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A New York court has dismissed a lawsuit by a man dubbed the Flying Rabbi against TV network ABC and late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live over its use of the man's image in a parody involving basketball star LeBron James.

Greg Heffley had better take his vitamins and do some push-ups, because he's about to go up against a formidable foe indeed -- a zombie who bears an eerie likeness to him.

Smoke cigarettes, and you'll pay the price--especially if you're in New York City. Island Smokes, a business that allows patrons to roll their own cigarettes, has two locations in New York (one in Long Island, the other in the Lower East Side), but has agreed to shut down its business in order to avoid a lawsuit from the city. The stores will be closed by February 1.

Erika Ross Smith, a former Golden State Warriors employee, has filed a lawsuit against basketball star Monta Ellis for sending unwanted pictures of his genitals.

The AT&T/T-Mobile is the third high-profile merger the U.S. Department of Justice has successfully defeated in 2011.

Bank of America stressed that only Countrywide's practices are at issue in Wednesday's announcement of a settlement for discriminatory mortgage lending practices.

Adam Lambert celebrated the first day of Hanukkah with the digital release of his new song, Better Than I Know Myself that was accompanied by a Happy Hanukkah video message to his fans.

A late-day buying spree is causing shares in Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) to soar higher than its big bank peers. The rally began just after 3 p.m., shortly after news broke that the financial institution had settled a federal lawsuit regarding a subsidiary's subprime lending practices for $335 million.

She claimed he texted her several times in a single day, late at night or in the early morning hours.

Lovelace also stars Hank Azaria, Peter Sarsgaard and Amanda Seyfried.

Since September, members of the U.S. House and Senate have introduced five different amendments to the U.S. Constitution that would overturn key parts of the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee.

Daniel Mudd, the former CEO of Fannie Mae, will take a leave of absence as CEO of Fortress Investment Group in the wake of an Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit.

While reports of the highly publicized divorce of Kim Kardashian begin to fizzle, the spotlight is on Reggie Bush after he finally made a public statement about his ex-girlfriend's divorce after 72 days of marriage and failed to mention his new girlfriend.

It's another day, another lawsuit for the Jersey Shore crew.

I feel like the last person on earth not to have read Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. Over the last few years, I've watched mystery buffs and non-readers alike lugging around the adventures of Lisbeth Salander before eagerly watching the Swedish film adaptations at the movies or on DVD, but the whole phenomenon has been a dog whistle that I never heard until seeing David Fincher's much-anticipated The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Tuesday sued Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after the mortgage companies' regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), tried to block subpoenas seeking mortgage information.

SRG Ventures has slapped Jersey Shore pint-sized star Nicole Snooki Polizzi a $7 million counterclaim, as the lawsuit between her and the licensing company heats up.

Facebook will sue Mark Zuckerberg, an Israeli entrepreneur who changed his name in an effort to get back at the social network.

The Dallas-based company announced Monday that after a thorough review of its options it was backing out of the $39 billion deal, thus avoiding a costly and potentially lengthy legal battle.

Roughly 2,600 gallons of oil have leaked off the Brazilian coast since Sunday. The spill, reported Agence France Presse, threatens an area of the country's coast line that Carlos Minc, Environment Secretary in Rio de Janiero state, called an ecological treasure.

U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman ruled the Center for Reproductive Rights can reopen a lawsuit against the FDA that alleges the agency's decision to deny over-the-counter access to Plan B for all women is not supported by medical or scientific evidence.