Here's what you might have missed this week
A father and son face each other in court in a million dollar suit. Over a set of season tickets for the Chicago Cubs. That's a baseball team, folks. Like rounders, but with weak beer and hot dogs.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-cubs-season-ticket-suit-0723-20100722,0,6635059.story
Earl Spencer's divorce lawyer Sir Nicholas Mostyn has named a fresh litter of piglets after his perceptions of high court judges. So there's Self-regarding, Pompous, Publicity, Seeking and Pillock. As well as James (I do like animals with mundane human names) and Munby, the final two being a reference to Lord Justice Munby. Given that Sir Nick and Earl Spence are currently set against each other - Spencer suing the lawyer over the handling of his latest divorce - let's hope that the next brood are called Earl, Spencer and so on.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297370/The-bizarre-case-Earl-Spencer-divorce-lawyer--seven-little-piggies.html
Ever played that naughty childish game where you ring a doorbell and run away. Well, think twice before doing it again. In Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Daniel P. Van Plew has faced the wrath of the authorities for catching an unnamed 14-year old in the act and dragging the child back to his house and keeping him prisoner, as well as threatening to kill him. Guess he won't ever hit a doorbell ever again.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Folk-hero-or-aggressor-587729.php
New Zealand's 7,000 face a chicken-less future as kosher slaughter was banned in the country. An appeal against the new Animal Welfare Slaughter Code is being prepared. Failing that, all correctly-slaughtered meat will have to be shipped in from Australia.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/07/25/2740195/new-zealand-jews-mount-lawsuit-against-shechitah-ban
An inveterate gambler in Canada who wanted to be banned from his local casino has finally had his wish come true. In the week when he won $42,000 on a slot machine. Unfortuantely, his self-imposed ban wasn't enforced until the lights flashed up jackpot. The casino then refused to pay out. Because he was banned.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/out-of-luck-bc-gambler-suing-over-denied-jackpot/article1652370/
A father and son face each other in court in a million dollar suit. Over a set of season tickets for the Chicago Cubs. That's a baseball team, folks. Like rounders, but with weak beer and hot dogs.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-cubs-season-ticket-suit-0723-20100722,0,6635059.story
Earl Spencer's divorce lawyer Sir Nicholas Mostyn has named a fresh litter of piglets after his perceptions of high court judges. So there's Self-regarding, Pompous, Publicity, Seeking and Pillock. As well as James (I do like animals with mundane human names) and Munby, the final two being a reference to Lord Justice Munby. Given that Sir Nick and Earl Spence are currently set against each other - Spencer suing the lawyer over the handling of his latest divorce - let's hope that the next brood are called Earl, Spencer and so on.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297370/The-bizarre-case-Earl-Spencer-divorce-lawyer--seven-little-piggies.html
Ever played that naughty childish game where you ring a doorbell and run away. Well, think twice before doing it again. In Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Daniel P. Van Plew has faced the wrath of the authorities for catching an unnamed 14-year old in the act and dragging the child back to his house and keeping him prisoner, as well as threatening to kill him. Guess he won't ever hit a doorbell ever again.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Folk-hero-or-aggressor-587729.php
New Zealand's 7,000 face a chicken-less future as kosher slaughter was banned in the country. An appeal against the new Animal Welfare Slaughter Code is being prepared. Failing that, all correctly-slaughtered meat will have to be shipped in from Australia.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/07/25/2740195/new-zealand-jews-mount-lawsuit-against-shechitah-ban
An inveterate gambler in Canada who wanted to be banned from his local casino has finally had his wish come true. In the week when he won $42,000 on a slot machine. Unfortuantely, his self-imposed ban wasn't enforced until the lights flashed up jackpot. The casino then refused to pay out. Because he was banned.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/out-of-luck-bc-gambler-suing-over-denied-jackpot/article1652370/
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