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New York Gas Drillers Face Road Blocks Despite End of Drilling Ban

Marcellus shale exposure above Marcellus, N.Y.
The end of a drilling ban in New York was meant to be a new dawn for energy companies. After years of waiting, they would finally be able to exploit the richest deposit of natural gas in the country. But as companies delve into new regulations for drilling in New York, they're discovering a bitter reality: half the land they had leased for drilling may now be out of bounds.
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AT&T Asks Antitrust Suit Judge for Sprint Records

AT&T has asked the federal judge controlling the government’s suit to bar its takeover of T-Mobile USA for access to records of rival Sprint-Nextel. Sprint filed its own motion seeking to deny it.
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Baby Lisa Irwin Missing: Mother Admits to Drinking, Police Get Search Warrant for Home

Authorities used a search warrant Wednesday to block baby Lisa Irwin's Kansas City home from her parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, and to further scour the home and yard with shovels, rakes, and ladders. Attention has once again turned to Deborah Bradley, baby Lisa's mother, who has changed her story a few times during the investigation. Bradley admitted that she had been drinking heavily the night Lisa disappeared and says she may have even blacked out.
Actor Ashton Kutcher speaks during "A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation" at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California

Ashton Kutcher Fathered January Jones' Baby?

Amidst rumors flooding the Internet regarding Ashton-Kutcher and Demi Moore break-up, there are new reports emerging with a shocking possibility that Ashton Kutcher could be the mystery man who has fathered January Jones' baby.
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Ceglia lawyer withdraws from Facebook lawsuit

The New York man claiming half of Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg's lucrative stake in the world's largest social networking company is replacing his main lawyer for a third time, a court filing showed.
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Ceglia told lawyer to ignore Facebook court order

The New York man claiming half of Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg's stake in the social networking company told his lawyer not to comply with a court order to turn over email data, a court filing shows.
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Golden Globes lawsuit may not begin until July 2012

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's lawsuit against Dick Clark Productions -- originally scheduled for this past September -- may not go to trial until next July, documents filed in a Los Angeles federal court Thursday revealed.
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CAS Dismisses Olympic Ban on Doping Offenders

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cleared the way on Thursday for several dozen former doping offenders to compete at next year's Olympics after dismissing the validity of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) eligibility rule.
Elizabeth Warren speaks with voters as she campaigns after announcing her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Framingham, Massachusetts

Warren in Senate campaign mode with first debate

Consumer advocate and former Obama administration official Elizabeth Warren got into the nitty-gritty of campaigning for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts on Tuesday, facing off in her first political debate.
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Insight: China's foreign lawyers argue case from the gallery

Ten years after lawyers helped forge an agreement to bring China into the World Trade Organization , a step that created opportunities for scores of non-Chinese businesses, foreign attorneys in the country wish they had struck a better deal for themselves.
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Timeline: Italian court clears Amanda Knox of murder

Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were cleared and freed Monday after appealing a 2009 verdict that originally found them guilty of murdering British student Meredith Kercher.

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