Judge: Woman can sue KBR over brutal assault
Jamie Leigh Jones can take gang rape case to trial, says a federal judge.
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If you look over your left shoulder, you’ll see a "That Guy"
This is a textbook example of how not to look when hot girls are being photographed and you happen to be caught in the frame.
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Harvey Weinstein Threatens Pelosi Over Clinton
In a heated phone call with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi late last month, Hillary Clinton supporter Harvey Weinstein threatened to cut off campaign money to congressional Democrats unless Pelosi embraced a new plan by the movie mogul to finance a revote of the Democratic presidential primaries in Florida and Michigan.
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The Gegenschein Over Chile
The gegenschein is sunlight back-scattered off small interplanetary dust particles and is seen 180 degrees around from the Sun in an extremely dark sky.
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Vend Me Over: Bizarre Vending Machines
For most Americans, vending machines are a convenient way to get their afternoon soda fix or to cure the munchies with a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos. In other countries, vending machines are host to the bizarre, the wacky, and sometimes, the perverted. We’ve come a long way from soda.
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Judge: Corps of Engineers can be sued over Katrina flooding
The Corps of Engineers had argued that it was immune from liability because the channel is part of New Orleans’ flood control system. The law says the federal government cannot be sued if something goes wrong with a flood control project such as a levee, reservoir or dam.
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Amazon Sues New York State Over Sales Tax Collection
Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit challenging New York State’s new law forcing online retailers to collect sales tax on shipments to state residents. The lawsuit raises questions over whether vendors who are not physically present in New York State should collect tax on behalf of the state.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/nyregion/02amazon.html?ex=1367467200&en=0bd37583e0401630&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
Microsoft Hit with Patent Suit Over RoundTable
A company that develops cameras, FullView, that produce 360-degree videos is suing Microsoft for alleged patent infringement in its RoundTable conferencing product.FullView’s patent, which builds on other patent applications dating back to 1995, covers a camera system that combines the fields of view of several cameras to form a continuous 360-deg.
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People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ‘Lesbian’
A city outside California has for the first time been named the sootiest in the nation, one of the categories the American Lung Association uses to determine the most polluted cities in the country.
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