Miami Beach's own Gerald Posner, who recently was the talk of the town with his salacious book Miami Babylon, has been suspended by The Daily Beast for lifting passages from prior articles, including the Herald:On Friday, it looked like writer Gerald Posner had his minor plagiarism scandal under con ...

As detailed in , today a "federal appeals court upheld Arkansas' lethal injection procedure ... [by affirming] the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by three death-row inmates, including two who are scheduled to die over the next nine weeks."  The Eighth Circuit's panel ruling in , ...

The flag flies at half-mast at the US Capitol on February 8, 2010 in remembrance of Congressman John Murtha (1932-2010). President Barack Obama: Michelle and I were deeply saddened today to hear about the passing of Congressman John Murtha. Jack was a devoted husband, a loving father and a steadfas ...

Michael Pelly in The Australian Legal Affairs on Friday took some comfort from England soccer (now former) captain John Terry's failure in court to stop publication of an affair with a team mate's ex, suggesting the decision of High Court Justice Tugendhat would have Australian media lawyers smiling ...

Today, with the passing of Jack Murtha, America lost a great patriot. He served our country on the battlefield winning two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star. He served his country in his community winning the hearts of his constituents and served in the Congress winning the respect of his colleag ...

The New York Times is reporting that psychologist Jack Block, 85 has died. A renowned researcher, Mr Block' s most famous study was a longitudinal one of a group of children from the age of 3 through to when they turned 32.As part of that study, in 1986:[The researchers, including Block] examined me ...

Tiffany Washington had just finished classes at University of Louisville in late April 2008 when she returned to her townhouse apartment near campus to find an urgent message from her father telling her to call him. The union that represents workers at the JBS pork plant on Story Avenue plan ...

With all the discussion of the filibuster, including some evidence of hypocrisy on the part of a certain allegedly anti-pork Senator from Arizona, it occurs to me that the Democrats in Congress might consider something to put the Republicans to the test: Propose an amendment making the filibuster a ...

If you invent a new currency, don’t be surprised when the scammers and counterfeiters show up. Especially when your currency is itself a scam. Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits The hackers launched a targeted phishing attack against employees of numerous companies in Europe, New ...

It is a sad week, as another South Carolina attorney was murdered at his home in York County last night. Melvin Roberts was a powerful advocate and well respected attorney. Recently he made the news along with Jack Swerling for obtaining a not guilty in the state's first gang-related murder prosec ...