Full time, crazy court, crazy defendant

Hello there! A few short news stories:

Ask Yahoo!: How did 40 hours become "full time"? What? 40 hours is full time? I generally work more than that! I know there are a lot of people that gripe if they have to work much more, but when you look back historically to times when 60 or 70 was the norm, we've got it pretty good today.

Briton accused of killing a cabbie has execution delayed in Pakistan due to Prince Charles visit. Here's the part I found scary: the guy was assaulted by the cabbie and killed him in self defense, he was cleared by the courts, but the Islamic Court still imposed a death sentence on him.

Man presents defense in his murder case. The defendant shot a man in the back of the head, torched the body, cut off the head, threw it in a river, burned the man's store, and lied about even being involved. His brilliant plan now? Plead not guilty because it was self-defense. Let's see how well that works for him.