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SAN FRANCISCO – (The New York Times) After a flurry of last-minute filings on Tuesday, a federal judge must now begin untangling the mountain of competing claims about how a legal settlement granting Google the right to create the world's largest...

ALBANY, N.Y. - (AP) The New York State Athletic Commission failed to properly weigh boxer Arturo Gatti before he fought Joey Gamache at Madison Square Garden in 2000, but that didn't cause Gamache's career-ending knockout loss, a judge said. ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – (AP) A U.S. conservation group announced Wednesday it would sue the federal government to force a decision on whether to protect 83 coral species it says are threatened by global warming and more acidic waters. The Arizona...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – (AP) A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the movie "Bruno" is suing film star Sacha Baron Cohen, David Letterman and others for libel and slander. The lawsuit filed last week by Ayman Abu...

TOPEKA, Kan. – (AP) A Las Vegas truck driver who had more than $550,000 confiscated after a traffic stop is appealing a judge's decision to allow Shawnee County to keep the money even though charges against him were dropped. Eduardo Arencibia...

(The New York Times) The Bank of New York Mellon is near an agreement to settle a $22.5 billion lawsuit by the Russian government for up to $14 million, after the two sides also agreed to hold talks about a trade-financing pact, according to people briefed...

WASHINGTON - (AP) A judge has granted more time for Congress to approve a $3.4 billion settlement against the government for swindling Indian tribes out of royalties for oil, gas and grazing leases. But U.S. District Judge James Robertson warned that...

(The New York Times) A video-game dispute that began with an uproar in 2005 ended quietly this week as the parent company of the makers of the Grand Theft Auto series said it paid $20.1 million to settle a lawsuit, including claims that a version of the...

SEATTLE – (AP) Seattle biotechnology firm Cell Therapeutics Inc. can pursue claims for nearly $23 million against a former consultant, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

GENEVA – (AP) Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object: Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy. The country's privacy watchdog announced Friday that he plans to haul...

(Los Angeles Times) The parents of a man who burned to death in an apartment building have sued the landlord, alleging that Frank McHugh's negligence of fire safety codes contributed to the death of their son and the injuries of his roommate. The...

OAKLAND, Calif. – (AP) Oakland will pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a burglary suspect who was left a paraplegic after being shot by a police officer. The Oakland City Council approved the payment to Charles Davis Jr. during a closed...

BOSTON – (AP) The Massachusetts secretary of state's office has rejected a proposed settlement by an investment firm to repay nearly $6 million to state investors who lost money in Bernard L. Madoff's fraudulent investment scheme. A spokesman...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - (AP) A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban. The 3rd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday denied...

SAN FRANCISCO – (McClatchy-Tribune News Service) Medical liability reform is like the Groundhog Day of health care legislation: It keeps popping up in various incarnations at predictable times. Its most recent test came when U.S. lawmakers took...