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ICYMI: Best of the Week
Chelsey D. Goff | March 30, 2015ICYMI, check out the best of the week from Law Street.
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Weird News
TSA Has Secret Checklist to Spot Terrorists. Hint: Don’t Yawn at Security
Alexis Evans | March 29, 2015Running late to catch your plane? Careful because that might be a sign to TSA that you're a terrorist.
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Weird News
Weird Arrests of the Week
Anneliese Mahoney | March 29, 2015Check out the latest slideshow of weird arrests of the week.
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World
Fattah al-Sisi: Challenges for Egypt’s New Leader
Jasmine Shelton | March 29, 2015As Fattah al-Sisi takes over in Egypt, what challenges will the new leader face?
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Law
The Best Legal Tweets of the Week
Chelsey D. Goff | March 29, 2015Check out the latest slideshow of the best legal tweets of the week.
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Law
The Forgotten WMDs: Chemical Weapons
Michael Sliwinski | March 29, 2015Have our efforts to ban chemical weapons gone anywhere?
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Gone Girl: Police Say California Woman’s Kidnapping Wasn’t Real
Alexis Evans | March 28, 2015Did a California woman fake her own kidnapping?
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Amanda Knox’s Legal Limbo Almost Over
Alexis Evans | March 27, 2015What will the latest verdict be in the Amanda Knox case?
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Uber Adds More Safety Features, But Will They Be Enough?
Anneliese Mahoney | March 27, 2015The saga of Uber safety continues, this time with more rape allegations and more safety feature rollouts.
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Entertainment & Culture
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Take Different Paths to LGBT Inclusion
Jessica McLaughlin | March 27, 2015BSA and GSUSA have had very different approaches to LGBT members and leaders.
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Health & Science
Who Owns the Moon? Space Property Rights Are Nearing
Ashley Bell | March 27, 2015As we move toward a commercial space industry, how will the laws evolve?
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Blogs
Death by Firing Squad Now Legal in Utah
Corinne Fitamant | March 27, 2015Death row prisoners in Utah can now be executed by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.
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News
UMD Students’ Press Uncuffed Project Aims to Free Imprisoned Journalists
Anneliese Mahoney | March 26, 2015The Press Uncuffed movement aims to free 221 imprisoned journalists worldwide.
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Entertainment & Culture
Re-Writing the Classics: What Are Your Fanfiction Rights?
Noel Diem | March 26, 2015The legal side to writing fan fiction and creating fan art.
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Humor
Peek-a-Boo! Cops Find Crook Who Snapchatted His Location
Ashley Shaw | March 26, 2015Social media is the downfall of yet another dumb criminal.
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Entertainment & Culture
Cultural Appropriation: What’s Appropriate?
Jennifer Polish | March 26, 2015What is cultural appropriation, and where do we draw the line between it and appreciation?
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ISIS Uses Twitter to Publish Hit List of U.S. Military Personnel
Jasmine Shelton | March 26, 2015ISIS continues its use of social media platforms to wage a global war.
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Gaming Convention Gen Con May Relocate if Indiana Signs Anti-Gay Bill
Alexis Evans | March 25, 2015USA's largest gaming expo Gen Con threatens to leave Indiana if Governor signs anti-gay bill.
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Police Find No Evidence to Support UVA Gang Rape Story
Alexis Evans | March 25, 2015Rolling Stone's expose on UVA continues to fall apart.
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FEMA to States: Recognize Climate Change or Lose Funding
Anneliese Mahoney | March 25, 2015Climate change-denying governors have a tough decision to make based on FEMA's latest compliance requirements.
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Schools
Yale Law School Deletes Admissions Records After Student Requests
Brittany Alzfan | March 25, 2015Citing professor privacy, Yale won't be releasing information about admissions data to students.
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Elections
Ted Cruz’s Presidential Bid: Will There Be Citizenship Questions?
Alexis Evans | March 24, 2015Ted Cruz just announced his presidential bid. Will he have his own confrontation with "birthers?"
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Energy and Environment
Hudson River Park Development in NYC Raises Questions
Franklin R. Halprin | March 23, 2015A privately funded park affecting the Hudson River in NYC is raising environmental concerns.
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Weird News
The Dumbest Laws of the United States: Alaska and Hawaii
Marisa Mostek | March 23, 2015Check out the dumbest laws of Hawaii and Alaska.
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Politics
Drone Pilot PTSD is Awful, But Also Beside the Point
Jennifer Polish | March 23, 2015Recent coverage of drone pilots suffering from PTSD ignores the physical effects of drone attacks on site.