Officer John Ardelean, who killed two people while driving drunk immediately after being videotaped downing 5 shots, had all major charges dropped against him when Cook County Judge Don Panarese protected him from prosecution ruled that his blood alcohol content was inadmissible in court.

Shady Law beats out Bad Cops by a hair.

Warning: This video will make your blood boil



The Columbia, Missouri Police Department raided the house of Jonathan Whitworth and in the process, shot both of his dogs (killing one of them). They charged him with a misdemeanor for the few ounces of pot and child endangerment for having the pot. I guess shooting dogs in front of his kid is not child endangerment.

I am so glad they locked up another dangerous stoner. /sarcasm off

Crack border police arrested drug king pin74 year old grandmother Homenella Cole, when she attempted to cross the US-Canadian border. Turns out that 30 years ago she was charged with drug posession.

Democratic Rep. Linda Fischer, of Bonne Terre, is seeking a second term in the Missouri House, and her husband, John Fischer, filed as a Republican for the same seat.

Better not let your dogs out if you live in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. Why? Just ask Will Harlee. His dogs, Ralow and Deuce, escaped his yard through a hole in the fence and they were picked up by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control. He was told that he had to fix the fence before he could have his dogs back. When he did, they told him, "Oops! So sorry, we killed those dogs." (or something like that)

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control can be reached at (704) 336-7600.

Watch out Brits. You might want to think twice before you or your kids shop at Bridges shopping centre in Sunderland. Why? Well, according to local police, "Bridges shopping centre is a hotbed of paedophile activity and sexual assaults happen there all of the time." That is what a local cop said to a father after a mall security guard lodged a complaint against him for taking pictures of a kid - his son.

Courtesy of BoingBoing.

Although McSweeney's is mostly known for their hysterical satiric articles, here is a rare non-fiction one. In it attorney, Wajahat Ali, documents his frustrating but determined fight with Wells Fargo to negotiate a loan modification for his clients. His determination and constant threats to declare bankruptcy and/or to sue the bank paid off and Wells Fargo eventually relented. His clients have a modified loan.

Some takeaways from this article are:

1. The bank won't begin to discuss modifying a loan until it is within 3 days of foreclosure.
2. "Stated income" loans, where you just tell the bank what your income is without having to prove it (lie), are illegal. If your fight goes to court, there is a good chance that the whole loan will be thrown out and you will get your house for free.
3. California just passed a law that prevents lawyers from working on loan modifications on retainer. Although it stops a lot of scammers, it also reduced the number of lawyers who are interested in doing the work.

This article is courtesy of the Consumerist.

NY to repeal cell phone ban because a study by the Highway Loss Data Institute shows that there are no reductions in crashes in locations with the bans. No just kidding - they ignored the results.

Meet Charlie P. and Maria C. Cardoso. While they live in the great, goofy state of Massachusetts, they own a rental property in the even goofier state of Florida. They own the house outright and no longer have a mortgage. Along comes Bank of America who intimidated their tenant out of the house with all the talk of foreclosure. After Charlie spoke with the real estate agent, he was assured that BoA understood they had the wrong house. They then proceeded to brake down the doors (breaking and entering?), empty the house of the Cardoso's property (theft?), turn off the utilities causing the pipes to freeze (destruction of property)? and put new locks on the doors (theft of property?). At least BoA didn't leave 75 pounds of rotting fish this time.

The lawsuit is now pending. Yet another reason why Bank of America is the devil.

So fans of Jack Benny discovered that CBS has old tapes of the late comedian that were thought to be destroyed/lost. But because modern copyright is such a cluster fuck, even though the tapes are public domain, it will cost CBS so much in lawyer fees associated with copyright that they feel it isn't worth it. CBS is permanently locking away lost Jack Benny tapes because copyright has failed.