Monday, June 20, 2011

Two men burned in farm accident - WLOX-TV and WLOX.com - The News for South Mississippi

Wal-Mart Wins Supreme Court Gender-Bias Case - Bloomberg

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a ruling that may mean new limits on class-action suits, rejected an effort to sue Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) for discrimination on behalf of potentially a million female workers.

The justices said the lawyers pressing the case failed to point to a common corporate policy that led to gender discrimination against workers at thousands of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores across the country. The court ruled unanimously on some aspects of the case and divided on others.

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Iowa residents wait, watch river's rising waters - Weather