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BP Ramps Up its Legal Horse Power as it Files a Lawsuit Against EPA

BP is increasingly adding more lawyers to defend and protect its company. Since the oil spill that cost it billions,…

Utah Claims “Sovereign Right” to Define and Regulate Marriage

In its 13-page brief filed in response to a lawsuit challenging a constitutional amendment that bars the state from recognizing…

Voting to Require ID in North Carolina

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has required that voting require an ID at the voting poll. The NCAACP and other groups…

Government Intervenes in US Airways and AA Deal

  The Justice Department and multiple U.S. State Attorneys General want to block an $11 billion dollar merger between US…

Hyperloop May Revolutionize Travel

Tesla’s head Elon Musk shows his fast travel new idea, The Hyperloop. Paypal creator Elon Musk, the man who “revolutionized…

Texas Allows Drivers to Prove Auto Insurance via Mobile Phones

Texas joined the states allowing electronic proof of auto insurance by passing a new law during its 83rd legislative session.…

Woman Names Son ‘Messiah’ and Judge Orders Her to Change It

A Tennessee mom is appealing a judge’s decision that her son’s name be changed from Messiah to something else. Child…

Post Office to Deliver Beer Wine and Spirits

The post office is in a dire place. With layoffs, pension renegotiations and cuts from every angle, the government agency…

Stop and Frisk Scheduled for Reform

A federal judge on Monday ruled that the NYPD had violated the civil rights of thousands of New Yorkers with…

Indiana Man’s Contention on Stop without Probable Cause Upheld by Appeals Court

Last week, the Indiana Court of Appeals overturned the denial by the trial court of a motion to suppress evidence…

Bill to Cap Reverse Mortgages Taken by Senior Citizens Becomes Law

On Friday, President Obama signed into law a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick that seeks to put a…

Lavabit Shuts Down its Email Service Instead of Participating in NSA Rights Violations

So far online companies have folded when the NSA badgered them for private information of American citizens using their services.…