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BANGOR, Maine - The Conservation Law Foundation claims the U.S. EPA failed to do its nondiscretionary duty to review Maine's rules on the St. Croix River, which are hurting smallmouth bass and...
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WEST PALM BEACH - The FTC says Sterling Precious Metals, of Boca Raton, and its owners/managers Kerry Marshall, Matthew Meyer and Francis Ryan Zofay use high-pressure sales tactics and...
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DENVER - Tina Gruenloh and Mephistopheles Jae Foetusgrubber, who are not married, claim North American Recovery threatened to garnish Gruenloh's wages for a $300 medical debt Foetusgrubber...
View ArticleFeds Eye $460K in Dallas Politician's Seized Assets
DALLAS (CN) - Federal authorities said their federal corruption investigation led them to seize more than $460,000 in cash from the home of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, who just...
View ArticleBlue Cross
CHICAGO - Blue Cross Blue Shield (of Illinois and Texas) improperly refused to pay more than 100 claims for which the American Women's Medical Center and a co-plaintiff provided services and...
View ArticleA-List Witness at Gupta Inside-Trading Trial
MANHATTAN (CN) - Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein testified Monday how the collapse of Lehman Brothers interrupted the planned resignation of a Goldman director, who stands trial for his alleged...
View ArticleID Theft in Backyard of Texas Attorney General
LAREDO, Texas (CN) - An identity thief who used her position in the Texas Attorney General's Office to claim other people's tax refunds will serve 2 1/2 years prison.
View ArticleEU Wants a Protocol for Illegal Online Content
(CN) - The European Commission announced plans to remove illegal content on the Internet by revamping its "notice and action" procedures.
View ArticleStepmom Faces Demand Over 2010 Kidnapping
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - The biological mother of a 7-year-old child who went missing from two years ago pointed blame at her ex-husband's new wife in a civil lawsuit.
View ArticleTwo Money Managers Named in $500M Fraud
CHICAGO (CN) - The CEO and head trader of the bankrupt Sentinel Management Group defrauded clients of more than $500 million before the firm collapsed in 2007, prosecutors say.
View ArticleIllinois Can Fund Cross Restoration, Court Says
CHICAGO (CN) - An atheist lacks standing to challenge Illinois efforts to restore an enormous cross that purports to be "the largest in the Western Hemisphere," the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleTornado Survivors Say City Sacked Their Home
(CN) - The city of Springfield, Mass., needlessly demolished a condominium complex and the personal belongings of its inhabitants after a tornado tore through the area last year, residents claim...
View ArticleFrance Bailout Defense Passes High Court Muster
(CN) - The European Commission should not have assessed more than $1.5 billion in taxes on France for bailing out an electric company, the EU's high court ruled Tuesday.
View ArticleNYC Cabbies Hail 2nd Circuit Support of Due-Process Claims
MANHATTAN (CN) - New York City cabdrivers can pursue due-process claims over a policy that suspends their licenses if they have been charged with a felony or certain types of misdemeanor, the 2nd...
View ArticleSaudi Royal Family May Have to Answer Sculptor
(CN) - The D.C. Circuit revived claims that the ruling family of Saudi Arabia owes $12 million to a New York artist whom it commissioned for 29 sculptures.
View ArticleBoarding School Can't Transfer HIV Bias Case
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A federal judge declined to transfer claims that a boarding school refused enrollment to a boy because he is HIV-positive, siding with the family that emphasized their...
View ArticleHawaii Beach Weddings Aren't Totally Carefree
HONOLULU (CN) - Hawaii can require couples to get permits if they want to get married on the beach, the 9th Circuit ruled, finding the permitting process easy and fair.
View ArticlePassenger HOS Rules Are Not for Bus Deliveries
WASHINGTON (CN) - A commercial driver delivering a passenger-carrying motor vehicle, such as a bus, abides by the property-carrier hours-of-service rules, according to a rule clarification.
View ArticleEPA Reaffirms Emissions Trading to Reduce Haze
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Environmental Protection Agency is reaffirming a program allowing electric power plants to trade emissions, based on its finding that this is more effective at reducing...
View ArticleSongwriting Reverend Sues for Royalties
HOUSTON (CN) - A songwriting reverend demands nearly $20,000 in royalties for two tunes that he claims a Gospel singer recorded without permission, in Federal Court.
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