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Buying frenzy Lawsuit vs Homebuilders Revived

A Lennar model home is open for customers in a new neighborhood in the Denver suburb of Thornton
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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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.
People wait in line to enter a job fair in New York

2.8 Million U.S. Jobs Lost Since China Joined WTO: Study

About 2.8 million jobs, both in manufacturing and high-tech fields, have been lost as a result of the growing U.S. trade deficit with China since Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, said an EPI study, which was denounced immediately by the US-China Joint Business Council.
President Barack Obama tours Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility in Fremont, California

Solyndra Executives to Plead 5th at House Hearing

Two top executives at Solyndra Inc., a recently bankrupt solar energy firm, will reportedly invoke their 5th Amendment rights and not answer questions during a hearing before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday.
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California rebound held back by inland areas

California will trail the nation's economic recovery as its once fast-growing inland areas struggle for years to come with a dearth of jobs and devastated housing markets, a report released on Tuesday said.

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