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Giants Fan Brian Stow's Family Suing Dodgers and owner Frank McCourt; Beating
While the feud over the Dodger's ownership among owner Frank McCourt and wife Jamie McCourt escalates, one other lawsuit has additionally heightened the already tense Dodger nation. Giants Fan Stow's family filed a lawsuit this Tuesday against the team
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:04A
Repayment closes 'painful' Chrysler chapter
To pay off the governments, Chrysler raised $3.2 billion through a bond sale and took out $3 billion in lower-interest bank loans. It also will use a $1.3 billion investment from Fiat. But government ownership doesn't end with the loan repayment.
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:04A
US subpoenas reporter in case of ex-CIA officer
The Justice Department argued Risen was a witness and should be compelled to provide information to a jury "like any other citizen." Prosecutors believe Sterling provided classified information to Risen that served as the basis for a chapter in his
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:04A
Judge in St. Louis refuses to block movie opening over tattoo
The underlying lawsuit will continue in her court. In the April 28 suit, Whitmill claims that moviemakers copied the design of a tattoo he created for former boxing champion Mike Tyson in 2003 in Las Vegas. Whitmill now works in Waynesville, Mo.,
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:03A
Thiel Fellowship Pays 24 Talented Students $100000 to Not Attend College
Students today are taking on more debt, and recently tightened bankruptcy laws make it more difficult to shake that debt, he argues, and those factors make higher education a risky investment. "If you get this wrong, it's actually a mistake that's hard
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:03A
Thiel Fellowship Pays 24 Talented Students $100000 Not to Attend College
Students today are taking on more debt, and recently tightened bankruptcy laws make it more difficult to shake that debt, he argues, and those factors make higher education a risky investment. "If you get this wrong, it's actually a mistake that's hard
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:03A
Jury convicts Newton family of four in death of 14-year-old (5/24)
Both brothers were also found guilty of inciting to riot and obstruction of justice. Their mother, Nina Lambert Newton, 44, and father, Rodney Bernard Newton, 48, were each convicted on accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:03A
G20 riots PC to be charged with killing Ian Tomlinson
Keir Starmer QC, who last year dismissed criminal charges, changed his mind after reviewing new medical evidence and an unlawful killing verdict by an inquest jury. PC Harwood, a father of two from Carshalton, Surrey, will appear before City of
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:03A
'Old GM' exit bid opens with GM stock sale
During the automaker's 2009 bankruptcy, the new GM splintered off from Motors Liquidation, which holds old GM's debts and bad assets. All "good" assets owned by the old GM were sold to the new GM as part of the government's $49.5 billion bailout.
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:02A
NY's obligation to sex abuse victims
I have spoken to many survivors and the pattern of delayed reaction, and pain, is always the same. In the case of institutional sexual abuse, the pain is magnified when it becomes clear that officials knew about the proclivity of abusers and did
Updated: 05/25/2011 01:02A
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