He carries a gun in his boot, likes the smell of burning diesel and observes "Confederate Heroes Day" like a religious obligation. So go ahead, critics, make Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson's day.

The gender pay gap has always been a sore subject bubbling near the surface of law firms across the nation. Now it has boiled over the top. A recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that women lawyers still earn far less than their male counterparts

Source: Reuters KATHMANDU, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Nepal's special assembly, dominated by Maoist former rebels, must adopt a bill to probe the disappearances of people gone missing during a deadly civil war, Human Rights ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.

CANBERRA (AP) - Australia's government is considering adoption of a United Nations protocol on torture and passage of a law that would ban the interrogation technique of waterboarding, the attorney general said today.