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Home Page Potential Lawsuit Smith & Wesson is recalling all Thompson Center Venture Rifles manufactured prior to October 28, 2011 due to a potentially fatal defect. The recall was issued because during an internal technical review, Smith & Wesson identified a condition that may exist with the sear supplied with some rifles that would allow the rifle to fire without the trigger being pulled. Any unintended discharge of a firearm has the potential to cause injury or death. Read full article…

Fish poaching is serious — and illegal — business. Police in Maryland are now armed with new poaching laws and high-tech equipment to battle the problem.

This is good news for fisherman. Last year the state had to shut down the fishing season early. Poachers had taken 13 tons of striped bass.

Fishermen who were legitimately trying to make a living were out of luck. Biologists were called in to analyze the potential damage to the area.

The daily quota for legal fishing is 1,200 pounds of the fish. Poachers often go above this amount.

Police now have access to better technology and equipment to fight poaching. They now have a side-scan sonar to find underwater nets.

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FLORENCE, SC — Mitt Romney said yesterday he will release his tax returns, while acknowledging he pays a rate of 15 percent of his income to Uncle Sam, lower than many Americans with only a fraction of his wealth.

Romney, who is worth about $250 million, leads in the polls, but is facing mounting pressure by Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry to cough up his returns.

“What’s the effective rate I’ve been paying? It’s probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything,” Romney told reporters.

“My income comes overwhelmingly from some investments made in the past, whether ordinary income or earned annually,” Romney continued. He said he also

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Home Page Potential Lawsuit The Massachusetts (MA) Department of Public Health (MDPH) is issuing a warning to consumers to avoid consumption of certain cheese and milk products because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes). The presence of L. monocytogenes in foods such as cheese and milk products represents a significant danger to public health. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued an 11/24/11 health alert notifying residents of Canada of a voluntary recall initiated by the dairy plant, 3903052 Canada Inc., Boisbriand, in Québec. Read full article…

When criminal defendants are released from prison, some are “bonded out” while others are “bailed out.” If you consume enough criminal news, the two terms start to look interchangeable, as though they both mean the same thing.

While they both have the same effect — temporary freedom — they’re actually different. The difference between bond and bail is a subtle one, but it ultimately comes down to the . Who and what is securing the defendant’s freedom?

As you likely know, bail is the monetary amount a defendant must pay to secure his release. If he fails to appear at a specified time, he forfeits that amount.

If the defendant or his family pays bail, he’s been bailed out of jail.

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