Court
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A panel of Pennsylvania court judges reversed the disorderly conduct conviction of a man who made “reprehensible” comments to his neighbor when she was standing 10 feet away from him. So reports the Daily News.
Read more...Jail Workers Charged with Killing Arrestee Who Died in Restraining Chair in Cell
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Three ex-employees of a county jail in Georgia have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of a college student who died there. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...States May Prohibit License Plate Designs: Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment does not prohibit states that sell specialty license plates from refusing designs like the Confederate Flag. So reports USA Today.
Read more...Ex-Model Sues Tampon Company Over Leg Amputation
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A former model who lost her leg below the knee to toxic shock syndrome is suing Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the manufacturer of Kotex Natural Balance tampons. So reports Vice.
Read more...Attorneys Say ‘Namaste’
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The legal profession is engaged in a “mindfulness” movement. That involves law students taking classes encouraging them to recognize opposing counsel’s humanity and practicing lawyers visiting mindfulness coaches. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...Woman Admits to Facebook Posts Bragging About Murdering Mom
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Gypsy Blanchard, a Missouri woman who allegedly ran financial fraud schemes for years with her mother, Clauddinnea (Dee Dee) Blancharde, has been charged, along with her boyfriend, with Dee Dee's stabbing murder. So reports the Daily News.
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