China's Crackdown

A Chinese woman was arrested  and sentenced to a year in a labor camp for sending a single sarcastic Twitter message that included the words “charge, angry youth.” 

Where's th Beef? Apparently, not at Taco Bell.

Taco Bell, w/annual sales of nearly 2 Billion dollars has been sued in a class action alleging that its "ground beef" is really "taco meat filling" consisting of mostly "extenders" and other non-meat substances and is less than 40% ground beef. 

Folks on the Bottom of the Heap

The former boyfriend and manager of "Jersey Shore" star Jenni "JWoWW" Farley has been barred, at least temporarily, from selling nude and semi-nude pictures and videotapes he took of her while she was under pre- and post-operative anesthesia.

Life Sentence for Chinese Driver for Evading Tolls

The next time you forget to pay your parking tickets, be thankful you don't live in China where a farmer who evaded over $550,000 in tolls over 8 months of driving has been sentenced to life in prison and a $300,000 fine. It has provoked a firestorm among Chinese who have accused the government of imposing a draconian sentence on a man trying to make ends meet.

U.S. District Court Judge Slams Claims of Copyright Infringement

The U.S. publisher of the bestselling “Harry Potter” novels, won a copyright- infringement lawsuit brought by the estate of an author claiming one of the books copied his work.

U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan dismissed the suit brought by the trustee for the estate of Adrian Jacobs against New York-based Scholastic because the books were too different.

“The contrast between the total concept and feel of the works is so stark that any serious comparison of the two strains credulity,” Scheindlin wrote in an opinion filed yesterday, granting Scholastic’s motion to dismiss the case.

Health Care in the United States

Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), was asked by MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell if he would be following the example of some of his colleagues and opt out of his own government-sponsored health care insurance. Roe responded that he is not enrolled in the Congressional health care plan, called the FEHBP, since he receives coverage through Medicare.