A down-on-his-luck construction worker survived a 625-volt zap to the head after getting pushed onto an electrified third rail during a drunken brawl in Brooklyn.

The complexities of the legal system often debunk Americans from delving into clauses of breakthrough bills. Although many believe the country has not changed much in the past fifty years, there have been several laws that counter those arguments.

President Obama exhorted a Florida minister Thursday to “listen to those better angels” and call off his plan to engage in a Koran-burning protest this weekend.