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  The Hess Corporation is set to discontinue its retail gasoline operations along with its marketing and energy trading businesses to focus on production and exploration, the company announced on Monday.    Hess also announced it will boost its yearly dividend to $1 per share and buy back up to $4 billion in company ...

The Rich get Richer: Forbes' Rankings finds 210 New Billionaires

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Kansas Legislature Passes New Rape Law Unanimously

DNA testing has made it possible to identify more rapists than ever before, with a degree of certainty that was never before possible in criminal justice.  However, DNA testing has also changed the nature of cold cases.  New databases mean that rapists may be found years or even decades after committing their original crime ...

Texas Family Planning Cuts Cost Big Bucks

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Wealthy Woman Sued After Giving Up Children

According to New York state courts, a widow inheriting an estate worth more than $250 million must share the proceeds of the estate with an adopted daughter she gave up for re-adoption ten years ago.  Court documents show that the woman, who also has five biological children, also gave up a son for re-adoption in 1997. Lawyers ...

$444,000 Jury Verdict for Sexually Harassed Firefighter

The Florida city of New Smyrna Beach must pay a former firefighter nearly half a million dollars after a six day sexual harassment trial and unanimous jury verdict. After enduring years of sex-based workplace hostility—hostility which culminated in being fired from her job—Melissa Smith first filed a complaint with ...

Violence Against Women Act Reauthorized in Congress

After lapsing for over 500 days due to political squabbles, the landmark Violence Against Women Act has been re-authorized by the House of Representatives.  The bill, which is expected to be signed by President Obama, faced an uphill battle after House Republicans opposed its passage and proposed an alternative bill in its place ...

Rapist in Oklahoma Prison Claims Transgender Protections

A rapist who was convicted of abducting and repeatedly sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl in 1997 is insisting that the state of Oklahoma's Department of Corrections pay for some costs relating to gender reassignment.  Phoebe Halliwell, who until recently went by the name of Ronny Edward Darnell, has filed a suit in federal ...

Woman Says Candy Company Fired Her for Orientation, Pregnancy

After having a complicated pregnancy and revealing that she was a lesbian among her coworkers, a woman says that Mars Chocolate North America fired her based on her sexual orientation and being a pregnant woman.  The woman, Theresa Kwiecinski, is suing in New Jersey Superior Court after experiencing what she says was discriminatory ...

Judge Halts Sales From Wind Turbine Company

According to documents filed in Minnesota courts last week, a renewable energy company in Minnesota told farmers that wind turbines would pay for themselves in a few months or years through a combination of grants and energy credits.  However, farmers who purchased the systems at a minimum price of $119,000 quickly found out that their ...

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