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$40 Million Can't Resolve the Issues Behind the Central Park 5 Case
The five wrongly convicted men will reportedly settle with the city for $40 million. That's not insignificant, but it's mainly symbolic.
NYC's Pay Out to the Occupy Movement Is Not the End of Protest Anger
Occupy protesters wrongly arrested on New Year's Day 2012 will get a deserved $583,000 payout, but that's no great victory for dissent.
Animal Rights Groups Pay Circus Nearly $16M in Settlement Over Elephant Abuse Allegations
The settlement ends a 14-year legal battle between Feld Entertainment and various animal rights groups.
Bab al-Shams: The Short Life of a Palestinian Settlement
On Friday morning, a small group of Palestinians drove up into the hills between Jerusalem and the large Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim. By Friday around lunchtime, they had announced to the world that the village of Bab al-Shams had been...
Mars One Plans on Colonizing the Red Planet with a Reality Show
I like going to new places as much as possible. Recently I felt burnt out from the whole world-traveller thing. I'm sure I'll resume at some point, I just have to figure out an awesome and new destination, looks like I might have found my answer, or so...