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(AP) -- President Barack Obama got some laughs on KGAN-TV files and maintains quarterly Children's Television Reports and DTV Consumer Education Activity Reports in its Public File. The Public File is available to the public at 600 Old Marion Road NE,
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:58A
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LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:58A
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LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:58A
Slyvester Stallone Sued By Writer For "The Expendables" Script Stealing
However, he is now facing legal action from screenwriter Marcus Webb, who has filed a lawsuit in New York alleging The Expendables is based on his script for a project called The Cordoba Caper. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday,
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:57A
SMITH v. LONESTAR CONSTRUCTION, INCORPORATED
In February 2011, Edward Deshan Smith filed a lawsuit alleging various constitutional and statutory violations. After accepting the magistrate judge's recommendation, the district court dismissed his pro se complaint. Finding no error in the district
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:56A
GUILLION v. CADE
Shelita Winchester Guillion moves this court for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in this appeal from the district court's 28 USC § 1915(e)(2) dismissal as frivolous of her 42 USC § 1983 lawsuit against Judge Herbert Cade, who presided over her
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:55A
Justices could talk health care cases on Nov. 10
Such a timetable would allow the court to hear arguments over the health care law in late March and would give the justices three months to craft their opinions. The central issue is whether the requirement for individuals to buy insurance or pay a
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:54A
PETA Sues SeaWorld For Enslaving Orcas
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plans to file a lawsuit today seeking to extend constitutional rights to captive whales on grounds that performers such as SeaWorld's Shamu are essentially slaves. Above: "Shamu" performs in front of an
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:53A
Stallone accused of stealing screenplay
PHOTO: FILE Action film star Sylvester Stallone has been accused, in a lawsuit, of copying another writer's screenplay for The Expendables, a film about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:51A
KOWALCZYK v. MAY
They argue they timely filed their lawsuit within the applicable two-year statute of limitations, as required by Arizona Revised Statutes ("ARS") section 12-542 (2010). They also argue the trial court erred when it denied their motion for a new trial
Updated: 10/26/2011 11:50A