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A California man has been driving alone in the carpool lane with corporation papers on the passenger’s seat to test the legal principle that corporations are persons. Jonathan Frieman, 56, says he wants to make a political point. But after he was ticketed for not having a passenger in a carpool lane, a judge rejected his argument. Frieman is appealing.

South Carolina eatery defends employee uniforms

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A South Carolina restaurant is defending employee uniforms that mock illegal immigrants. Servers at Taco Cid wear T-shirts that depict an animal trap baited with tacos, beneath the slogan, “How to Catch an Illegal Immigrant.” The restaurant said the slogan was “a witty and comical statement regarding ILLEGAL immigrants,” and not aimed at “any specific ethnic group.”