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Photo Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart. This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term. But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law. Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced…
View this image › 1978. Van Buren, Arkansas, Bill Clinton on a visit to Juanita Broaddrick’s (right) nursing home Getty Images / Getty Images ID: 7761199 NBC News pursued, but ultimately did not obtain, an on-air interview with Juanita Broddrick, the woman who 17 years ago publicly accused Bill Clinton of sexually assaulting her in…
Despite the fact that terrorism sometimes happen in America, it most likely will not happen to you, and you shouldn’t fret about it too much. This message has been judged TOO HOT for the American public to hear. http://gawker.com/you-will-not-d… All rational people with an elementary grasp of probability know that terrorism causes such a vanishingly…
The upcoming Republican presidential debate just did Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina the dirty. The two were not included in the newly-announced lineup for Thursday’s debate in North Charleston, South Carolina, hosted by Fox Business Network. According to USA Today, the debate will feature the usual cast of coconuts: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz,Marco Rubio, Ben…
If Donald Trump wins the presidency, he will have a job for four years. If not, he may not have a job ever again. According to a survey conducted by the brand consultant agency BAV Consulting, since the start of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Trump brand of hotels, housing developments and golf courses has…
Officials in Virginia’s largest jurisdiction want to close public schools during the Super Tuesday presidential primaries, saying they fear that supporters of Republican front-runner Donald Trump could cause mayhem at the polls. The concerns stem mainly from a state Republican Party decision — which Trump opposes — to require voters to affirm that they are…
Bernie Sanders called for all rape accusations on college campuses to be handled through law enforcement, a controversial stance that puts him at odds with many advocates. Decrying rape and sexual assault on campuses as an “epidemic,” he said schools must not try to handle the issue internally. “Rape and assault is rape or assault…
Mary Brigid McManamon is a constitutional law professor at Widener University’s Delaware Law School. Donald Trump is actually right about something: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president or vice president of the United States. The Constitution provides that “No person except a natural born…
By now, you may have heard that the odds of a $2 Powerball ticket winning the grand prize, which is likely to be around $1.3 billion by the time of the next drawing on Wednesday, are 292.1 million-to-1. State lotteries – 44 states participate in the Powerball game – generate revenue by exploiting various features of…
This story has been updated. Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. secretary-general, warned Friday that a Saudi-led air coalition that is supported by the United States may have committed war crimes by using cluster munitions in heavily populated neighborhoods in Yemen. The U.N. chief has “received troubling reports of the use of cluster munitions” in several Jan….