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HOUSTON - Former NBA star Nick Van Exel owes $9,060 in property taxes, the Alief Independent School District claims in Harris County Court.
View ArticleFTC Proposes Revised EnergyGuide Label Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Trade Commission plans to change the familiar yellow energy efficiency labels used on refrigerators, clothes washers, dishwashers, air conditioners and similar...
View ArticleFight the WalMart
LOS ANGELES - The Coalition for Open Government in Lancaster sued the Lancaster City Council to try to keep a (nonparty) WalMart Supercenter out of town, in Superior Court.
View ArticleAgency OK's Harm to Polar Bears and Walruses
WASHINGTON (CN) - As the polar bear and Pacific walrus face the increasing challenge of shrinking Arctic sea ice, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to authorize the nonlethal,...
View ArticleAssault Rifles Likely for Spent Nuke Fuel Spots
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to add certain spent fuel installations to a proposed rule that allows security personnel at nuclear facilities to carry weapons, such as...
View ArticleFCC Considers Special Access Rate Changes
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Communications Commission announced its intention to revisit special access rules to ensure both businesses and consumers are benefiting from a fair marketplace....
View ArticleBorder Patrolman Get 3 Years for Child Porn
SAN DIEGO (CN) - A former Border Patrolman was sentenced Monday to 37 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, theft of government property and interstate transportation of...
View ArticleAlarms to Go Off Earlierfor Firefighter Oxygen
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Department of Health and Human Services issued new rules requiring makers of firefighter respirators to set low-oxygen alarms to go off 5 percent earlier than before. The...
View ArticleState Trooper's Widow Blames DOT Trucking
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (CN) - The widow of an Illinois State Trooper sued DOT Transportation and its truck driver, claiming the "medically unfit" driver's out-of-control truck killed her husband...
View ArticleCostly Credit Monitoring Won't Fall to Insurer
CHICAGO (CN) - An accountant's insurer does not have to cover credit monitoring after a robbery exposed the personal information of clients, the 7th Circuit ruled. While working for Kevin W....
View ArticleGay Manager Accuses Nordstrom of Bias
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (CN) - Nordstrom fired a manager for refusing to contribute $250 to the United Way, after he told his bosses he did not want to give because United Way supports "anti-gay groups...
View ArticleFingerprint Issue Won't Tank Drug Conviction
CHICAGO (CN) - The 7th Circuit affirmed the conviction of a man amid concerns that police tampered with evidence to plant his fingers on a bag of heroin. Clacy Watson Herrera was indicted in...
View ArticleCitibank Sued Over Art Buchwald's Estate
WASHINGTON (CN) - Art Buchwald's son claims in court that Citibank let Kenneth I. Starr's investment firm raid a home equity line of credit taken from the late Washington Post columnist's Martha's...
View ArticleChild Trafficking Law May Violate Free Speech
(CN) - A new Tennessee law meant to prevent child sex trafficking could run the trade underground while stifling legal adult advertisements, a federal judge ruled. In July 2012, Backpage.com,...
View ArticleExonerated After 19 Years, Man Says CopsFramed Him for Murder to Save a Snitch
CHICAGO (CN) - Exonerated after 19 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, a man claims in court that Chicago Heights' "infamously corrupt" police bribed witnesses to frame him, to protect...
View ArticleTwitter Data Analytics Dipsute Picks Up Heat
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The social analytics service PeopleBrowsr insists that a state court should resolve its claims for continued access to Twitter's full feed of data. PeopleBrowsr signed a...
View ArticleThe Worst Law Office in the World?
CHICAGO (CN) - A "foreclosure defense" office charged a client $41,000 for "filing fees" and charged her for filing her own legal work, telling her filing pro se would "give her an advantage" on...
View ArticleHarrisburg Must Remain in State Aid Program
(CN) - Elected officials cannot sue the governor of Pennsylvania over the forced inclusion of Harrisburg in a state aid program that restricts taxing powers, a federal judge ruled. The...
View ArticleMedical Pot Card Carrier Can Recover Seized Stash
(CN) - The Yuma County sheriff must return marijuana seized from a woman at a Border Patrol checkpoint because she has a medical card, an Arizona appeals court ruled. Border Patrol agents had...
View ArticleWoman Claims Violent Athlete Got a Pass
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CN) - Temple University kicked a volleyball player off the team and revoked her scholarship after she complained that her ex-boyfriend, a punter on the football team, threatened...
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