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The explicit and enduring ramifications of Wal-Mart v. Dukes are still to be determined. Two years later, it’s becoming clear just how much the ruling has reshaped the American legal landscape. But it’s not as though everyone is rolling up their tents and going home.

When one of Britain's best-known science writers went to Los Angeles to meet the show's writers for a new book, he found a team dedicated to inserting gags about complex math problems. And you thought it was just a cartoon…

SEIU 721, which represents 55,000 who've had no raise in five years, plans to protest county's proposed 6%-raise-over-30-months offer.

"We certainly don't want anybody going without a place to live, but we have our orders."

If there's a grand coalition between the CDU and the Social Democrats, current laws mean that Die Linke and the Greens wouldn't be able to challenge the government's legislation

The usual opponents—in Congress, in Israel and the pro-Israel lobbies—are already on the move, challenging the new opening.

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The case the Supreme Court will hear involves a South Florida greyhound track, now known as Mardi Gras Gaming, where UNITE HERE reached an agreement with the employer in 2004. The company would allow union representatives to speak to workers in non-work areas during non-work times and would provide the union with contact information for employees. It would also “remain neutral” about unionization.

The Vatican has been turned upside down, but can he ensure that his radical changes to the Church will last?

Newly released video confirms near-disaster over North Carolina in 1961 avoided by safety switch known to be defective