A Progressive on the Prairie

A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit by a Hawaii man against the publisher of an online virtual-world game go forward. The lawsuit alleges the man became so addicted to the game that he is “unable to function independently in usual daily activities such as getting up, getting dressed, bathing or communicating with family [...]

Evidently the law enforcement training sessions at the FBI Academy do not include copyright law, such as public domain or fair use. Or, to quote Popehat, “I own one two hundred sixty millionth of this seal.”

Dead man gets ticket for parking too long in 2-hour zone. (The parking enforcement office “rapped on the [...]

A man is suing employees of his church, the First Love Church Healing Center, claiming the pastor had them take turns hitting him on his bare buttocks and lower back for looking at an unspecified website the pastor didn’t approve of.

A Moldovan priest is accused of accidental homicide after he allegedly drowned a [...]

San Francisco’s health department has issued “Regulations for Preparation of Edible Cannabis Products” for the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries.

An Anchorage, Alaska, man was arrested for felony assault after stabbing his roommate with deer antlers during an argument. (via Legally Weird)

Foolishness is not the same as incompetence. Sounds like a new legal maxim [...]

“A Missouri man fatally shot his wife while using a gun to put holes in his wall to install a TV. The victim was standing outside in their lawn when the second bullet he fired struck in her in the chest.” Speaking from an evolutionary standpoint, a ricochet into his chest seems more appropriate. [...]

It is evidently cease and desist week:

A website recently received a 12-page cease and desist letter — for a fake product it launched for April Fool’s day. Seems the site calling Canned Unicorn Meat “the new white meat” infringes on the National Pork Board’s slogan, “The Other White Meat.” Being good cyberspace [...]