More and more people are participating in virtual worlds on the Internet, and where people go, litigation follows. A recent case, Bragg v. Linden Research, raises a number of real-world legal issues that now are cropping up in virtual worlds.

Claims by terrified villagers that "bigfoot"-type hairy giants are roaming the jungles of India’s remote northeast have prompted authorities to order an investigation, a local official said.

This collection of innovative bus advertising is certain to bring a grin to your face. Have you seen any of them where you live?

The computer game, World of Warcraft, has some parents fuming that it has no end.

Experts say prices could fall by over 50 cents a gallon by July 4; after then, everything depends on hurricane season.

Russia (Reuters) – The stench of dung stopped anti-Kremlin protestors rallying in the Russian city of Murmansk on Tuesday, an opposition activist said.

Luxembourg glugs more than 15.5 litres of alcohol per person in a year, more than any other country.

Chronic sleep deprivation can do more than leave you short-tempered: it can also stress your heart and raise your risk of cardiovascular disease and death, according to a study released Wednesday.

“Pepsi Ice Cucumber(tm) is a cola of fresh taste balanced with an exquisite stimulus of the carbonic acid with a cucumber flavor… a cola which is dimly fragrant, emerald green with a rush of coolness.”

The SPY Act, a new anti-spyware law, makes it impossible for consumer rights groups to sue DRM companies for putting spyware in their DRM (like Sony did last year, with its rootkit DRM). The irony is that spyware is already illegal, so all that this act does is immunize big media companies that sneak spyware [...]

A Chinese court has jailed two officials after they let a blind contractor build a bridge which collapsed during construction and injured 12 people, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.