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As the year comes to a conclusion, we look back at the people who shaped our world, grabbed our attention, dominated our conversations or otherwise made a strong impression in 2013. Here's our list, in no particular order -- chime in in the comments section.
A former Tiffany & Co executive will spend a year and a day in prison for stealing and re-selling more than $2.1 million of jewelry from the store's famed Fifth Avenue location in Manhattan.
A Massachusetts judge will consider a formal gag order in the case of former NFL football player Aaron Hernandez after the defense team accused the state and law enforcement representatives of leaking information to the media at a heated pre-trial hearing on Monday.
A pair of realtors are accused in a lawsuit of trying to keep buyers away from a New Jersey home so they could use the place for “sexual escapades,” which were caught on camera, according to a report.Richard and Sandra Weiner of Denville, N.J., filed a suit in Passaic County Dec.
Same-sex marriages in Utah can continue after a federal judge denied the state’s request Monday to put a temporary hold on the unions.State attorneys argued the stay is necessary while they appeal U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby’s ruling Friday that allows gays and lesbians to marry.
A federal judge ruled on Monday that Ohio must acknowledge same-sex marriages on death certificates and went further in his decision to say that lower courts were now applying the recent historic Supreme Court decision striking down the federal ban on recognition of such unions.
Congress has itself to blame for its low ratings among the American people. Policymaking is all about choices; it is the calculus of weighing costs and benefits and the distribution of those costs and benefits. In theory, there are lots of policies that can make everyone better off, but they can only be accomplished by redistributing the gains of the policy.
The owners of the Bangladesh sweatshop garment factory where 112 workers were killed in a fire last year have been charged with homicide. Bloomberg News reports that Delwar Hossain and his wife, owners of Tazreen Fashion Ltd., and the company’s engineer were among 13 people charged under two sections of the law, including homicide.
A 35-year-old Brooklyn man in a custody battle over his 3-year-old son tossed the toddler off a 52-floor apartment building in Manhattan before plunging to his death Sunday afternoon, law enforcement sources said.
