Juggalos Sue FBI Again
As you may recall, the rap duo Insane Clown Posse and its fans, known as "Juggalos," have been up in arms for a while now because of the FBI's decision to classify Juggalos as "a loosely organized hybrid gang." See "Legal…
January 2014
Man in Tree to Police: “I’m an Owl”
He was not.
PTO Rules “Redskins” Trademark Is Derogatory
When used in connection with the sale of pork rinds. Why, is that term used in some other very public way in association with a good or service of which you were thinking? Surely not. The Washington Post reports that the U.S….
Ninth Circuit: The Shape of a Hookah Can’t Be Copyrighted
O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: We must decide whether the shape of a hookah water container is entitled to copyright protection. That is (minus the footnote explaining what a "hookah" is) the first paragraph of today's decision by the U.S….
Coders, Know Your Rights
That's the title of a seminar being offered at MIT on Jan. 22, according to this announcement I saw on Twitter. It sounds really interesting, but I also wanted to mention it here because of the awesome graphic (by Libby…
Atomic Wedgie Cited as Cause of Death
Well, a cause of death. The victim's death in this Oklahoma case was attributed to "blunt force trauma to the head and asphyxiation," and I'd be willing to bet that blunt-force trauma was the real culprit here but the report does say that…
Skull Artist Helps Catch Brain Thieves
This happened.
Return of the Duct Tape Bandit
Or a Duct Tape Bandit, at least. It’s probably another copycat. WCAX in Burlington, Vermont, where it’s currently a balmy -29 degrees counting wind chill, reports that police in Barre City are looking for a man who held up the North End Deli…