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Taco Bell beef is actually 64% other things

Taco Bell beef is actually 64% other things

Been looking for something to ferry you away from "The Border" as efficiently as possible but unable to break the late night cheap food fix at Taco Bell? Gizmodo posted a PSA yesterday about the true contents of ... continue
Miami doctor sues restaurant after eating artichoke whole

Miami doctor sues restaurant after eating artichoke whole

Does it seem unlikely to you that a man could make it through medical school but not be aware that artichokes aren't eaten in a similar manner to apples? A Miami doctor is suing a Texas restaurant for ... continue
Woman sues Google Maps after she is hit by a car

Woman sues Google Maps after she is hit by a car

Although Google Maps is pretty much the universal "ghetto GPS," frequent users know that the directions given are not always the most reliable. While they will usually get you where you're going in the end, sometimes a portion ... continue
Lawsuit alleges Florida hotel honored UK guests’ racist request

Lawsuit alleges Florida hotel honored UK guests’ racist request

In a lawsuit that raises questions about the limits of good customer service, a longtime server at a Florida hotel alleges that his employer honored the request of a visiting British family who did not like being ... continue
Lindsay Lohan sues, claims E-Trade baby is based on her

Lindsay Lohan sues, claims E-Trade baby is based on her

Lindsay Lohan is seeking $100 million in damages from E-Trade for a Super Bowl commercial featuring a "milkaholic" baby with promiscuous, boyfriend-stealing tendencies. The baby in the ad, named "Lindsay," who at one point stumbles into the frame ... continue
NYC woman sues plastic surgeon for implants resulting in four breasts

NYC woman sues plastic surgeon for implants resulting in four breasts

While the result was unintended and certainly not comical for this poor woman, it's difficult not to picture a boob-crazed surgeon responding like, "you didn't want four breasts? Should I not have done that?" 47-year-old Maria Alaimo of ... continue
Apple Threatens To Sue Gawker Media Over Apple Tablet Rumor Contest

Apple Threatens To Sue Gawker Media Over Apple Tablet Rumor Contest

Anyone who follows Apple product launches will know that the company is extremely guarded about their products and apparently Gawker Media crossed the line this week when they offered $100,000 to the first person who could provide ... continue
Mom sues after letter to son in Iraq returned with erroneous “deceased” stamp

Mom sues after letter to son in Iraq returned with erroneous “deceased” stamp

A Minnesota mother of a young man who served in Iraq filed suit against the federal government due to a 2006 incident in which a letter sent to her son serving in Iraq was returned to her, ... continue
WoW player suing for 1m, claims game ruined his “life”

WoW player suing for 1m, claims game ruined his “life”

Gentleman, we are dealing with someone here who has absolutely no life... Sometimes, the funny posts almost write themselves. A World of Warcraft gamer is suing the makers of the geek-crack game because- I'm not making this up- ... continue
Lawsuit: iPhone app developer Storm8 stole phone numbers, user data

Lawsuit: iPhone app developer Storm8 stole phone numbers, user data

A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that popular App Store app developer Storm8 may have bypassed safeguards in order to obtain data such as phone numbers via games downloaded over 20 million times. World War, iMobsters, Racing Live, ... continue
$16 million award in CA “Wee for Wii” water intoxication death

$16 million award in CA “Wee for Wii” water intoxication death

The family of Jennifer Strange, the Rancho Cardova, CA woman who died after consuming massive quantities of water in an ill-conceived radio station contest, has been awarded $$16,577,118 in damages. Strange, 27, attempted to win a Wii gaming ... continue
Microsoft and Bungie getting sued for Halo 3 glitches

Microsoft and Bungie getting sued for Halo 3 glitches

In a move that pretty much sums up everything that is wrong with the American legal system, gamer and greedy, opportunistic git Randy Nunez is suing Microsoft and Bungie because his copy of Halo 3 doesn't always ... continue
Man suing Microsoft for $50,000 over scratched discs

Man suing Microsoft for $50,000 over scratched discs

Microsoft released one helluva janky product when it launched the Xbox 360. I know this, because BOTH of my 360s are currently being repaired in Frankfurt. Ugh. As well as the Red Ring of Death (which afflicted both ... continue
Man sues after finding condom in his soup

Man sues after finding condom in his soup

Remember the tampon infused steak from last week? This week, a dude in California is claiming he found a used condom melted into the cheese of his French Onion soup at an Easter brunch in April. Why can't ... continue
RIAA smacks down Usenet.com in court

RIAA smacks down Usenet.com in court

Usenet.com is preparing for what may amount to "hundreds of millions of dollars" in damages after losing a case brought by the RIAA in New York against the internet dinosaur. Ars Technica detailed the laundry list of grievances ... continue
Man sues Guinness Records for calling him the worlds most litigious man

Man sues Guinness Records for calling him the worlds most litigious man

A man named by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the world's most litigious man has sued the publisher for giving him the title. Jonathan “Johnny Sue-nami" Lee Riches of Lexington, Kentucky claims in his lawsuit ... continue
Someone tell this woman she’s an idiot

Someone tell this woman she’s an idiot

Last year the 21 year old daughter of a state district judge gets convicted of intoxicated manslaughter of her boyfriend. It seems that at the time of the accident that killed her boyfriend she had blood alcohol ... continue
Scarlett Johansson To Sue U.K. Cosmo

Scarlett Johansson To Sue U.K. Cosmo

Scarlett Johansson will be suing the U.K. version of Cosmopolitan magazine after they reportedly published a misleading interview chock-full of false information. According to Johansson's rep, the January cover story is an "obvious attempt...to gain monetarily by ... continue
Rachael Ray Show Sued

Rachael Ray Show Sued

Rachael Ray's talk show is facing a lawsuit filed by a former employee claims that he was forced to leave his job because he suffered from an eating disorder. Aaron Ferguson, an accountant, filed at Manhattan's Supreme Court ... continue