Entries Categorized as 'Something Different'

Glass houses

November 11, 2005

The Detroit Free Press said it best in the words of Dawson Bell and L.L. Braisier (excerpt):
In one of the most bizarre events in recent Michigan political history, Attorney General Mike Cox announced Wednesday he had an extramarital affair and accused the state’s most famous attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, of threatening to expose him unless […]

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Computer chimps

October 31, 2005

Forbes has a special report on communication. Topics include lying, story-telling, getting confessions, technology, science, commerce and culture.

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Doing what she knows is right

September 23, 2005

The Family Law Section held its awards banquet at the Country Club of Lansing on Wednesday, September 21, 2005. Karen S. Sendelbach of Nichols, Sacks, Slank, Sendelbach & Buiteweg, P.C. in Ann Arbor provided one of the highlights of the evening by introducing our 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Katherine Barnhart, whom Karen had […]

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Weally wicked Wiccan witings?

May 27, 2005

The AP reports on a divorce court’s attempt to prevent parents from exposing their 9-year old son to their religious beliefs.
Ken Kusmer writes (excerpt):
A court commissioner wrote the unusual order after a routine report by the court’s Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau noted that both Jones and his ex-wife are pagans who send their son, Archer, […]

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Beyond the headlines

March 25, 2005

USA Today shows that even in Hollywood, real trials don’t follow scripts. Martin Kasindorf reports on some of the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction moments from the Michael Jackson’s child-molestation trial.

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“Why is everybody always picking on me?”

March 14, 2005

The ABA e-Journal discusses the plight of a former judge, now practicing law in Hawaii, facing disbarment for trying to impose penalties on clients who complain about him. Richard Y. S. Lee is “perturbed at the system.”
Terry Carter writes (excerpt):
Lee’s recent run-in with the ODC isn’t the first time he’s been called on by […]

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My, flashing really does work

December 26, 2004

Lycos published its Top 100 search terms of 2004 (with last year’s rank in parentheses). Included in the top 10 are items related to marriage, divorce, annulment, custudy disputes and other relationship matters:
1. Janet Jackson (-)
2. Paris Hilton (4)
3. Clay Aiken (24)
4. Britney Spears (2)
5. Nick Berg (-)
6. KaZaA (1)
7. Tattoos (-)
8. Pamela Anderson […]

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Examining the human condition

December 21, 2004

The New York Times celebrates Garrison Keillor’s anniversary with Prairie Home Companion with a glimpse of the man behind the microphone.
David Carr writes (excerpt):
Mr. Keillor is a version of the American personality who ends up stapled to something bigger than he is, a kind of contemporary Walter Winchell, though less interested in dirty linen than […]

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Things you wish you knew before the ceremony

December 11, 2004

Reuters reports on a woman who fainted at her wedding:
An Israeli man who refused to provide child support to his ex-wife for nearly eight years finally had to start paying up when he remarried and police raided the reception to seize wedding gifts.

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In search of definition

December 2, 2004

The BBC shows what a dictionary publisher can do with its online search data:
The term “blog” has been chosen as the top word of 2004 by a US dictionary publisher.
Merriam-Webster said “blog” headed the list of most looked-up terms on its site during the last twelve months.
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TOP 10 WORDS OF 2004
1. blog
2. incumbent
3. electoral
4. insurgent
5. […]

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Who wants to be a millionaire?

November 8, 2004

Findlaw/AP published notice of an ex-wife’s firesale of a $250 million divorce judgment, collectible from the Saudi royal family (excerpt):
After battling for more than 20 years to collect the court-ordered judgment, Diana Bilinelli said she has decided to sell it - at a substantial discount - on the chance that others may have better means […]

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Hip and whizzo

October 20, 2004

BBC News lists 101 words that came into common use in the last 101 years:
A study of when new words became common during the past century has had some surprising findings, such as the word “celebs” being used in 1913, the word “sex” meaning sexual intercourse being first used in 1929, and “mobile phone” dating […]

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