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A 76-year-old man who police say was sunbathing nude in his backyard next to a church parking lot in Utah has pleaded not guilty to lewdness charges: http://bit.ly/1uLJW30

The Wisconsin Legislature has launched a redesigned website, and it has quite a new look.

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The husband of a Connecticut attorney running for a probate judge seat was a member of a prominent neo-Nazi group for several years, according to watchdog groups, and currently maintains a pro-white online blog: http://bit.ly/1yb25r5

Nevada Supreme Court justice Mark Gibbons was at Carson District Court on Monday but the visit wasn't in his official capacity.

My dad used to tell me that the older you get, the more you realize what you don’t know.

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Manitowoc police say a groom spent his wedding night in jail after getting in an argument in a bar over the weekend: http://htrne.ws/Y0AyxO

If you needed help with a legal situation, would you ask the first five people you see on the street?

If you consider jail to be the "college of hard knocks," then this dude is a proud alum: http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81036462/

Construction liens can be useful in helping collect money or services owed, but how does one go about filing one, and when should you move ahead with foreclosure?

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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man celebrated out-eating some police officers, only to find out that he couldn't outrun them: http://dailym.ai/1mCMCuv

Fond du Lac police have arrested a 26-year-old man who they say has admitted to three home invasions while in the nude.

Pete Holmes, the city's chief prosecutor, says, "My hope is that the people who received the tickets do not pay them."

What can an ordinary passenger do to stop police from searching the passenger’s property when it’s in a vehicle being searched with the driver’s consent?

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If a monkey takes a selfie, who owns the copyright?

A jury awarded a $1 million verdict to a woman blaming a doctor, who now practices on inmates, and a shopping center clinic for complications from breast augmentation surgery.

Foxwordy, launched this past February, is a private platform, built “by lawyers for lawyers.”

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In a rare unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Riley v. California that police must secure a warrant before searching a cellphone owned by a criminal suspect.

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A lawyer who angered an Iowa federal judge by repeatedly raising objections has received an unusual punishment.

A Maryland man who dressed up as a woman to fleece intoxicated passengers for more than $200,000 while driving a taxi in Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to first-degree felony fraud.

One thing became abundantly clear during Tuesday afternoon’s debate between the Democratic state attorney general candidates: if you don’t know who you’re voting for by this point, there’s not much the candidates can do for you.

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The Orleans County (New York) Courthouse has been closed following an infestation of fleas: http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_20979e2e-1be3-11e4-9b72-001a4bcf887a.html

The website for "Governing" magazine, a publication that focuses on policy and management for state and local governments, maintains a great collection of data.

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A longtime prosecutor in Washington state will face his first-ever opponent in 10 terms — and the challenger is four-legged.

Louisville Judge Sandra McLaughlin apparently doesn't like President Barack Obama (or, at the very least, an Obama T-shirt): http://bit.ly/1tOj70j

A proposal in 2006 to let school employees carry concealed weapons popped up five days after a 15-year-old student shot and killed Weston High School Principal John Klang.

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Paralegals at an obscure agency that handles appeals of patent applications went years with so little work to do that they collected salaries — and even bonuses — while they surfed the Internet, did laundry, exercised and watched television.

Turns out Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s collars reveal much more than her love of a ladylike touch. She explained recently that she has a specific collar for dissent, and another for majority. The one that wouldn’t look out of place ...

The National Rifle Association’s top lawyer, who has been instrumental in shaping gun policy in the U.S., was once convicted of murdering a woman in Indiana, according to an investigation by Mother Jones. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-nras-top-lawyer-was-once-convicted-of-murder-2014-7  

Estoppel letters and a subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement are critical documents for leasing and obtaining financing where the collateral will be a multitenant commercial property.

A woman who says her Chicago plastic surgeon posted before and after photos of her facial reconstruction surgery on his website without her consent, labeling them “cocaine nose,” filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Cook County circuit court.   http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-lawsuit-plastic-surgeon-illegally-used-womans-photos-labeled-them-cocaine-nose-20140729-story.html