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Amway is back in court over a dispute with record companies tied to a copyright infringement case settled 16 years ago.

1975, 2014: Capitol Records: non-free use of original album cover to promote product with no intent to compete with or hinder copyright owner in any way.

The state attorney general is suing a man who used to run an animal sanctuary in Forks, saying he failed to register with the state while raising $300,000 for his organization.

U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan said Tuesday that the Department of Justice will take no further legal action to reclaim the funeral mask of Lady Ka-Nefer-Nefer, a noblewoman who died in 1186 B.C. The mask, excavated from a Saqqara pyramid in 1952, went missing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo more than 40 years ago.

The ubersuperduperstar was seen checking out a $21.5 million penthouse in Chelsea, close to the building in which Katie Holmes barricaded herself after her divorce from Tom Cruise, a source reportedly told New York Daily News.

By copyright and intellectual property attorney Wallace E. J. Collins III, Esq. . 19 Entertainment, the record company founded by "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller, has sued Sony Music Entertainment for allegedly cheating artists such as Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson out of monies due to them.

Staff at British banks could be made to hand back bonuses more than six years after the money has been paid to them under a regime that will amount to the world's toughest rules on clawing back remuneration.

After a home break-in, a Washington State resident is searching for her most prized possession: a beloved Lhasa Apso taken from his own home.

If you're a cable subscriber, you pay roughly 89 cents per month for the Fox News Channel , based on 2012 estimates provided by the industry research firm SNL Kagan.

A fugitive sex offender, identified by sources as Charles Mozdir, 32, was shot to death and three officers were injured in a firefight with New York police in a West Village smoke shop Monday, shortly after 1 p.m., the Daily News reports.

Freddie Prinze Jr. ripped Kiefer Sutherland last weekend at Comic-Con, saying the "24" actor made him want to quit acting.

A few celebrities have weighed in on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in Gaza in recent weeks by tweeting support for Palestine, but most, including Rihanna and Dwight Howard, quickly deleted their tweets after experiencing a huge backlash by supporters of Isreal.

West Texas Intermediate crude dropped for the fourth time in five days as economic data may signal slowing growth in the U.S., the world's biggest oil consumer.

THIS DAY IN 1987: The Beatles sued Nike and Capitol Records over the use of the song "Revolution" in shoe commercials.

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Tom Apple will soon be leaving his position as University of Hawaii at Manoa chancellor after just over two years on the job, according to sources familiar with the situation.

The new 50-page assessment, a copy of which was obtained by The Detroit News on Saturday, was prepared in just two weeks by appraiser Victor Wiener of New York's Victor Wiener Associates .

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Aretha Franklin performing at DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston on July 12. - Aretha Franklin has some harsh words for a New York server who showed D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T by telling the Queen of Soul she wasn't allowed to eat her takeout inside the restaurant.

A monthly New York newspaper, The WestView News, uses an objectionable headline on a piece in its July edition, which argues that much of the shrill hatred toward President Obama is rooted in racism.