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Law
These are the droids you are looking for
by
Steve Henn
Jul 27, 2011
If you've been waiting for just the right time to buy an official Stormtrooper costume, get ready. A UK court just ruled against Lucasfilm, which...
Rupert Murdoch loses BSkyB bid, may lose more
Jul 13, 2011
News Corp. abandons plans to get full ownership of the profitable British network BSkyB. Can Rupert Murdoch bounce back?
Can the DOJ force you to decrypt your laptop?
by
John Moe
Jul 11, 2011
This is being tossed around right now in a case in Colorado involving a woman accused of running a mortgage scam. A laptop was found in her bedroom...
Scandal-hit newspaper to close in Britain
Jul 7, 2011
Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper, the <em>News of the World</em>, is to close after allegations of widespread phone hacking and invasions of privacy.
Britain launches inquiry into phone hacking
Jul 6, 2011
Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate News International is under pressure after its tabloid newspaper, the <em>News of the World</em>, engaged in phone hacking.
Michigan sues private company over bridge construction
by
Sarah Hulett
Jul 6, 2011
The Michigan Department of Transportation and the Detroit International Bridge Company had a $230 million deal to jointly build a series of ramps on the Ambassador Bridge. But the state says the company isn't complying with the design they agreed upon.
British journalists, officials denounce phone hacking by tabloid
Jul 5, 2011
Britain's News of the World tabloid comes under intense pressure after it hacked into the phone messages of a missing girl interfering with a police investigation
For public good, not for profit.
Federal plan issued to save spotted owls
Jul 1, 2011
The federal government unveiled the latest version of a plan to save the northern spotted owl, as the bird's population continues to decline. But some of the new rules may come up against the timber industry.
Monsanto's cash incentives program under federal investigation
Jun 30, 2011
Monsanto is under federal investigation for using cash incentives to persuade distributors to buy the world's top selling herbicide -- Roundup.
LulzSec goes all Wikileaks on Arizona cops
by
John Moe
Jun 24, 2011
LulzSec had warned the world a while ago that they would start going after political targets as part of a program called Operation Anti-Security....