LOS ANGELES, Calif. (April 29, 2007) — All eyes were on Rosie O’Donnell this week, as the enigmatic TV personality went from cracking wise about Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch on Monday, to making a startling announcement about her future with “The View” on Wednesday. The media was abuzz…

FAYETTEVILLE — Mitch Mustain made his collegiate debut against the University of Southern California, and now he’ll resume his college career with the Trojans.

In fiscal year 2006, 131 out of the 730 civil cases filed in U.S. District Court in Tulsa were civil rights lawsuits, a category that includes claims such as racial discrimination and gender bias.

Gaining too much weight can be as bad for an employer’s bottom line as it is for a person’s waistline.A Duke University Medical Center analysis found that obese workers filed twice the number of workers’ compensation claims, had seven times higher medical costs from those claims and lost 13 times more days of work from work injury or work illness than did nonobese workers. [click link for full …

State senators were faced with a grim choice on a vote to extend Florida’s no-fault auto insurance law: You will kill PIP if you vote against the bill and you will probably kill PIP if you vote for it, Sen Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, told members.

A new audio tape was released by Idaho Falls Police involving a case between Brandy Dunn and officer Darin Moulton. Moulton arrested Dunn back in December on a disorderly conduct charge at a bar.

Spiralling overheads in lower-value personal injury cases have meant costs often exceed damages, putting pressure on the government to reform the system.

The lawsuit against a former North Platte mayor accused of assaulting his opponent in 2002 was thrown out of court Friday. Tracy Martinez filed the personal injury lawsuit against former North Platte Mayor Jim Whitaker seeking $1,685.15 in damages in April 2006.

An Army soldier claims he faces a disciplinary hearing for behavior he blames on a brain injury suffered during Special Forces training in North Carolina, which he said was ignored by his commanders who sent him to Iraq anyway.

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply in the latest week, putting claims back near levels seen before the Easter holidays and spring breaks.