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A Lennar model home is open for customers in a new neighborhood in the Denver suburb of Thornton

Buying frenzy Lawsuit vs Homebuilders Revived

A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit by homeowners who accused eight major homebuilders of causing them to overpay for their homes by marketing nearby houses to high-risk borrowers who later went into foreclosure.

NASA Learns More About a Black Hole’s Jet Through Infrared Observation [PHOTO]

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NASA astronomers were able to get a closer look at the inner environment nearing the base of a black hole's jet through infrared observation. By using the agency's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) astronomers captured some rare data of a flaring black hole, illuminating new details about these powerful stellar-mass black holes and their raging jets.
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Starbucks Hidden Toilet Camera Sparks Lawsuit

A hidden toilet camera in a Starbucks bathroom has sparked a lawsuit from a father and his five-year-old daughter, who found the device filming them at a branch in Washington D.C.
Hewlett-Packard

If Apotheker is Out, is that Requiem for the 'HP Way?'

The world may know later Wednesday whether or not Leo Apotheker will remain CEO of Hewlett-Packard into his second year. After a year on the job, the HP leader's progress ought to be reviewed. But if a computer-savvy expert who's not been given much of a chance to put a strategy into effect is booted out, where is the HP Way?
Occupy Wall Street

'Occupy Wall Street' Calls For Protests in San Francisco

While the turnout was much smaller than the number anticipated to participate, Occupy Wall Street, a leaderless resistance movement, is now calling those in Northern California to participate in the growing occupation in San Francisco, now that the financial district in lower Manhattan is being disrupted by fervent protesters.
A sign at the entrance to the headquarters of bankrupt Solyndra LLC is shown in Fremont

Solyndra Scandal: Executives Won't Testify at Hearing

Solyndra executives will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights Friday when they refuse to answer questions at a Congressional hearing investigating allegations of improper dealings between the failed solar company and the White House.
Lawrence Ellison

Oracle’s Future: Ellison Says Giant Will Keep Growing

Oracle shares leaped nearly 7 percent Wednesday after the database giant assuaged investor fears that lagging hardware sales might slow it down. The company reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded analyst expectations.
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Deep Sea Squid Are Same-Sex Swingers, Say Scientists

Footage from remote-controlled submersibles reveals that five-and-a-half-inch deep-sea male squid which dwells a depth of 400 to 800m, commonly try to mate equally with their own gender as they do with females.
Actor Pitt of the film "Moneyball" poses during the 36th Toronto International Film Festival

Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie Won't Marry Until it is Legalized for Everyone

So we had Brad Pitt on the Ellen DeGeneres Show this time, giving us the slice of the Angelina-Pitt household. The show that aired Thursday got actor Brad Pitt talking about the couple's intention of not marrying each other till the right to get married becomes legal for each and everyone in America.
A sign at the entrance to the headquarters of bankrupt Solyndra LLC is shown in Fremont

House Republicans Step Up Probe into Energy Loans

Republican lawmakers are stepping up their investigation into alternative energy loan programs in the wake of the collapse of the Solyndra solar company, the first company to receive such government funding.
Starbucks

Starbucks in Trouble Again With Hidden Bathroom Camera; Father Sues for $1M

So how comfortable are we going to be using public rest rooms after getting to know about something like this? Starbucks might soon be paying a heavy price once again for another hidden camera affair. William Yockey, from Virginia is suing Starbucks after his 5-year-old daughter found a spy cam in one of its bathrooms in Washington, D.C. This is at least the third such incident reported this year for the coffee chain, ABC news reported.

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