Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/31/13 11:50AM
Texas District Attorney and Wife Shot Dead Only Weeks After Death of Prosecutor
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/31/13 11:14AMMax Rivlin-Nadler · 03/31/13 10:20AM
Tar Sands Pipeline Ruptures, Spreading Oil Across Arkansas Town
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/31/13 09:52AM
A pipeline carrying crude oil from tar sands in Canada ruptured Friday in the small Arkansas town of Mayflower, forcing the evacuation of 22 homes. The Pegasus pipeline, owned by Exxon, spilled almost 10,000 barrels of oil into a development, with the oil now sitting outside of homes and in wooded areas as emergency workers try to clean it up. This is the second spill of Canadian oil this week after a train carrying crude oil derailed on Wednesday, spilling 15,000 gallons of oil.
Now Jews Are Getting in Boxes for Art
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/31/13 09:00AMWest Virginia Judge Suspended After 24 Violations of State’s Judicial Ethics Rules
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 04:30PMFamily Court Judge William Watkins III has got a pretty bad temper. He's been known to yell at litigants in his courtroom, as well as on one occasion, calling a woman seeking a protective order "stupid." After word came out about the incident, Watkins told the woman to shut up and stop "shooting off [her] fat mouth about what happened." Unfortunately for Watkins, that temper has landed him with a suspension that will last the rest of his term.
What Is the So-Called 'Monsanto Protection Act'? Is It Eeeeeevil?
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 03:39PM
If your Facebook feed wasn't busy being filled with some rant or another on either side of the gay marriage argument this week, your liberal friends might have been steaming about the so-called "Monsanto Protection Act," more precisely known as Section 735 of HR 933, a spending bill signed into law by President Obama on Tuesday.
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 02:57PM
One of the School Reform Movement's Shining Stars Cheated
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 02:26PM
Former Atlanta schools chief, Beverly L. Hall, was indicted yesterday on charges of cheating to make under-performing schools look better on state testing, allowing herself and other school administrators to profit. Hall and 34 others were indicted by a Georgia grand jury that found rampant cheating between 2005 and 2010. Hall was a celebrated school superintendent, who had been praised by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and even invited to the White House.
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 01:30PM
Maine Zumba Teacher Pleads Guilty to Prostitution, Ending Fantastic Scandal
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 12:45PM
Alexis Wright plead guilty to prostitution on Friday, ending a truly entertaining scandal that shocked the small vacation town of Kennebunk, Maine. Her guilty plea avoids a high-profile trial that would have probably included even more sex videos, bawdy details, and further embarrassment to the johns of the closely-knit town. Of course, Gawker posted several of those pornographic videos a few months ago, and here's a link to them! The names of the johns were also released during the criminal proceedings.
Glass Blowing
Khary Polk · 03/30/13 11:55AMMax Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 11:45AM
Mayor of Austin Prepared for North Korea Attack as U.S. Continues Show of Force
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 11:09AM
After releasing photos on Friday showing Kim Jong-Un and his advisers reviewing plans to attack major (and some not so major) American cities, mayors of those cities have responded to the possible (eh, not very possible) threat. Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell has released a statement, reassuring residents that they do not face imminent demise:
Man Given Probation After Mercy Killing of Elderly Wife
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 10:15AMMax Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 09:30AM
Why Did The Supreme Court Take Up Gay Marriage Anyway?
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 09:00AM
With observers feeling that the Supreme Court is going to stop short of a constitutional right to gay marriage, and several liberal justices voicing their concerns about why they were hearing this case at all, the question becomes which justices pushed for the court to take the case in the first place?
North Korea Says It's Entering a 'State of War' with South Korea; Experts Say It's Not Really War
Cord Jefferson · 03/29/13 08:24PM
Despite the fact that North Korea and South Korea have technically been at war since the 1950s, when their hostilities ended with a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty, the North has now claimed to have entered a state of war with the South. Unfortunately, exactly what that means is difficult to decipher.




