Sugar Editorial Picks
Aug 27, 2009 -
Well, a comedian who just happens to be her daughter-in-law!
It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but comedian Sunda Croonquist’s mother-in-law Ruth Zafrin was not kidding when she filed a lawsuit against Sunda for telling so many jokes about her. Croonquist capitalizes on their ethnic differences in her envelope-pushing jokes — she is half-black and half-Swedish, was raised Catholic, and married into a Jewish family.
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May 01, 2008 -
Fashion conglomerate Louis Vuitton is suing 26 year old Nadia Plesner for using a LV look-alike handbag on a t-shirt and poster she designed to call attention to tragedies in Darfur. All the proceeds are donated to the charity "Divest for Darfur."
Constant media attention given to insignificant topics motivated the independent artist's "Simple Living" pieces.
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Other Search Results
Nov 05, 2009 -
- Fans celebrated after the Yankees won their 27th World Series last night, beating the Phillies seven to three in game six. — New York Post
- The UN is relocating 600 of its staff members in Afghanistan after the workers there suffered an attack by the Taliban. — AP
- Rihanna told Diane Sawyer that it was a mistake to go back to Chris Brown after he beat her.
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Feb 27, 2009 -
A California woman has won $7 million from a man she sued for giving her herpes. She accused him of not disclosing his 25-year-old infection before having unprotected sex with her.
Seventy-seven-year old Thomas Redmond, who founded the Aussie line of hair care products, must pay fifty-six-year-old Patricia Behr $4 million in compensatory damages and $2.75 million in punitive damages.
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Oct 22, 2009 -
- Halloween spending is down 15 percent this year compared to last according to the National Retail Federation. — KSFM
- Drug companies might be coming closer to a miracle pill that helps patients safely lose weight. — USA Today
- Dick Cheney is accusing President Obama of "dithering" by failing to make a decision yet about sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan.
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Oct 16, 2009 -
You don't have to be a late night comedian like David Letterman or Jimmy Kimmel to have an affair at work. Office romances are so prevalent these days that companies are asking in-office couples to sign "love contracts" to protect themselves and the company from lawsuits should something go wrong.
So how many people are finding love at work?
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Sep 04, 2009 -
The decision by a California school district to introduce gay-friendly curriculum has been met with a not-so-friendly reaction. Parents are suing the Alameda Unified School district, alleging that inappropriate curriculum is being forced on their children.
Once a year, students in kindergarten through the fifth grade would be taught about LBGT issues.
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Oct 08, 2009 -
Starting Nov. 1, any woman who has an abortion in Oklahoma will have to fill out an extensive questionnaire that will subsequently be posted online. Supporters of the law say that the information will help healthcare officials reduce the number of abortions.
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Sep 01, 2009 -
Before she infamously said anything about gay (or opposite) marriage, beauty queen Carrie Prejean claims that Miss California pageant officials told her to stop mentioning God. In a move that is keeping her name in the headlines, the dethroned Miss California is now suing pageant officials for religious discrimination.
Carrie claims she was fired as Miss California because she voiced her faith-based opinion that gay marriage should not be legal.
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Feb 14, 2008 -
- A lesbian couple from Englewood, CO, are the first to legally challenge Colorado's recently passed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Their motion claims the amendment violates their constitutional right to equal protection. The couple's lawyer says, “The American system does not allow for the tyranny of the majority.
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