US Supreme Court’s missing man
When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take Bobby Chen's case involving a run-down Baltimore row house razed by the city, it looked past the fact he was too poor to pay the court's filing fee and had no attorney. But now Chen can't be found, something unheard of at the nation's highest court:
‘Molotov,’ Mr. Gimbel
Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that he doesn't remember sending a letter about a menorah that is signed "Thank you and Molotov" to prominent Milwaukee attorney Frank Gimbel.
Feces found in Madison courtroom
Madison municipal court workers arrived Wednesday morning to find one of their courtroom walls covered with excrement: http://bit.ly/1z6OQKN
Suspected drunken driver blames Wis. tradition
Authorities say 75-year-old John Przybyla, suspected of his 10th drunken driving offense, is blaming a fish fry for his latest legal troubles: http://bit.ly/1B8yXE4
War of words over $4 worth of Chinese food
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a Harvard Business School professor and attorney thinks a family-run Chinese restaurant screwed him out of $4, you’re about to find out: http://bit.ly/1GaYqj5
Court: US chimpanzee Tommy ‘has no human rights’
A chimpanzee is not entitled to the same rights as people and does not have be freed from captivity by its owner, a U.S. court has ruled: http://bbc.in/1tP4E00
Ohio attorney suspended over hypnosis allegations
An Ohio attorney accused of hypnotizing women for his sexual pleasure was immediately suspended from practicing law by the state Supreme Court: http://abcn.ws/1ATNfev
Wis. man gets jail for crane bungee jump (VIDEO)
A 26-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for bungee-jumping off a 138-foot crane in Sheboygan on the Fourth of July.
Judge to day care flasher: ‘Find a new hobby’
William Grube, a former Rochester man, stood shaking in front of a judge Wednesday, apologizing for flashing from his bedroom window as parents and children arrived and left a nearby day care: http://bit.ly/1sIUEVR
Spare the selfie at the ballot box
Everyone from Shepard Fairey to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is encouraging voters to take a selfie at the ballot box today. But in most states, following their advice could send you to jail: http://ti.me/1AbCDrV
Don’t feed the pigeons (and the homeless)
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., police say Arnold Abbott violated a new city law, but the 90-year-old homeless advocate says his only crime was to “love thy neighbor:” http://fxn.ws/1x9vxyD
Please rise for this Ruth Bader Ginsburg Halloween costume
The Huff Post has ruled this baby guilty of being too freakin' cute for words: http://huff.to/1wOtO2s
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