Cop Says He Lost Job for Talking to CBS
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - A longtime police officer claims Portland forced him to retire because he talked to Dan Rather and "America's Most Wanted" about sex trafficking, child prostitution and the...
View ArticleCavalcade of NY Corruption Seems Endless
MANHATTAN (CN) - A New York state employee was arrested Thursday and charged with stealing more than $944,000 in federal rent subsidies for low-income families.
View ArticleGulf Oil Spill Could Bring Up to $20B in Fines
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A government attorney told the federal judge overseeing the Gulf of Mexico oil-spill litigation that BP, Anadarko and Transocean could be subject to $5 billion to $20 billion in...
View ArticleKaiser Hospital
LOS ANGELES - A receptionist claims Kaiser Foundation Hospital's Dr. John Gruen punched her at work and pushed her into a wall, in Superior Court.
View ArticleShareholder Derivative
NEWARK - Shareholders say directors of Vulcan Materials Co. unreasonably rejected a $4.7 billion offer for the company, or $36.69 per share, from Martin Marrietta Materials, in Federal Court.
View ArticleKodak Files Chapter 11
MANHATTAN - Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection, listing more than $1 billion in debts and assets.
View ArticleJudge Sorts Out Sordid Bachelor Party Arrests
WASHINGTON (CN) - Cops who broke up a bachelor party featuring "scantily clad" strippers "with money in their garters" and the smell of marijuana are liable for false arrest, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleAppeals Court Won't Block Ecuadoreans' $18B Chevron Win
MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2nd Circuit refused again to block indigenous Ecuadoreans from collecting on an $18.2 billion judgment against Chevron for a massive oil contamination in the Amazon.
View ArticleAlmond Industry Can't Upend Salmonella Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - Salmonella prevention justifies U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements that all domestic almonds face pasteurization or chemical treatment, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleMontana Emissions Plan Backed by 9th Circuit
(CN) - The 9th Circuit has shut down a Montana sulfur-recovery plant's long-running challenge to federal emissions standards.
View ArticleCourt Cautions Against Outdated Air Standards
(CN) - Federal regulators relied on outdated data in approving air-quality standards for California's San Joaquin Valley, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday.
View ArticleMedicare 'Extra Help' Changes Are Affirmed
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Social Security Administration has adopted as final an interim rule that changed the way the SSA accounts for income and resources in the Medicare prescription drug coverage...
View ArticleFCC to Change Broadcast Media Ownership Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Communications Commission said it plans to eliminate rules limiting cross-ownership of TV and radio stations in local media markets.
View ArticleAntitrust Class Claims AppleStacked Deck on iPhone Apps
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Apple bills iPhone purchasers for voice and data services even after they cancel them, and stifles competition and increases prices for software apps by charging developers an...
View Article$14 Million Fraudster Convicted in California
(CN) - A federal jury convicted a Riverside, Calif. man of swindling more than 200 people in $14 million investment scheme.
View ArticleTrouble in Riverdale, Archie's Hometown
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CN) - A co-CEO of Archie Comics claims her co-CEO plotted to take over the company by defaming her, falsely telling a New York Post reporter that she "had pointed at several...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Pays $158 Million for Fraud
AUSTIN (CN) - Johnson & Johnson will pay $158 million to settle Texas' complaint of Medicaid fraud, ending a trial in Travis County Court that began on Jan. 10.
View ArticleU.S. Nets $54 Million Fine for Overseas Bribery
HOUSTON (CN) - Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp. will pay $54.6 million to resolve federal charges that it bribed Nigerian government officials for a decade to get engineering, procurement and...
View ArticleCops Properly Assessed School Shooting Plot
(CN) - Police were justified in their warrantless entry of a private home to investigate whether a bullied teenager was planning to "shoot up" his high school, the Supreme Court ruled Monday,...
View ArticleGPS Tracking Needs Warrant, Justices Say
(CN) - Police need a warrant before using GPS to track a suspect, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, with the justices disagreeing about how to weigh these "searches" in the digital age.
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