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CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMLawsuit to move remains of athlete Jim Thorpe moves
The lawsuit, filed by two of Thorpe's sons and a Native American tribe, seeks to move his body from Pennsylvania to his home state of Oklahoma. In Yale, OK, the house he lived in has become a museum. Family members like his great granddaughter,
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:36P
US settles anthrax suit for $2.5 million
MIAMI - More than a decade after tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens became the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the US government has agreed to pay his widow and family $2.5 million to settle their lawsuit, according to documents released
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:36P
State hospitals challenge rate cut
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court by the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association targets a 5 percent rate reduction that took effect Oct. 1. The reduction is part of cost-cutting efforts to help balance the state budget.
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:36P
Protesters sue UC Berkeley over Nov. 9 police response
The lawsuit, which names Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, UC Police Chief Mitchell Celaya, Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern, other campus administrators and individual police officers, seeks unspecified damages. Police used batons to break up a human
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:36P
Lawsuit to move remains of athlete Jim Thorpe moves forward
(Source: KOTV/CNN) YALE, OK (KOTV/CNN) – Relatives of acclaimed athlete Jim Thorpe claimed a victory Tuesday when a federal judge allowed a lawsuit to move his remains to continue. The lawsuit, filed by two of Thorpe's sons and a Native American tribe,
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:30P
Jesse Eisenberg Sues Lionsgate
Jesse Eisenberg has filed a lawsuit against Lionsgate Entertainment and Grindstone Entertainment for allegedly trying to fraudulently capitalize on the The Social Network star's fame, according to legal documents obtained by ET.
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:26P
BankAtlantic: Suit won't affect sale to BB&T
A lawsuit by a BankAtlantic Bancorp. investor won't stop the company from selling most of its assets to financial giant BB&T, the chief of the Fort Lauderdale company said Tuesday. "We don't believe it impacts the
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:26P
Obama Administration Appeals Cigarette Warning Label Ruling
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in June released nine new warnings to go into effect in September 2012, the first change in US cigarette warning labels in 25 years. Congress instructed the FDA to impose the new labels as part of 2009
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:26P
Ex-Franklin County jail inmates get $40000 in Taser lawsuits
Franklin County commissioners agreed today to pay a total of $40000 to settle lawsuits filed by two former jail inmates who accused deputy sheriffs of using excessive force by shocking them with Tasers. The settlements are related to
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:24P
Paramount Sued Over Profit Sharing on Its Blockbuster Films
The studio is sued by its financing partner, Melrose 2, over the profit sharing issue on 29 films, including the 'Transformers' series, 'Mission: Impossible 3' and 'Dreamgirls'. Paramount Pictures is facing a lawsuit from its key co-financing partner.
Updated: 11/29/2011 09:23P