Fed Reserve Software Snatched, US Says
MANHATTAN (CN) - Federal prosecutors accused a contract employee of stealing proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
View ArticleClass Claims Timeshare Firm Rolled Them
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - In a federal class action, investors say a timeshare company "sells false dreams" by charging thousands of dollars in hidden fees after luring in customers with false promises.
View Article'My Spidey Sense Is Tingling'
MANHATTAN (CN) - Producers of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man" countersued the play's original director Julie Taymor, claiming she is trying to enforce an illegal price-fixing agreement that the...
View ArticleWhistleblowers File Alarming Claim Against 1-800-Get Thin
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Two women who worked at medical centers affiliated with the 1-800-Get-Thin ad campaign claim the family behind the clinics contributed to the death of a patient and performed...
View ArticlePerry Drops Out,Endorses Gingrich
Rick Perry has dropped out of the race for the Republican Party presidential nomination, and will endorse Newt Gingrich, wire services are reporting.
View ArticleCourt Disbars Lawyer Who Attempted Murder
(CN) - An Indianapolis attorney convicted of trying to shoot a state representative at a property sale meeting has been disbarred by the Indiana Supreme Court.
View ArticleWashington Ballot Plan Gets Approval of the 9th
(CN) - Washington's "top-two" primary system does not violate a political party's right to free association, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday, finding that the state's Democrats, Republicans and...
View ArticleCitizens United Echoes in Donation Limit Finding
(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Thursday upheld an injunction against Washington's $800 limit on contributions to recall campaigns.
View ArticleL.A. Judge Appointed to Top Court Council
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California's chief justice on Wednesday chose Los Angeles Judge Emilie Elias for a spot on the courts' policy making body, in the wake of retirement by Los Angeles Judge Burt...
View ArticleIllinois Is $8.5 Billion in Arrears
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CN) - The Illinois Comptroller's Office has nearly $4.3 billion in overdue bills, and other departments owe nearly as much, because the state doesn't have the money, Comptroller...
View ArticleState's Attorney Sues His Accusers
CHICAGO (CN) - A state's attorney who was cleared of political corruption charges has turned the table on his prosecutors and sued them, alleging "a conspiracy, motivated by [his] political enemies."
View ArticleWhat's the Big Secret? Disabled Ask State
BOISE, Idaho (CN) - "Some of the most vulnerable adults in Idaho" say the state has illegally cut Medicaid assistance by 42 percent, without justification, and "will not explain why."
View ArticleState Apprentice Rules Called Unconstitutional
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Trade groups that offer apprenticeships in sheet metal and air conditioning claim a state law unconstitutionally restricts them from seeking students beyond four designated...
View ArticleBaptist Pastor Says CBS Station Defamed Him
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A New Jersey televangelist says CBS' sloppy reporting and editing falsely implied that he is a pedophile.
View ArticleEditor Says Police Retaliated Against Her
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) - A woman who runs an online magazine claims Minneapolis harassed her and her son, and searched her home without a warrant, because of her news magazine, which has been critical...
View ArticleWoman Sues Gagosian Over a Lichtenstein
MANHATTAN (CN) - An elderly woman sued the Gagosian Gallery, claiming it allowed her son to sell a major work by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, without her permission, for far less than its true...
View ArticleFamily Asks Why County Refused State Money
QUINCY, Calif. (CN) - After Plumas County closed its Alcohol and Drug Department rather than accept $500,000 from the state to run it, a mother died of an overdose for lack of help, her family...
View ArticleAkin, Gump Says Movie Producer Owes It
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The Akin, Gump law firm claims the executive producer of the Kevin Spacey comedy "The Father of Invention" owes it millions of dollars.
View ArticleOfficials' Busted Romance Ends in Court
LAS VEGAS (CN) - A former Henderson city councilwoman claims her "on and off" boyfriend, a Clark County commissioner, cost her youth charity grant money when he revealed to other elected officials...
View ArticleMogul Says Lawyers 'Turned a Blind Eye'
WEST PALM BEACH (CN) - The former CEO of Reebok claims that after an accountant embezzled $17 million from his charitable foundation, a law firm "recklessly turned a blind eye" and helped the man...
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