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Ray settles sweat-lodge lawsuits for $3M
AP A self-help author imprisoned for the deaths of three people following a "Spiritual Warrior" sweat-lodge ceremony settled civil lawsuits with the victims' families for more than $3 million, records show. James Arthur Ray began serving a two-year
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:29A
Court orders Philip Morris to pay Ore. part of smoker award; company lowers
The high court ruled Friday in a long-running lawsuit filed by the family of a Portland smoker. Attorney general's office spokesman Tony Green said roughly $55 million is the amount that would flow to the state crime victims' compensation fund if paid
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:23A
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You have just lived through something historic – the first winter storm for which there was a statewide uniform system of travel advisories. If you have been paying attention at all for the past few days, you should have understood exactly what kind of
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:22A
Oregon Court Tells Philip Morris to Pay Up
The high court ruled Friday in a long-running lawsuit filed by the family of a Portland smoker. Attorney general's office spokesman Tony Green said roughly $55 million is the amount that would flow to the state crime victims' compensation fund if paid
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:18A
Fishermen divided over whether to appeal catch shares ruling
NEW BEDFORD — Sharp differences have emerged among commercial fishermen over the wisdom of appealing the verdict in a federal lawsuit that went against the industry. At Mayor Scott Lang's Oceans and Fisheries Council meeting at the whaling
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:18A
Lawsuit spawns federal investigation
The Mississippi Business Journal reports the allegations came in a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by James Hahn, a former vice president of programs at Stoneville-based DHA. The DHA provides funding for health-care programs to the poor in the Delta
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:16A
Whale activists file lawsuit to free Lolita
"The fact that the federal government has declared these pods to be endangered is a good thing, but they neglected to include these captives," said Karen Munro, a plaintiff in the lawsuit who lives in Olympia, Wash. There are two other plaintiffs,
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:13A
Market Building Foundation asks judge to toss anti-war group complaint
That was the argument, made Friday by a private foundation that runs the Roanoke City Market Building, in response to a lawsuit filed by an anti-war group that was denied permission to protest on the sidewalk that fronts the iconic building.
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:11A
Marley family feud is in court
The lawsuit says that people could be deceived into thinking those uses are officially endorsed by Marley's widow, Rita Marley, and their children. Booker and Bob Marley shared the same mother. The entities include the Bob Marley Movement of Jah People
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:10A
Areva and B&W battling again over technology
The current lawsuit, filed by Areva against Babcock & Wilcox in August, marks the second time in just under a decade that the dispute has brought the two firms to court. It stems from the 1989 spinoff of B&W's commercial nuclear services company.
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:08A
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