'Zero' chance lottery tickets stun some players

When Scott Hoover bought a $5 scratch-off ticket in Virginia called "Beginner's Luck" last summer, he carefully studied the odds. Even though he figured his chances of winning were a long shot, he felt the odds were reasonable.

Hoover, a business professor at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, ( Read more... )

Did you guys hear about this?

I'm torn between feelings of "how stupid did this kid have to be?" and "oh my god, his poor family!"
Teen struck, killed by coaster at theme park, police say
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A teenager Saturday was struck and killed by a roller coaster at the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park outside Atlanta, authorities said ( Read more... )

My $.02...

$.01 = How cool would it be to be able to donate $100M to well-deserving causes like this?

$.01 = If I was the director of one of these non-profits, I'd be crying too. I welled up just reading about it. :)

'Anonymous Friend' gives $100 million to town

ERIE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Mike Batchelor invited the heads of 46 charities into his ( Read more... )

I don't think this is where our law enforcement dollars are best spent.  You?

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jVTk0RxEEvO0n78b2XK1H8vSPXiQD8S0L3FO1

Court Leaves Ala. Sex Toy Ban Intact

By PHILLIP RAWLS - Oct 1, 2007

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to Alabama's ban on the sale of sex toys, ending a ( Read more... )

Sent to all RWU law students today (emphasis mine)

To the Roger Williams University School of Law Community

July 19, 2007

Richard Bready, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Roger Williams University, yesterday accepted former chairman Ralph Papitto’s request that his name be removed from the law school at Roger Williams University.

Having the law ( Read more... )

Papitto apologizes for racial slur
ProJo / 04:19 PM EDT on Wednesday, July 18, 2007

http://www.projo.com/news/content/20070718_projo_papitto_name.89f31267.html

Ralph R. Papitto, the former Roger Williams University Board of Trustees chairman who used a racial slur at a board meeting, issued a statement today apologizing and saying he has asked the ( Read more... )

http://www.projo.com/news/bobkerr/kerr_column_18_07-18-07_8I6D4RL.29d5fb0.html

Change the name for the sake of the students

01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The name of the law school at Roger Williams University has to be changed because the school is in danger of becoming a sad, snickering joke if it isn't.

It might seem unfair to Ralph R. ( Read more... )

This has been big LOCAL news this week (and here), but NOW national news has picked it up...

Roger Williams University benefactor and board chairman uses N-word during Board Meeting

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/16/racial.slur.ap/index.html

I would like to note three things -

First, while Pappito IS the guy my law school is named after (sadly), he ( Read more... )

German teen unplugs pensioner's 'noisy' life support machine

Police in Southern Germany are quizzing a 17-year-old car crash victim who turned off a fellow hospital patient's life-support machine because it was keeping him awake.

Frederik Moelner wound up in intensive care recovering from the accident, reports Ananova, but his attempts to have a bit ( Read more... )

Read this if you own an analog tv.

Will your TV suddenly go black in February 2009?