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Retailers, Credit Card Companies Sue Each Other Over Swipe Fee Settlement

Seventeen major retailers have filed a federal lawsuit over a $7.2 billion settlement regarding “swipe fees” to process credit card transactions – and card companies Visa and MasterCard have in tur

I Can’t Bear to Look

In Illinois, an appellate court has upheld a Chicago city bus driver’s claim for emotional distress for hav

‘Novel’ Student Data Bill Goes to Oklahoma Governor

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will consider a student privacy bill Oklahoma lawmakers passed by large margins this month.

Obamacare Leads States and Cities to Consider Dumping Employees, Cutting Back Hours

As the employer mandate of President Obama’s health care law goes into effect in the coming months, fiscally strained state and local governments are considering forcing some of their employees ont

Polar Sea Ice Exceeds the Long-Term Average

Polar sea ice remains more extensive than the long-term average, as has been the case for most of this year.

Lessons from Farmers for Health-Care Providers and Policymakers

The past century brought an astounding increase in farmers’ productivity. It created economic instability and brought the virtual abandonment of many rural Southern farming towns.

Prominent Alarmist Wished for Oklahoma Tornado Tragedy

Nobel Prize-winning global warming alarmist Thomas Schelling told the Atlantic in a 2009 interview, “I sometimes wish that we could have, over the next five or ten years, a lot of horrid t

Issue #92: Politicians Play Ridiculous Global Warming Card after Tornado

Not 24 hours passed from the time a devastating tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people including eight children, until shameless global warming activists in Congress beg

Richard Innes: Schools, Data-Mining, and Invasions of Privacy (podcast)

Are schools collecting too much personal information about kids?

The Fed’s $1 Trillion Bailout . . . of Foreign Banks

In a recent eye-opening piece by Zerohedge.com, “Thanks to QE B
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