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A creepy legal aid lawyer from Queens, New York, has been charged for secretly videotaping female colleagues in various states of undress.

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Epic fail

You are a 36-year-old burglar. You have stolen 50,000 euros-worth ($84,182) of rare coins from a residence in Dortmund, western Germany. You take them to a bank for safe keeping. A bank clerk notices that the coins are in fact the collection that was stolen from their own home three days earlier. You are arrested by police. How do you feel? Epic fail.

If I had a hammer

In an effort to comply with a court ruling to share his property with his ex-wife, a Serb farmer has used a grinding machine to cut his farm tools and machinery in half, Reuters reported.

It was the night before Easter

An amusing tale from the UK caught our attention last week via BabyBarista’s blog. The fictitious blogger for Times Online captured the frustrations barristers face when their cases are postponed. In this case, though, the scheduled day fell before Good Friday.

It’s easy, just study

An eight-year-old boy whose dream it is to be a federal judge has shocked his native country Brazil by passing his law school entrance exam.

Heart's in right place

London lawyers show how they really are behind all this CSR "bull****"

Brides bond bridesmaids’ bellies

It’s their special day, and now some brides are contractually obliging their bridesmaids to not put on weight or get pregnant before they tie the knot and possibly let themselves go, News.com.au recently reported.

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