by Carol Thompson UPDATE: The jury has found Springfield not-guilty following a brief deliberation. Just prior to the commencement of jury deliberations Calcagno was taken away in an ambulance. No word on her condition. The retrial of an injury lawsuit against...
Subscribe in iTunes by Carol Thompson A Brady hearing is underway in a small upstate community that has gained national media attention, including Dateline. On Easter Sunday 1994, 18 year old Heidi Allen vanished without a trace from the D&W Convenience Store...
by James O’Connor Cream Group, Inc., which operates as Oro Marketing, and its mastermind Sami Charchian have agreed to a permanent ban on telemarketing to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they targeted Spanish-speaking women with false promises that...
by Carol Thompson Crayola, Twitter, and YouTube have been hit by hackers this week. Sunday, Crayola apologized to its Facebook followers after unknown hackers took control of its social media webpage and posted some off-color photos and links. Monday,...
by Carol Thompson A tale of two cities Mike Todd spends Friday and Saturday nights cruising the streets of Oswego, N.Y. looking for unruly college students. A member of the city’s common council, Todd represents constituents in a high student rental area....
by James O’Connor Marriott International and the American Hotel and Lodging Association are asking the Federal Communications Commission to give hotels the go ahead to remotely disable the Wi-Fi devices that some travelers use to connect their laptops...
by Carol Thompson A new report released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that an average of six people per day die from alcohol poisoning. Surprisingly, the report states that those succumbing to alcohol poisoning are not college students, nor...
by Carol Thompson Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Snapchat deceived consumers with promises about the disappearing nature of messages sent through the service. According to the FTC’s...
by Carol Thompson The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote on the controversial net neutrality rules next month, however, if the FCC reclassifies broadband as a regulated utility, Congress will likely attempt to push back. The five-member Federal...
by Carol Thompson Patricia Sullivan spent the final months of her life harassed by debt collectors. The retired 77 year old had remarried, twenty years after the death of her first husband. Her second marriage ended only a year later when her husband...
