Saying that it is offensive to Native Americans, the US Patent Office cancelled the trademarks registrations to the football team, the Washington Redskins on Wednesday. The move to strip the Washington football team of their registered name is rare, but in a 2-1 ruling the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board within the Patent Office determined that […]
After neither Edie Brickell, known for her hit “What I am,” and Paul Simon, one half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel, failed to appear in court as scheduled on Tuesday, prosecutors decided to drop charges of Disorderly Conduct against the two. The two were charged after a domestic dispute that took place at a […]
A nude man roof-surfing on a Ford Ranger caused an accident on New Mexico’s Highway 522 when he fell from the vehicle and was lying on the side of the road on Friday evening June 6th. When the man, later identified as Alexander Werner, fell from the roof of the vehicle, a motorcycle traveling on the […]
The International Monetary Fund says the U.S. economy will grow 2 percent this year.That is slightly faster than last year, but below its earlier prediction of 2.7 percent from the IMF, Reuters reported.Economists said unusually harsh winter weather crimped business activity and made the world’s biggest economy shrink a bit in the first three months of this […]