Former Montana Rep. declares himself ‘last man standing’ in court protest
A former Montana state representative instigated a flurry of verbal abuse toward a judge and prosecuting attorney during a routine hearing on Monday.
OBGYN group backs over-the-counter birth control to reduce unintended pregnancy
The influential American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists officially recommended on Tuesday that birth control pills should be sold without a prescription.
Dutch ditch controversial ‘weed pass’ law
Dutch cities are to decide themselves whether to bar foreign drug tourists from so-called coffee-shops, after the government scrapped its unpopular “weed pass” law.
Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that, according to his brother, Jesse Jackson Jr. would be resigning “momentarily” from Congress.
Study: Higher retail wages would lift Americans out of poverty, boost economy
A new study estimated that if retail workers were given a living wage, hundreds of thousands of Americans would be lifted out of poverty and the wage boost would significantly bolster the economy.
The world won’t end next month, Maya experts insist
Relax doomsayers, the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012.
