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Wal-Mart Sued in Texas for Gender Discrimination

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. discriminated against female employees in Texas stores in pay and promotion decisions, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in Federal Court in Dallas.

More Companies Shed Light on Political Spending

More American companies are bending to shareholder pressure to reveal their spending to sway political campaigns despite court decisions allowing unfettered corporate cash in elections, according to a study released on Friday.

Female Wal-Mart Employees File New Sex Discrimination Class-Action Suit

Joseph Sellers, an attorney representing the female Wal-Mart employees, said as many as 15 class actions will be filed targeting the retail giant's regional areas.

'Anonymous' Movie's Shakespeare Fraud: Class Snobbery, Centuries Late

Anonymous, which opens tomorrow, wants to convince movie-goers that Shakespeare was a fraud. The movie's main success, however, is to illuminate how class-oriented and false the anti-Stratford argument- that Shakespeare's plays were written by somebody else- truly is, asserting as it does that a commoner could never be a genius.

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Amid Occupy DC Protests, Case Challenges Law Blocking Supreme Court Rallies

A lawyer for a group of protesters arrested in 2008 say a law prohibiting protests on U.S. Supreme Court grounds is too broad and violates the First Amendment.

Amanda Knox Lawsuit Rumors Slammed by Kercher Family

Amanda Knox may have been acquitted from the Meredith Kercher murder case on Oct.3 but ever since she has been tangled up in rumors that Kercher's family are getting ready to sue her for $12 million- a claim that was slammed by Kercher's father on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama greets diners at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles in Los Angeles

Obama visiting Latinos in L.A., but is all about money

President Barack Obama is targeting African Americans and Latinos with his visit to Los Angeles Monday, but here's the demographic he's really after: People with money.

Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn

Levi Aron's Attorneys say Confession was Forced, Claim Insanity

Levi Aron, the man charged with the kidnapping and murder of an eight-year-old boy from Brooklyn, and his attorneys are now saying that a previously offered confession from Aron was the outcome of coercion by the police.

The U.S. Supreme Court building seen in Washington May 20, 2009.

Blackwater Guards Petition Supreme Court to Toss 2007 Iraqi Massacre Charges

Four Blackwater Worldwide guards asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling that dismissed their indictment due to tainted evidence.

A sign at the entrance to the headquarters of bankrupt Solyndra LLC is shown in Fremont

Solyndra Scandal: 5 More U.S. Energy Scandals

The recent bankruptcy of solar energy company Solyndra raises questions regarding its relationship with the U.S. Department of Energy, which allegedly modified a loan agreement to prevent the tettering company from going under. The incident casts a shadow over the solar energy industry, already a controversial field.

Arizona Immigration Law: Judge Tosses Countersuit Against U.S.

Arizona had claimed that the U.S. abdicated its responsibility in enforcing immigration laws.

Compassionate Release to Onion Field Killer Denied by California Board of Parole

The California Board of Parole has denied offering a compassionate release to infamous Onion Field killer Gregory Powell during a Tuesday meeting. Powell, who is now serving a life sentence, was convicted of killing a cop named Ian Campbell around 48 years ago.

Occupy Wall Street: Cornel West Arrested Again at 'Stop and Frisk' Protest [VIDEO]

Princeton University Prof. Cornel West was arrested Friday, the second time this week, at an Occupy Wall Street rally in Harlem protesting outside a police precinct against the NYPD's stop and frisk policy.

Mongolian Supreme Court Orders Govt to Enforce Mining Ban

Mongolia's Supreme Court has ordered the government to enforce a ban on mining in river and forest areas following an appeal submitted by activists who said the country's fragile environment was threatened by reckless mining.

Liquidnet Sued by Wedbush over Trade Secrets

Liquidnet Inc, a U.S. venue where institutions anonymously trade public stocks, was sued by Wedbush Securities Inc for allegedly stealing trade secrets to start a rival business trading shares of private companies.

Herman Cain Gets Presidential Super PAC

Supporters of businessman Herman Cain launched a so-called super PAC that will allow corporations to donate unlimited sums of money that can be used to boost a candidate or attack a rival.

Supreme Court to Decide If Corporations, Political Groups Liable for Human Rights Abuses Abroad

The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately decide if victims and their families can sue corporations or political organizations in America for human rights abuses in other countries.

Gilad Shalit: 5 Things to Know about Israeli's Release

Gilad Shalit was released on Tuesday, after being held captive for five years by Palestinian political group Hamas. After years of protests, failed compromises and international outrage, the Israeli solder was finally reunited with his family.

Mitt Romney Campaign Judicial Adviser: Women 'Aren't Discriminated Against Anymore'

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's legal adviser and failed U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork says he still believes that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment should not apply to women.

Health Care Reform: States Risk Losing Millions in Fed Money by Delaying Exchanges

Since President Barack Obama signed the U.S. Affordable Care Act in 2010, only a dozen states have created the legal authority for a health insurance exchange to comply with the law, while five have passed legislation to produce feasibility studies.

Egypt's Nile TV showed footage of Sgt Shalit being handed over

Hamas Frees Gilad Shalit in Prisoner Trade with Israel

Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released to a national outpouring of joy Tuesday after five years in captivity, exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in a deal with Gaza's Hamas rulers.

A convoy carrying Palestinian prisoners is seen as it leaves the Ketziot prison in southern Israel October 18, 2011.

Gilad Shalit Freed: Israel, Hamas Begin Prisoner Exchange (Photos)

Israel and Hamas on Tuesday morning started exchange of prisoners. Hamas handed over Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who has been held since June 2006, to Egypt in exchange of Palestinian prisoners.

Pedestrian walks past a painting, depicting Israeli soldier Shalit, hung outside a protest tent in Jerusalem

Israeli-Palestinian Prisoner Exchange Begins

A long-awaited prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas began before dawn Tuesday when the first of hundreds of Palestinian inmates were bused from their jails to border crossings where they will be swapped for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

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