<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/law/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/law/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56171/1/</link><description><![CDATA[They are defying a court ruling and state that they will defend their stance in states other than California as well.<br/>[update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/entertainment/food-and-drink/l/55105/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>]<br/>*Use of the Starbucks logo and name does not imply ownership by Plime.  Please don't sue them.  Or me...I have no money.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exorcism Case To Go To Supreme Court]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/70446/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a woman's claims that she suffered physical, emotional, and mental damage from a 2-day violent exorcism when she was 17. Texas state court gave the church a blank ticket to do whatever they want because it would be religious practices.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Ordered To Pay  $100 Million In Tips]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/55105/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Saying baristas were entitled to $86 million in back tips plus interest, San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett also issued an injunction preventing Starbucks&#8217; shift supervisors from sharing in future tips.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine-Autism Link to be Debated in Court]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23424/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The first of nine cases filed by parents who claim a mercury-based preservative in vaccines caused their child's autism will soon go to court. There has been no link proven between vaccines and autism, but if the court decides in their favor, affected children could benefit from a trust fund.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christian Group Calls for Boycott Over New Starbucks Logo]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/61991/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Seems that one person&#8217;s smut is another person&#8217;s morning latte. A Christian group out of San Diego has found grounds for outrage over the new logo for Starbucks Coffee.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent Supreme Court Landmark Federal Sentencing Law Developments]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44495/1/</link><description><![CDATA[On December 10th the Supreme Court decided two companion cases that essentially hold that the Federal Sentencing guidelines really are just guidelines.  In other words, the sentencing court, after giving them consideration, is free to disregard them and impose the sentence the court thinks is appropriate in a given case.  To understand the significance of this development, here is a brief overview of the history of the sentencing guidelines.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Recalls Starbucks]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/36570/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Forbidden City coffee shop replaces Starbucks]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court to consider death penalty for child rape]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58060/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears arguments about whether the death penalty can be imposed for child rape, taking up for the first time in more than 30 years whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court: Texas Wrongly Seized Polygamist Sect Children]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62808/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;A state appellate court ruled Thursday that child welfare officials had no right to seize hundreds of children from a polygamist sect's ranch on April 3.&quot;<br/><br/>the saga continues...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dog appears in Indian court charged with biting]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/70570/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A seven-year old mongrel has appeared in a local court in India's eastern Bihar state charged with breaching the peace by barking at passers-by and even biting some of them.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrested seal hunt protesters appear in court]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/58059/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Two officers of the Farley Mowatt, an anti-sealing vessel seized by the Canadian government made a brief court appearance this morning.<br/><br/>If convicted, the two men could be jailed for up to one year, fined up to $100,000 -- or both.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45504/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The first time Herb Hyman spoke with the rep from Starbucks, in 1991, the life of his small business flashed before his eyes.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court issues arrest warrant for 'God']]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56067/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A Magistrate has issued an arrest warrant for a man who failed to turn up to court because he is &quot;God&quot; and above the law.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court discovers man, 91, isn't fit for his sexual assault trial]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55226/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorneys in the case of a 91-year-old Palisade man accused of sexual assault spent Wednesday morning in court trying to determine whether the aging man was fit to stand trial.<br/><br/>It turns out he wasn't.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[German court denies bald men state-funded wigs]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19967/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Bald men in Germany have no right to state-funded wigs, according to a new court ruling.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grounded girl, 12, takes father to court]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/65892/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the internet.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare Interview with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/37055/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Most Americans know very little about the workings of the U.S. Supreme Court or its members, but mention Justice Clarence Thomas, and you are likely to start an argument. He is the court's only African American, and its most conservative member. He is arguably the most influential black man in the country, yet he is reviled by many in his own race for his opposition to government programs intended to help minorities.<br/><br/>Full Video at link]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenage boy jailed for taking call in court]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62634/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A magistrate has jailed a teen for answering his mobile phone in court.<br/><br/>The 17-year-old let his mobile ring with the music of US rapper Akon before he answered the call while sitting in the front row of Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court blocks NASA background checks]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/47185/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court ruled Friday that NASA should be blocked from conducting background checks on low-risk employees at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, saying the practice threatens workers&#8217; constitutional rights.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man walks 25 miles to court for DUI sentencing]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65264/1/</link><description><![CDATA[CARLISLE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man says he had one alternative when his brother didn't show up to give him a ride to court: start walking.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fowl play prompts unusual court order]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57044/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A court has issued what could be at least a local first: an order of protection for a duck.]]></description></item></channel></rss>