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A recent study shows that medical-use marijuana may be making our roads and highways safer. Whether that’s true or not we may never know, and, at least from a legal standpoint, it really doesn’t matter. A new study shows a decline in traffic-relate deaths in states with legalized marijuana No matter your opinion on whether pot should or shouldn’t be legal, driving while high is just as illegal as driving while drunk Penalties for a marijuana DUI may be harsher than for …

Here are a several items we thought you’d find interesting. Lawsuit says Delta lies about lost luggage liability limits. A class action lawsuit filed against Delta Air Lines says the carrier misleads customers about limits on claims for lost and delayed baggage. Passenger Susan Miller of Florida says that when she flew on Delta Air Lines to Las Vegas last year, the airline lost and delayed her luggage. She had to pay over $341 to buy warm clothes and replace …

Model and fashion editor Lauren Scruggs was horribly maimed last weekend when she walked into a spinning airplane propeller. The 23-year-old beauty had just deplaned after an airborne Christmas lights tour. Propellers can rotate so fast they are invisible. She is among the hundreds of people injured every year in aviation accidents. Scruggs survived but lost her left hand, much of her face, and may lose vision in her left eye. She’s been unable to say what happened. If the pilot …

Earlier this year, two women students were eager to leave Bulgaria for the summer and visit the U.S. They went through an agency to find employment and obtain the proper work visas. Meanwhile, a cafe operator in Tampa, Fla. was in search of new staff. He took the unorthodox approach of contacting the two women – Ralitsa Dzhambazova and Vanya Samokovareva – through Skype and Facebook prior to employing them at his eatery and providing them with an apartment. By …

Like many divorced women, Nancy J. Kemp of Charleston, W.Va., has a deadbeat ex and a do-nothing judge. She is unemployed and has health issues. Her ex-husband Richard hasn’t paid her spousal support since August. As of Nov. 17, he owed her $4,746. She needs the money for prescriptions, among other things. Since September, Nancy Kemp has filed four motions for contempt with the court. If he’s ultimately found to be in contempt, he could face jail time, a fine …

Defective Chinese drywall has plagued the American homeowner since it was first used in new home construction in the last decade. In November, the Associated Press reported a proposed partial settlement involving the remediation of up to 1,500 homes contaminated by defective Chinese drywall. The settlement reimburses builders who’ve repaired affected homes and funds the scheduled repair of others. Reading this, you might think the enormous problem of Chinese drywall was a thing of the past, or at least coming to …

When New Yorker Bernard Weitz was fined $115 for parking too close to a fire hydrant, he paid the fine rather than contest it.  But when he  noticed his bill included a $10 surcharge, he was furious.  Last month, Weitz filed a $5oo million class action lawsuit against the city claiming the penalties are illegal, and also seeking injunctive relief. According to the complaint, Weitz paid his traffic fine in full, plus a $2 credit card fee, for a total …

Thirteen-year-old Lennox Seaforth Jr. arrived at Drew Freeman Middle School on On Dec. 2, 2010, excited to show off his outfit for the school’s Spirit Week. During that week, the Prince George’s County public school elected to have a different theme for each day. Monday had been “Crazy Hat” day, while Tuesday had been “Dress for Success” day. That day’s theme was “70s and 80s,” which encouraged students, staff and faculty to dress in retro attire. For instance, one teacher …

A Michigan jury has awarded more than $2 million to the family of a man who died after choking on food at the nursing home in which he lived. The case underscores the problems and dangers that can be found at poorly staffed care facilities, as well as those where staff are under-trained or neglect established procedures and protocols. The victim, Walter Polomski, suffered from a host of health problems including early stage dementia and difficulty swallowing, and lived in …

  At St. Anselm College in New Hampshire last week, Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry urged students who would be 21 by next November 12th to vote for him. It’s been pointed out already that: The legal voting age is 18 and Election day is next November 6th Now you can chalk these mistakes up to fatigue from the already grueling campaign schedule. (Buck up Rick, just 11 more months to go!) Or you could see how really politically savvy …