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Towing Company Sues Student Over Facebook Page
T&J Towing of Kalamazoo, MI wants to send a message to anyone in the town who feels like complaining about the company online. They’ve filed a $750,000 defamation lawsuit against a Western Michigan...
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Amazon Sues North Carolina, Says It Won't Divulge Customer Names
North Carolina’s tax collectors want to find out which of the state’s residents have bought untaxed goods from Amazon over the past seven years, so they visited Amazon’s HQ in Seattle and demanded the...
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Delta Passenger Fights Satan, Sprays Others With Water
A Delta flight from L.A. to Florida had to make an emergency landing in Albuquerque, NM on Friday, after a first class passenger sprayed people with a water bottle from the beverage cart, threatened to...
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Verizon Bill Collector Threatens To Blow Up Man's House
A man in New Mexico is suing Verizon Wireless over a series of harassing phone calls made by Verizon bill collectors last year. The man, Al Burrows, says the calls were concerning a relative’s unpaid...
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Debt Collection Company Sued Over Racist Voicemails, Must Pay $1.5 Million
Advanced Call Center Technologies tried to collect $200 on a disputed debt from Allen Jones a few years ago. Part of the company’s advanced technology is its innovative voicemail strategy, where its...
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Self-Insured Premiums Jump By 20%, Triggering Warning From White House
About 10% of respondents in our informal poll yesterday about health insurance said they pay their own premiums, and according to a new poll from Kaiser Survey, three quarters of those people just...
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Don't Threaten Yourself Via Text Message Then Tell The Police
The conventional wisdom has it that if you want to commit a crime with a cell phone, use a prepaid model. That’s what a woman in California did to get back at her ex-boyfriend and his sister-in-law, by...
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Price Chopper Supermarket Emails Customer's Employer, Demands Disciplinary...
Last week, a customer at Price Chopper in upstate New York tweeted a relatively mild insult about the store: “Every time I go to @PriceChopperNY I realize why they r not @wegmans. Tonight -bare produce...
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What Did This Woman Do To UPS To Get On Brown's Blacklist?
An Oregon woman whose medical problems leave her unable to drive thought that being able to buy almost anything online would make her life easier. That was before UPS began its mysterious war with her....
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Teen Arrested For Sending Out School Threat Via Xbox Live
Authorities arrested a Maryland teenager who is charged with making threats of a mass shooting at a high school. He’s accused of impersonating another student while sending a threatening message to...
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Yes, Tweeting “Jokes” To An Airline About “Doing Something Big” Can Get You...
Although sometimes it can feel like engaging in social media is akin to shouting into a bottomless pit and no one is really listening, you better be sure that if you claim to be part of a terrorist...
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Teenagers Decide New Cool Thing To Do Is Make Copycat Airline Bomb Threats On...
Sigh.I don’t envy teenagers — it’s just so hard to keep up with the coolest trends. Like are we still saying “for shizzle?” Are high fives acceptable? But if all your friends started tweeted fake bomb...
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United Flight From NYC To D.C. Grounded After Security Finds Bomb Threat On...
(Adam Fagen)Earlier this week a Dutch teenager landed in hot water after sending a threatening tweet to American Airlines. While the teen says she was joking, the airline took the threat seriously, as...
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How Does A Negative Amazon Review Result In Threats Of A Lawsuit?
From the legal letter T. posted on Reddit earlier this week.UPDATE: While neither Medialink nor its lawyer have responded to our request for comment on this story, the company has posted a lengthy note...
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Former TSA Screener Not Fit To Stand Trial For Allegedly Making 9/11-Related...
(frankieleon)A former TSA screener who worked at Los Angeles International Airport won’t stand trial for allegedly sending a series of 9/11-related threats to the airport last fall. On Monday a judge...
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Supreme Court To Decide When Online Rants Cross Line Into Criminal Threats
(Ellechimbo)If I go on Facebook and tell someone in Florida that I am going to beat him into a bloody pulp and maybe kidnap his kid for good measure, I’m in violation of federal law. But does it matter...
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Verizon: We Will Sue FCC Again If “Hybrid” Net Neutrality Happens
(AJENT.MSG) Verizon really does not care for net neutrality rules. They successfully sued to get net neutrality overturned, but it just won’t stay dead enough for them. They’ve tried firmly insisting...
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‘Microsoft Tech Support’ Phone Scammer Threatens To Cut Man Into Little...
(Ken Fager) We already know that scammers use a variety of unsavory tactics when trying to take advantage of consumers; from impersonating federal agents to threatening jail time. But an alleged...
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Supreme Court Rules That You Have To Intend A Threat For It To Be A Real Threat
(afagen) Lots of people have ill-will and mountains of unflattering things to say about their exes. Many of those people say those things online. But if your rant happens to be filled with violent...
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Senate Advances Bill That Would Require Social Media Sites To Report...
(Tom Raftery) If it seems like everyone uses social media, well, that’s because basically everyone does. But it’s not just cake recipes and birthday party meet-ups people plan online; plenty of illegal...
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