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Woman arrested for using fake name on MySpace in 2008. It seems like a new development for the government to erradicate anonymity on the web, but no. What else is in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act that the people need to know about?

Local and state tax collectors have added a new tool to their arsenal to locate tax cheats. The agencies have gone to Facebook and MySpace looking for those who have failed in paying their share of taxes. According to one report the tax collecting agencies are finding it a great tool in locating those who post their profiles and share their location, new job status and how much they are making.

This is the second case of someone getting the death penalty from information gained from social networking sites. Would they have had a case without using their personal pages?

Citing cases dating back as far as 1928, a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence.

"A judge threw a 17-year-old 11th grade honor student from Willis High School in jail after she missed school again.

Judge Lanny Moriarty said last month Diane Tran was in his Justice of the Peace court for truancy and he warned her then to stop missing school. But she recently missed classes again so Wednesday he issued a summons and had her arrested in open court when she appeared."

I didn't know skipping class at school was considered a crime...

On the drive to work I heard that California fialed to get a budget worked out. The roads were still there. The traffic lights still worked. My lunch didn't kill me. Children weren't beaten in the streets. Nothing changed. Those of us that get up and go create a vuluable good or service have continued about our business.

Withdrawal from marijuana triggered a psychotic episode in a pot head who went on a crime spree which included sexually assaulting a woman, a judge has ruled.

Provincial court Judge Marlene Graham, in a written decision released Tuesday, found Yvon Joseph Larocque was legally insane at the time and therefore not criminally responsible.

On entering the court, I claimed common law jurisdiction... as is my right. The demeanour of the judge changed. In a common law court the judge has to be impartial and consider all the evidence submitted by both parties... in the European system the judge cherry picks. I asked the judge if he was acting under his oath of office (confirming it as a common law court)...

In a significant blow to the Justice Department, a federal judge on Thursday threw out the indictment of five former Blackwater security guards over a shooting in Baghdad in 2007 that left 17 Iraqis dead and about 20 wounded.