A Washington state sheriff has sent a memo to deputies telling them that sex on duty will not be tolerated. Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich (kuh-NEZ’-oh-vich) tells KREM (http://is.gd/onQ40E ) he had to spell out the policy because a deputy he fired for the behavior won his job back last month in arbitration. The memo says that sex on duty …

An anti-union state lawmaker in Pennsylvania compared unions to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin while debating legislation on Wednesday that would prevent government employers from automatically deducting union fees from employees’ paychecks. “The unions are about power and control,” state Sen. Scott Wagner (R) said. “And there are two things that I continue to remember about power and control. There …

A block of privately-owned apartments in a tony area of London has installed metal studs on the ground to keep homeless people from sleeping there. Similar to the window spikes many buildings use to deter pigeons from roosting, the studs reportedly appeared last month and have inspired outrage on Twitter. Some residents said they had seen people sleeping in the …

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has pulled his support from a deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and will pursue his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA, his attorney said Monday. “We have been instructed to prosecute the lawsuit,” said attorney Maxwell Blecher. He said co-owner Donald Sterling would not be signing off …

More than 57,000 U.S. military veterans have been waiting 90 days or more for their first VA medical appointments, and an additional 64,000 appear to have fallen through the cracks, never getting appointments after enrolling, the government said Monday in a report newly demonstrating how deep and widespread the problem is. It’s not just a backlog issue, the wide-ranging Veterans …

Tracy Morgan’s rep released a statement following this weekend’s fatal car accident, contradicting rumors that the comedian would need to have his leg amputated. Morgan will face an “arduous” recovery process, but his scheduled leg surgery is not an amputation. There have been a bunch of reports claiming Tracy’s leg would have to be removed — but his rep tells …

Among the 200 best-paid chief executives in the country, just 11 are women, according to a data analysis conducted for the New York Times. That figure means women make up just 5.5 percent of the highest paid CEOs. And to make matters worse, they appear to earn less. Overall, women make up just 48 of the chief executives at the …