Mass tort status is being considered in the lawsuits that have been filed against the makers of the birth control tablets Yasmin or Yaz and its generic form Ocella. This is largely because of the increasing number of cases being filed across the country where victims claim stroke and other serious health problems caused [...]

She’s gone a long way from her West Lothian roots, but Susan Boyle’s influence still has its benefits for one local charity.Two fans from Norfolk recently wrote to the singer, complimenting her voice and enclosing money they wanted to go towards carers, following on from the star’s own experience caring for her mother for several [...]

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Alice Walton, the daughter of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. founder Sam Walton and one of the world’s wealthiest people, will present plans Monday for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, to open in Bentonville in May 2009.
Walton and the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation recently paid $35 million for Asher B. Durand’s painting [...]

A black Republican is like a Yugo: Not seen very often and all it takes is one look to see how limited their power is. Some might argue that Condoleezza Rice is an exception and cite the names of other blacks that have served in the Bush Administration. Stokely Carmichael referred to such presence as [...]