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Back in June, the US Supreme Court ruled that the female employees who faced sexual discrimination from Wal Mart couldn't legally sue the company as a class. Now, the plaintiffs are regrouping and have mounted a new lawsuit against the big box behemoth. More »
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Recently Lisa Beauchamp sued her employer, the Teamsters Local 150 in Sacramento, for sexual harassment after a union official said not-sexy sex things to her, touched her inappropriately, and traded massages with a group of "office party girls" during workplace functions. A jury found for Beauchamp, but dang—she lost on a legal technicality. Now the Teamsters' lawyer is saying dumb things ... as lawyers involved in these cases sometimes do. More »
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Bruce Raisley, the 48-year-old former volunteer with 'Perverted Justice' (better known as the organization that works with the NBC show To Catch a Predator via hidden camera investigations) who was convicted six months ago of "launching a malicious computer program designed to attack computers and Internet sites", has now been sentenced to two years in prison, as well as over $90,000 in restitution fees to the "affected websites". More »
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Five women claim that their children's birth defects -– including scoliosis, partial blindness, and ADHD -– were caused by exposure to "hazardous chemicals and substances" at the company's Dallas and Santa Cruz facilities. More »
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Yesterday we posted what appears to be unretouched photos of Jennifer Aniston looking tan and freckle-faced — that is, before the Photoshoppers got to her. This did not go over well with the folks whose watermark was on that image. More »
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New research pokes holes in the old theory that the children of single-parents are more likely to be unsuccessful (Obama and Michael Phelps seemed to turn out just fine!). • The Planning Commission of Clayton, California has decided to reinstate that 11-year-old girl's produce stand that got shut down last week, although the town's mayor (who previously called the girl "selfish") isn't too happy. • More »
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Del Martin, a lesbian activist and a founder of the nation's first outspoken lesbian advocacy group — the Daughters of Bilitis — passed away this morning at the age of 85. Martin was also one of the first same-sex couples to get married in California. More on Ms. Martin tomorrow. • There's a legal loophole in Australia in which women who abort late-term fetuses are still eligible to receive a "baby bonus" reward from the government. • The differences between the way women and their bodies are represented on the old and new versions of 90210 reveal how our standards for "ideal" female bodies have changed. • How did minority characters and actors make out through the summer blockbusters? Uh, not too great. • More »
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