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Now that the teenaged Boston bombing suspect has confessed, according to news reports, the case against Dzhokar Tsarnaev moves to a federal grand jury. Tsarnaev told investigators he and his brother committed the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 250 because they were upset about the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was questioned in a Boston hospital, where he is is in fair condition with gunshot wounds in the neck, head, legs and hands. …

  Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine exposes lies that deceive consumers, printed right on Frito-Lay snack food packages. Two Californians in San Francisco are suing Frito-Lay for lying about its snack foods. Demonstrating with a bag of Lays Kettle Cooked Mesquite BBQ chips, Larry points out the following problems: The labels say “Made with ALL NATURAL ingredients.” But this does not mean no artificial ingredients are added to the snacks. Frito-Lay claims “made with” means “includes some” all-natural ingredients (such as …

For American college students, a junior year abroad can be a magical experience – or a nightmare in prison if a student fails to take common-sense legal steps. The upcoming publication of a memoir by Amanda Knox, who spent four years in jail in Italy for a murder she did not commit, highlights the stupid mistakes a student can make. Every year, 3,000 American exchange students are arrested abroad, according to author Nina Burleigh, a reporter who investigated the case …

An armed, terror suspect was on the loose the Boston suburbs, putting a million people in lockdown. Before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured Friday night, authorities instructed residents to stay in their homes, behind locks and deadbolts, and to open their doors only to a uniformed police officer with proper credentials. The scene raised the question:  Would Bostonians feel and be safer if more of them had guns in their homes? The question comes at the end of a week when …

With 4/20 approaching, we’ve published weedblog.com’s infographic on the legalization of pot, and you can stare at it for hours. Pass the Doritos, Mary Jane. Currently, the federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, which is a real downer for proponents of legalization. (Substances on Schedule 1 are considered to have high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use.) But opinions differ, as 18 states and D.C. have legalized marijuana for medical use. In the last …