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$7.45 land a woman in jail

A woman chose to going to jail instead of paying $7.45 bill at Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant.

Mistrial For Britney’s ‘Trafficgate’

Mistrial For Britney’s ‘Trafficgate’Jurors' failure to reach a verdict after 8-hours of deliberations, left the Judge in Britney Spears’ trial for driving without a valid California licence, no option but to declare it a mistrial.

Nick Hogan Released From Jail

Nick Hogan, 18 star of ‘Hogan Knows Best’ has been released from jail early, even though his reckless driving left his friend - former Marine John Graziano in need of life long medical care.

Suicide Risk Rising for Middle Age Whites

A recent study has said that suicide rates in the U.S. have shown an increase largely due to an increase in suicides among middle aged white men and women. This increase has come about after a decade long decrease in suicide rates.

The study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine said white people in the age group of 40 to 64 have "recently emerged as a new high-risk group for suicide." White women constituted the largest increase in suicides with a 4 % increase although white men still make up the largest number of people who kill themselves though there rate has increased by 3 %.

Booming kids clothing market traced to moms demand for style

Washington - Their children wear designer jeans, brand-name polo shirts and the finest shoes.

Wealthy parents in the United States are putting their children into the best high quality designer fashions money can buy. Whether it's a Burberry dress for 180 dollars or a coat recently seen on the catwalk for 375 dollars, price is not an issue for rich parents in the US and other places with high concentrations of wealth. As they shop for their youngsters, mothers are increasingly living out their own fantasies and turning their children into copies of themselves.

The "real" US left: between ostracism and irrelevance

The "real" US left: between ostracism and irrelevanceLos Angeles - The electoral world in the United States is ruled by two parties, the centre-right Republicans and the centre- left Democrats, which for most of the world present an eminently conservative panorama.

Yet far from the glamour of the prime-time televised debates, there are options, including what many on the planet would consider the "real" left.

Although a marginal force, it lobs regular criticism against the two-party system and is actually fielding its own presidential candidates for the November 4 elections.

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