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Starbucks Buys La Boulange, a Bay Area Bakery, for $100 Million

Starbucks has purchased a bakery chain for $100 million in cash. The bakery is La Boulange and its baked goods…

Jim Vassallo

University of Seattle and University of Alaska Anchorage to Create Joint J.D.

In the month of May, the legal industry added a small amount of jobs, roughly 600, according to the U.S.…

Jim Vassallo

$17 Million Billed to Date by Trustee Law Firm for MF Global

Trustee James Giddens, from the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, has been paid by the estate of MF…

Jim Vassallo

Former Attorney Kluger Hit with History’s Harshest Sentence for Inside Trading

Former Attorney Matthew Kluger is serving the harshest sentence ever imposed for insider trading -- 12 years. And this despite…

Daniel June

Scott Walker Office at Risk in the Wisconsin Recall

After Scott Walker turned around Wisconsin's sizeable debt, making a 180 of their $3.6 billion deficit towards a $150 surplus,…

Daniel June

Sadiya, India Invaded by Killer Spiders

Two people have been killed after an army of venomous spiders invaded a town in India. Scientists still do not…

Jim Vassallo

Youngest Candidate for M.D. in University of Chicago History to Graduate Saturday

The University of Chicago is about to award an M.D. to its youngest candidate in the school’s history. A 21-year-old…

Jim Vassallo

Luka Rocco Magnotta, Porn Actor Accused of Murder, Arrested in Germany

Luka Rocco Magnotta, a suspected killer from Canada, was arrested in Germany at the end of a worldwide manhunt. Magnotta…

Jim Vassallo

A Day in the Life…

5:05am – Alarm goes off (Newly changed to the song “I Like To Move It” from Madagascar…) 5:17am – leave…

Kathryn Wheeler

Filings Say Bank of America Hid Merrill’s Losses from Shareholders before 2008 Vote

Papers in a class-action litigation filed on Sunday night show that top executives at Bank of America Corp hid the…

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Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin Face Each Other in Court

On Monday, actors Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin faced each other in a trial over Baldwin’s claims that Costner cheated…

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New York Decriminalizing Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana

On Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced new legislation that would be decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of…

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