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Hundreds of New York Judges don’t have Law Degrees

Nearly three-quarters of the [town and village] judges are not lawyers, and many — truck drivers, sewer workers or laborers — have scant grasp of the most basic legal principles. Some never got through high school, and at least one went no further than grade school….

But the majority of the cases resulting in action involve the town and village judges. Marisa Harrison, the public records officer at the commission, said 70 percent of the cases resulting in discipline over the course of the commission’s existence dealt with such judges.

Source: Despite Exposés and Embarrassments, Hundreds of Judges Preside in New York Without Law Degrees

The Postal Service is losing millions a year to help you buy cheap stuff from China

According to the terms set out in Universal Postal Union treaty, the USPS in 2014 gets paid no more than about $1.50 for delivering a one-pound package from a foreign carrier, which makes it hard to cover costs. [1] The USPS inspector general’s office estimated that the USPS lost $79 million in fiscal year 2013 delivering this foreign treaty mail. (The Postal Service itself declined to provide specific figures.)

Source: The Postal Service is losing millions a year to help you buy cheap stuff from China – The Washington Post

The death of the electric guitar

In the past decade, electric guitar sales have plummeted, from about 1.5 million sold annually to just over 1 million. The two biggest companies, Gibson and Fender, are in debt, and a third, PRS Guitars, had to cut staff and expand production of cheaper guitars.

Source: The death of the electric guitar – Washington Post