For more than a decade, students at Northwestern University’s journalism school have scrutinized convictions looking for any mistakes. Over the years they have helped free a number of innocent people wrongly convicted. Their reward? Chicago prosecutors have subpoenaed the grades, grading criteria, class syllabus, expense reports and e-mail messages of the journalism students themselves. picked by 2manyusernames 4 weeks ago

While the Democrats have labeled the health insurance companies as "evil" and rake in "obscene" returns, their profits rank 35th out of 53 industries. picked by JoshSF49 4 weeks ago

2 years a little known, "Court of Protection" was set up to help people who have Alzheimer's or other incapacity who do not have a living will or similar power of attorney. As always when there is so much money floating around, sometimes the court's rulings may be unduly influenced by the value to the court instead of the individual. picked by 2manyusernames 4 weeks ago

Announcing election results dropped testosterone levels in McCain voters according to a study. picked by zebulor 1 month ago

Robert L. Bernstein, the former president and chief executive of Random House, was the chairman of Human Rights Watch from 1978 to 1998. Here in an op-ed piece he laments the obvious bias against Israel that HRW has long been accused of. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

The New York State Supreme Court ruled that a transgendered person seeking a name change does not have to provide proof of any medical procedure justifying the change, striking down an earlier ruling. picked by suebe 1 month ago

Despite its use in other European countries, England's rationing body said lapatinib, last chance' drug is too expensive even though its makers will provide the first three months' treatment free of charge. Only a few women would qualify for the drug and it would extend their lives, however NICE feels that it isn't cost effective. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

"Inouye's office, sources say, has been lobbied by defense contractors adamant that the language of the Franken amendment would leave them overly exposed to lawsuits..." picked by gammerus 1 month ago

Smug-faced bankers have had a rough time of late with an unprecedented amount of public criticism heading their way. Admittedly, much of it has been empty, vote-pandering rhetoric from world leaders talking tough about their freshly minted "war on greed". picked by iamamaniac 1 month ago

Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren’t present. Towns’ action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican on the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), over Towns’s failure to launch an investigation into Countrywide Mortgage’s repo... read full post picked by shuallyo 1 month ago

An article written by some group about how the moderate Republican voters and the radical Republican voters are divided in their view of the nature of the Obama administration and the Republican party. picked by zebulor 1 month ago

Voters in Kinston NC voted overwhelmingly to have local elections non-partisan. The Department of Justice overruled the electorate and said partisan elections are needed so that black voters can elect their "candidates of choice" - identified by the department as those who are Democrats and almost exclusively black. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

"M..I..crooked letter, crooked letter, I..crooked letter, crooked letter, I..humpback, humpback..I" picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

A convicted murderer faces execution in Texas after jurors consulted the Bible while deliberating on his sentence picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

Reynolds Smith Jr. was a stalwart Democratic voter in Alabama. But the Alabama Democratic Party overlooked another fact when it appointed Smith to an interim party panel: He died in November at age 83 picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

Federal judge, Vaughn Walker presiding over a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, asked the attorney for the backers of the proposition how allowing same-sex couples hurts heterosexuals from marrying and having children. The lawyer admitted he didn't know. picked by bernardblack 1 month ago

Pigs!(I have better comments but I don't want to get Jax in trouble) picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Her husband, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger then wrote about the incident on Twitter, where he thanked the website for "for bringing her violations to my attention" and promised: "there's going to be swift action".(or a good spanking) picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

An American toymaker is bringing out a Michelle Obama action figure picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

NY's highest court is hearing a case involving the limits of Eminent Domain. Until recently eminent domain was used for the good of the public, building roads, airports, etc. Now governments are using to make private contractors a lot of money not to mention making them very grateful. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Washington Post reported that Obama was sending 13k troops, mostly support personnel to help our forces in Afghanistan. The pentagon refuted that number and stated there was no way to get an accurate number. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Sixty-eight years later, in 2008, I heard "Can't Feel and Home" and "I Ain't Got No Home," and felt the latter lyric connected well with some lyrics I was writing for what would become The Emerald Arms suite. I decided to arrange "I Ain't Got No Home" as the second movement. After creating the recording and sheet music of the entire work, I set out to discover whose p... read full post picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

I thought this was ridiculous:

Police along with the Secret Service are investigating after a local country club discovered a symbol that represents eastern religious beliefs carved into the green.

Notice how it says... "represents eastern beliefs"? Obviously the most common association with the symbol is the Nazi's. Why on earth would they write that? picked by shuallyo 1 month ago

The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found. The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament." picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

White House says it's finished pretending network is 'legitimate news' picked by Bornbad 1 month ago