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The Daily Memo - 4/19/07
A Georgia woman is suing a local town and a funeral home because she fell into the open grave of a friend while trying to put flowers on the friend’s casket, and she and her husband are seeking over $75,000 in damages. (Asheville Citizen Times)
A Florida man (where else?!) decided that the best place to break into a van to steal some stuff was in a jail parking lot. Guess where he is now? (Florida Today)
The TTAB has ruled that “RATED R SPORTSWEAR” is confusingly similar to the movie rating used by the MPAA. (The TTABlog)
The House has decided, in overwhelming fashion, that stiffer penalties are in order to keep folks from falsely portraying themselves as the Treasury Department (meaning the non-federal irs.com website needs to tread real lightly). (Download Squad)
Montana Governor “Brian Schweizer said ‘no, nope, no way, hell no’ Tuesday to national driver’s licenses, signing into law a bill supporters say is one of the strongest rejections of the federal plan.” (Billings Gazette)
A new California bill would require all products coming from cloned livestock to be clearly labeled as “from clones.” (International Business Times)
A Pennsylvania court has ruled that a couple can no longer go hunting in their own backyard. (Philadelphia Weekly)
Oklahoma legislators have declared the watermelon as the state vegetable (joining the strawberry as the state’s official fruit). (iWon News)
