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Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, fell again Wednesday, giving back their early gains from Tuesday?s record-low close of $28.84.

The American Civil Liberties Union and LGBT group Lambda Legal will file lawsuits to challenge Illinois' same-sex marriage ban.

White-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of hibernating bats in the United States, has been detected for the first time in endangered gray bats in Tennessee, a finding that government scientists on Tuesday described as devastating.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has been pretty uncommunicative ever since the details of his flashy Singapore lifestyle, along with the renouncing of his American citizenship, made news headlines. But that all changed recently when Zuckerberg's former business partner, now a newly made billionaire thanks to the Facebook IPO, sat down for an interview with a magazine from his family's native Brazil.

An atheist and agnostic group in North Dakota won the right to sue over a decades-old Ten Commandments display in Fargo.

Lindsay Lohan has one Nevada-based tanning company scorching mad over a $40,000 unpaid tanning bill.

Acting is a business of red flags, said Howard Bragman, a veteran Hollywood publicist.

New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli renewed his call on Friday that Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), the second-largest oil company in the U.S., settle its legal battle against a multibillion-dollar judgment in Ecuador, to avoid further damaging its reputation and shareholder value.

In the past week, Roger Goodell has been named in two high profile lawsuits involving players.

Sharon Stone's former live-in nanny is suing the actress for insulting her Filipino heritage with derogatory comments.

Two U.S. Army reservists say the ban on women serving in combat roles violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) was partially rebuffed in its effort to get $10 billion out of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) Wednesday, as a Los Angeles U.S. district judge dismissed some of the New York re-insurer's claims in its securities lawsuit against the giant Charlotte, North Carolina- bank.

Anti-tobacco advocates in Indonesia plan to file a class action lawsuit this month using cases of child addicts in the hope of forcing tougher regulations on a society where one in three people smokes.

Business Review Weekly named Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart the World's Richest Woman, surpassing Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton.

In 2010 Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Motorola over patent fees for Xbox 360 technology. The phone manufacturer then countered with a lawsuit against Microsoft that could affect Xbox 360 sales in the United States.

Among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday are: Ares Capital Corp, Alcatel Lucent, FreightCar America, Jive Software, Dell Inc, Renren Inc, BlackRock, Alcoa and Facebook Inc.

Pomegranate juice peddler POM Wonderful lost a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission claiming the company used deceptive advertising in claiming its juice could treat or prevent certain illnesses.

Certain Groupon customers are entitled to part of the $8.5 million in damages that have been awarded as part of a class-action lawsuit against the company. Here's how to find out if you are eligible for a voucher.

The Sarah Phillips scandal affects the digital journalism industry.

Casey Anthony has been found hiding out in Florida 10 months after she dropped out of the spotlight at the conclusion of her blockbuster trial, during which she was acquitted of murder charges in connection with the death of her two-year-old daughter Caylee.

Lauren Odes, a 29-year-old woman from New Jersey, said she was fired from her temp job at a lingerie store in New York for being too busty and was not dressed demurely enough. Represented by Gloria Allred, she filed a suit for gender and religious discrimination against Native Intimates.