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CA sperm donor at odds with federal regulators

An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his semen that he advertises over the Internet.
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Kobe Bryant Divorce: How Much Will Vanessa Bryant Get With No Prenup?

Vanessa Bryant is expected to get millions in her divorce from Lakers player Kobe Bryant, all because the basketball players failed to sign a prenup ten and a half years ago. Instead, California law is on Vanessa's side, with the basketball wife expected to get more than enough for many lifetimes. What will she take from Kobe Bryant?
Trent Arsenault

Trent Arsenault: FDA Warns Sperm Donor to Stop Free Donations Over Internet

Arsenault, 36, has fathered 14 children and has four more on the way. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is ordering him to stop using his web site to give free sperm donations to couples, citing legal violations and health risks, but Arsenault considers the exchange a sexually intimate relationship... and won't stop.
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Apple Wins U.S. Patent Suit Against HTC

The California-based Apple is involved with numerous patent disputes world over with smartphone makers that run Android. Recently Samsung filed new claims against Apple over patent infringements in Germany.
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Facebook Can be Sued for ‘Like’ Ads, Judge Says

A San Jose judge has said that Facebook, the largest social-networking site, can be sued by those claiming that its showing advertisements that users' friends like is a violation of California law as it pertains to commercial endorsements.
Jules Manson's Racist Rant

Ron Paul Supporter on Obama: Assassinate N****r and Monkey Children

Politician Jules Manson, a former city council candidate and rabid Ron Paul supporter, posted an extremely racist tirade against President Obama following the signing of the NDAA, calling him a monkey and urging the n***r's assassination. Manson's tirade prompts a look at Paul's past associations with white supremacy groups, but those who call Paul racist go too far.
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Dangerous Snowstorm to Strike Southwest, High Plains Sunday Night, Monday

The storm will bring snow through the Midwest and Northeast before ending, but it's the Southwest that is expected to be particularly hard less than a week before Christmas a holiday travel begins for some. The storm is still devloping, and the total impact is unclear, but it does appear late Sunday afternoon that into Monday parts of the region could get hammered.
An empty mail box is seen at the front door of a foreclosed house in Miami Gardens, Florida in this September 15, 2009 file photo.

Loan-Modification Blunders Bedevil U.S. Housing Recovery

The federal government's Home Affordable Modification Program is far from perfect, said Josh Zinner, an advocate with the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project in New York, "but the biggest problem is servicers not doing their job."
Winnipeg Jets fans greet Anaheim Ducks' Teemu Selanne during warm-up prior to their NHL hockey game in Winnipeg

Selanne skates back to hero's welcome in Winnipeg

Teemu Selanne skated onto Winnipeg ice for the first time in 15 years to a hero's welcome from Jets fans Saturday, as the Finnish Flash returned to the city where he started his National Hockey League career.
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Court Rejects California's New Lethal Injection Protocol

A northern California judge has rejected the state's new protocol for lethal injections affecting death penalties. Judge Fay D'Opal, a Marin County Superior Court official, said correction officials had failed to explain why the single injection method, used in some other states, was not considered in the new rules; the current standard is a three drug injection method.
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At Last singer Etta James terminally ill

Grammy-winning R&B singer Etta James is terminally ill, her live-in physician said in an interview this week that confirmed reports of the singer's fading health.

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