Eagle Scout says inclusion of gay Boy Scouts is only the first step     […]

"Two wrongs do not make a right," Jodi Arias' defense attorney said today as she asked the jury to spare Arias the death penalty.     […]

How to talk to your children about tornadoes and other natural disasters.     […]

Miami face-chewing victim Ronald Poppo thanked his supporters in a new video nearly one year after he endured severe injuries from a gruesome cannibal-like attack.     […]

The credit card breach at Schnuck Markets Inc. could cost the company $80 million in Illinois alone, according to court documents. In a May 17 filing, Schnucks asks that an April 25 lawsuit against the chain be moved to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, from St. Clair County Circuit Court. In the filing, Schnucks says 1.6 million tra […]

An appeals court ruling Tuesday allowed a legal malpractice lawsuit against Husch Blackwell LLP to go forward. The dispute dates to 2001, when MTW Corp., a software company formerly based in Mission Woods, Kan., was sold to a British company for $85 million. Brian Nail, who had been MTW’s CFO, sought advice from attorneys at what was then Blackwell Sanders r […]

Developer Renzo Renzi’s attempt to stop foreclosure auctions on two Miami condominium projects through Chapter 7 filings has failed. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurel Isicoff granted a motion by an affiliate of Miami Beach-based developer Crescent Heights to continue pursuing its foreclosure lawsuit against Renzi’s Beacon at Brickell Village, Beacon Developer Par […]

Wieden + Kennedy is being accused by the song publisher for Eminem of misappropriating one of the rapper's songs, and in its defense may have inadvertently maligned another giant of the genre. Eight Mile Style LLC and Martin Affiliated LLC, the Michigan entities that own the copyrights for the work of Marshall B. Mathers III — Eminem to most of us —clai […]

The District filed suit Monday against the Labor Department in U.S. District Court, seeking to overturn a ruling that could spike the cost of the CityCenterDC project by $20 million. The D.C. Office of the Attorney General contends that the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires a higher wage for federal and District construction jobs on public buildings and public […]

Nutritional products company Herbalife Ltd. has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company’s independent auditors. The move to hire PwC comes about a month after the company’s former independent accountant, KPMG LLP, resigned due to the alleged insider trading of Herbalife’s securities by one of KPMG’s former partners. PwC is expected to immediately […]

The economy in general continues its slow recovery, but clients still aren't returning to law firms. Demand for legal services declined 3.4 percent in the first quarter, according to the Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Index, a regular survey of major firms. That's the third decline in the past four quarters. The report's overall "Economic I […]

An appeals court ruling Tuesday allowed a legal malpractice lawsuit against Husch Blackwell LLP to go forward. The dispute dates to 2001, when MTW Corp., a software company formerly based in Mission Woods, sold to a British company for $85 million. Brian Nail, who had been MTW’s CFO, sought advice from attorneys at what was then Blackwell Sanders regarding s […]

Sprint Nextel Corp. raising its bid price for Clearwire Corp. at the last minute on Tuesday bodes well for Kansas City, a former president of the Mokan Wireless Association said. Dish Network Corp.’s competing bids for Clearwire Corp. (Nasdaq: CLWR) and Sprint (NYSE: S) have some locals concerned that the wireless carrier’s Overland Park headquarters could b […]

Law firm Armstrong Teasdale has been voluntarily dismissed from a $390 million lawsuit brought by Shelter Insurance Co. and Waddell & Reed over the sales of bonds for the failed Mamtek sugar plant project in Moberly, Mo. A Cole County judge dismissed Armstrong from the suit, without prejudice, on Monday. Mark Boatman, a partner with Armstrong Teasdale wh […]

In Jerry Bladdick’s tenure as vice president and chief administrative officer since July 2009, Lindenwood University-Belleville has grown from an extension location into a full-service campus. On May 17, Lindenwood University’s board of directors chose Bladdick as the first president of Lindenwood University-Belleville, university officials said Tuesday. Bla […]

The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine has donated thousands of dollars worth of science equipment this year to 13 public high schools on four of Hawaii’s islands. Three years ago, the medical school’s professional development program paired its Center for Cardiovascular Research faculty with local high school science teachers. The point o […]

EAST HAMPTON, New York (Reuters) - Judging by early demand for everything from doggie daycare to Ferrari rentals and fine art, rich Americans are going to make this a strong summer in one of their... […]

KABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost... […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's cultural elite is at loggerheads over whether to rebuild a museum closed by the late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, with the fate of masterpieces by Monet, Renoir and... […]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an altar railing in St. Peter's Basilica and dealt 12 hammer blows to Michelangelo's Pieta, severely damaging... […]

KIEV (Reuters) - As the snow and ice began to melt in Ukraine this spring, exposing fresh cracks and potholes in the roads, hundreds of motorists gathered outside a government building carrying... […]

Curious how much it costs to buy a piece of land on a Colorado ski resort mountain? Try $5.2 million per acre. Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN) sold 2.1 acres of land at the base of Breckenridge Ski Resort’s Peak 8 to an affiliate of Breckenridge Grand Vacations Inc., which developed the Grand Timber Lodge and Grand Lodge at Peak 7. The land carried a $11.1 mil […]

The credit card breach at Schnuck Markets Inc. could cost the company $80 million in Illinois alone, according to court documents. In a May 17 filing, Schnucks asks that an April 25 lawsuit against the chain be moved to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, from St. Clair County Circuit Court. In the filing, Schnucks says 1.6 million tra […]

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson wants to return $5 million of the $8 million that a council committee stripped from a Capitol Riverfront economic development project. The draft fiscal 2014 Budget Request Act, dropped by Mendelson Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's budget vote, invests $6 million next year to move D.C. Water facilities out of a site that […]

A flip flop store that started in Boston and expanded in warm-weather climates is now headed to St. Louis. Just in time for summer. Flip Flop Shops is opening a 1,080-square-foot store at the West County Center on Thursday, said franchise owner Christian Walter, who is opening the store with his wife, Beth Walter. Christian Walter said build-out costs for hi […]

Retail stores in Houston accounted for one-third of the year-over-year growth in the city's commercial building permits last month, the Greater Houston Partnership reported. The total value of retail building permits was $21.2 million for April, four times more than the $4.8 million issued in the same month last year. For the past four quarters, the ret […]

Sacramento’s University Village shopping center has submitted plans for a big expansion and new configuration. The owners of the center at Howe Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard propose expanding the existing Safeway supermarket, adding a two-level parking structure, demolishing some commercial space and adding some new space, said Stacia Cosgrove, a senior pla […]

Gap Inc. got an earful Tuesday during its annual shareholder meeting about not living up to its reputation as a socially responsible company. The San Francisco retailer (NYSE: GPS) received over 20,000 calls and plenty of hate mail from disgruntled customers around the world who are angry over its failure to sign onto an international agreement calling for b […]

Of Atlanta’s cadre of well-known companies, three remain the most valuable brands in the world, according to an annual BrandZ study by market researcher Millward Brown. Think red, brown and orange... The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) moved up to No. 5 with a brand value of $78.4 million (up 6 percent). The beverage giant was ranked No. 6 with an estimated brand w […]

Bellevue, Wash.-based RCO Legal P.S. will acquire Atlanta law firm Johnson & Freedman LLC, which focuses on mortgage default and foreclosure issues. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in coming weeks and will create a combined firm with mortgage default legal operations in 17 states. “For over 20 years, Johnson & […]

Seven months after losing a bid to build a new restaurant in Mountain View, Calif., Chick-fil-A Inc. is taking its sandwiches four miles down the road ... to Sunnyvale. It will be the Atlanta-based chicken-sandwich chain's second Silicon Valley location. Chick-fil-A media reps didn't return several calls for comment. But the new franchise is a sure […]

The Georgia Ports Authority’s executive director is optimistic that federal funding to deepen the Savannah Port will be in place in the next couple of years. Curtis Foltz, executive director of the Georgia Port Authority, spoke at the Cobb Chamber of Commerce’s Chairman’s Club luncheon Tuesday at the Cobb Energy Center for the Performing Arts. “We strongly b […]

The beleaguered construction industry is bouncing back across the South. The region, which stretches from Texas eastward through Georgia and the Carolinas, has a construction backlog of 9.3 months. It’s the longest backlog of any U.S. region — and the highest level in more than a year, according to first quarter data released today by the Associated Builders […]

At the outset, Corporate America hires women for more than half of all entry-level professional jobs. But over time, these women don’t reach the highest ranks of their companies. Only 28 percent of senior manager jobs are held by women, with 14 percent on executive committees and between 3 to 4 percent in CEO roles, according to a McKinsey & Co. study. W […]

Jekyll Oceanfront Hotel LLC broke ground Tuesday on the $41 million, 200-room beachfront hotel Westin Jekyll Island. The hotel is set to open adjacent to the new Jekyll Island Convention Center in September 2014 as part of the Jekyll Island Beach Village project in Jekyll Island, Ga. Jekyll Oceanfront Hotel is a joint venture with Wilmington, Del.-based Leon […]

National Weather Service said Newcastle-Moore tornado was at least an EF-4.     […]

Two-mile-wide tornado touched down just as students were being released from school.     […]

As the terrified tornado-whipped students of Briarwood Elementary School in Moore, Okla., cowered on their hands and knees with backpacks over their heads, tearfully pleading for their parents, they asked their teacher, 'Is this really happening?' Sheri Bittle, a first-grade teacher at Briarwood, today recounted the horror of Monday's twister […]

Microsoft will announce its next Xbox gaming console today. Here's what we expect.     […]

Jodi Arias to address jurors in penalty phase of murder trial as panel considers life or death     […]

Obama offers federal aid to victims of Oklahoma tornado victims.     […]

After the big acquisition announcement Yahoo and Tumblr CEOs talk about why the two are a good fit.     […]

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un's 'special envoy' has been sent on trip to China     […]

North Korea says that a "special envoy" for leader Kim Jong Un has left for China     […]

Venezuela parliament reconvenes 3 weeks after brawl that injured opposition lawmakers     […]