Drug bosses in Rio de Janeiro have issued a ´death order´ against a sniffer dog named Boss, according to reports.
Walt Disney Co. said it is paying $4.05 billion in cash and stock for Lucasfilm Ltd., the company that produced "Star Wars" and its many sequels and prequels, and added that three new films will join the lucrative franchise, starting in 2015.
German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer AG Tuesday bolstered its U.S. consumer-health operations with the acquisition of vitamins maker Schiff Nutrition Inc. for about $1.2 billion.
A Florida judge on Monday rejected an attempt by prosecutors to silence lawyers for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain charged with murdering unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin.
The director of a reality show in which a Brazilian woman auctioned her virginity could be charged with sex trafficking offences.
Hawker Beechcraft Inc. said it expects to make a decision on shedding its jet business by the year-end as part of the company´s bankruptcy restructuring.
Mr Vaxevanis published the names of 2,000 Greeks who hold accounts with HSBC in Switzerland in the Saturday edition of his Hot Doc magazine.
Citigroup fired its top Internet analyst, Mark Mahaney, and paid a $2 million fine to a Massachusetts regulator to settle charges that the bank improperly disclosed research on Facebook IPO and information on other tech companies.
Hurricane Sandy may shut down much of the federal government and halt public transport in Washington, D.C., on Monday but it will be business as usual at the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices - appointed for life - pride themselves in all manner of staying power.
Two dogs, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Franky and a German shepherd named Aldo, should have their day at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Earlier this year, Jian Feng, divorced and sued his wife for being ugly.
Dapper as always in their bleached white shirts and matching caps, members of Rome´s municipal police force were out on the Spanish Steps one warm autumn day, trolling for offenders.
A New York man was arrested on Friday on charges he forged documents in a multibillion-dollar scheme to defraud Facebook Inc and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg.
The trial over liability for BP Plc´s 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was postponed to Feb. 25 so the lawyers won´t lose their accommodations to Super Bowl and Mardi Gras crowds, a New Orleans judge said.
Among the many lessons of the financial crisis is that the real troubles may come once the music has already stopped, an idea that seems to be evident in the new civil suit by federal prosecutors alleging Bank of America perpetrated $1 billion in mortgage fraud.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $95 million to settle government claims it improperly promoted four drugs, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Brazil´s Supreme Court began handing out tough jail sentences in a landmark corruption trial that has tainted the legacy of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and spurred optimism that the South American nation is taking a step toward cleaning up government corruption.
Suspected burglar Samuel Cutrufelli, 31, allegedly broke into 90-year-old Jay Leone´s home and shot him in the jaw. Now Cutrufelli is reportedly suing Leone for causing him bodily harm, financial hardship and the loss of his marriage.
In a move that has irked medical groups and delighted patient advocates, states have begun passing laws requiring clinics that perform mammograms to tell patients whether they have something that many women have never even heard of: dense breast tissue.
A proposed settlement of a merchants´ lawsuit over credit card fees that may cost Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and banks as much as $7.25 billion is probably worthy of approval, a federal judge said.
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