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Suit Against Whole Foods for Overcharging Gets Dismissed
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A federal district judge has thrown out a suit against Whole Foods that mostly relied on an NYC Department of Consumer Affairs 2015 release stating that the upscale supermarket chain was systematically overcharging for pre-packaged foods. So reports the New York Law Journal.
Read more...Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Abortion Rights Case
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The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on a challenge to a Texas law that requires abortion doctors to be affiliated with nearby hospitals and also limits abortion to ambulatory surgical centers. So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Woman Gets Probation for Creepy Notes to Neighbors
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"The children look delicious. May I have a taste?" So read an anonymous note that a Minneapolis woman sent her neighbors, the Star Tribune reports.
Read more...Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay Cancer Victim’s Family $72M
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A Missouri jury has awarded $72 million to the family of a woman who died of ovarian cancer allegedly caused by her use of Johnson & Johnson products containing talc. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Mom Who Killed Her Three Kids Gets Life in Prison
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A California judge sentenced Carol Ann Coronado to life in prison for stabbing her three baby girls to death. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Female Partners Underrepresented in Middle Management: Study
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An informal study shows that women occupy only 19.8% of the regional management positions at the nation’s 10 biggest law firms by revenue. So reports Bloomberg BNA.
Read more...Feds Arresting People for Defaulting on Student Loans
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A Texas man was arrested by federal marshals for failing to repay a $1,500 student loan that he took out 30 years ago when he was a student at Prairie View A&M University. So reports the Fox26.
Read more...Waffle House Waitress Arrested for Allegedly Poisoning Coworker
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A woman was arrested after video footage allegedly showed her secretly putting a large dose of methamphetamines into her coworker’s drink while she was working as a waitress in a Georgia Waffle House. So reports WSB-TV.
Read more...Prosecutors: Sentencing Judge Shouldn’t Consider Tragic Death of Criminal’s Young Son
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Federal prosecutors urged a sentencing judge to hand down a hard sentence to an admitted Brooklyn bank robber despite the fact that the criminal’s 6-year-old son was stabbed to death in an unrelated incident two years after the crime. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Defense Attorney: Accuser Too Fat for Story to Be Plausible
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At the trial of Dan Nelson, who is being accused of attempted rape, Nelson’s defense attorney asked the alleged victim to verify her 215-pound weight in an attempt to discredit her story. So reports The New York Post.
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