mental illness

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 9:40AM 1/12/2011
    Jared Lee Loughner, the disturbed young man charged in this weekend's massacre in Tuscon, highlights the physical dangers that individuals with untreated mental illness pose to society. But the financial costs of mental illness are high too.

    By Josh Smith

    | 11:00AM 10/16/2009
    Imagine you're minding your own business looking for a new coat at Burlington Coat Factory on an idle Tuesday afternoon when a stretch Hummer Limo rolls up and out jumps Linda Brown, 45, who tells the entire store that she won a $1.5 million lottery prize and wanted to spend $500 on everyone in the...

    By Aaron Crowe

    | 12:00PM 4/15/2009
    It may seem like a logical move, but a man in Taiwan didn't understand it: Don't throw money out of a moving car. It could create a mob scene.A 55-year-old man was arrested for throwing $29,600 in cash out of a moving taxi in a crowded part of Taichung city, causing disorder in the streets,...