Cynthia Robinson has just been awarded $23.6 billion by a Florida Jury for damages in her lawsuit against the tobacco company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Her argument in the case was that smoking killed her husband, Michael Johnson, in 1996. R.J. Reynolds Company was found to be negligent in not informing him that nicotine is addictive and smoking causes lung cancer. Johnson started...
Norfolk is about to be home to one of the largest outlet malls in the state of Virginia. The Simon Property Group has announced plans to invest $75 million to build a "Premium Outlets" mall at Northampton Boulevard off I-64, replacing part of the Lake Wright Golf Course, a property that Norfolk has owned for almost 50 years.
The city council will be approving...
August's Sheriff's Office is currently investigating an outrageous incident. An unknown man has just stole over 200 pairs of women's underwear from the Victoria's Secret store at the Augusta Mall.
The security tapes show an African-American or Hispanic male wearing a white pullover shirt and jeans walking into the Victoria's Secret store around 11:50 a.m., and walking out with over $1,900 worth...
An unprecedented ban on smoking tobacco may soon be put into effect throughout the city of Albany.
“A smoke free environment is so much better than being in one where you have to deal with a second hand smoke and the nuisance of second hand smoke,” commented Richard Conti, an Albany council member.
The Law, Buildings, and Code Enforcement Committee in preparing to discuss...
Over 600 jobs will be coming to the Norfolk area, most of them will be at Fort Monroe in Hampton.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe has just announced that Liberty-Source PBC will hire about 600 new workers for a new $1.56 million millitary operation at the fort.
“An operation at a former U.S. Army post is a perfect fit for Liberty-Source PBC’s business model. The company...
A mysterious giant hole has just appeared on the Siberian Peninsula called Yamal (which, literally translated, means 'the end of the world'). The following video captured from a helicopter shows a weird configuration with debris and signs of combustion around it;
Scientists have now completed an initial survey of the giant hole in northern Yamal — Siberia. Unfortunately for hopefully...
The Supreme Court has just ordered Denver's County clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples in accordance with the state's definition of marriage. The city of Denver has now immediately stopped issuing licenses.
The 10th Circuit recently ruled Utah's definition of marriage to be unconstitutional, prompting the county clerk in Denver to take matters into his own hands and started issuing marriage licenses...
In the past several decades, women-owned businesses have become an increasingly important they have gone from just 5% of the economy to over 30%. Combined, these businesses currently generate trillions of dollars for the US economy, and employ tens of millions of workers. In spite of this, many female entrepreneurs still face incredible challenges in getting financed.
This past week, Tory Burch, fashion...
Many local Natural gas drilling proponents in the Binghamton region experienced an additional setback when the NY Supreme Court threw out a recent lawsuit - the second of its kind brought by the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York and Norse Energy. The lawsuit sought to stop the Department of Environmental Conservation's ongoing review of the environmental effects of hydrofracking.
NY Court Justice Roger...
After the recent Hobby Lobby victory, the Senate met to determine whether to deny contraception coverage to employees of other companies.
Moments after Senators defeated the so-called Blunt Amendment, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) accused Sebelius of lying about the administration’s rule to provide “abortifacient” drugs - his statements are downright shocking;
SEBELIUS: There also is no abortifacient drug that is part of...