Qualcomm, Nokia Head to Court Over Fees - more details
Nokia has filed a complaint, alleging Qualcomm is overcharging for royalties on their cellphone chips. Nokia contends it has a paid-up license for the most important patents, and that the rest are worth much less.

Jolie'sTwins - more details
Angelina Jolie has given birth to a girl and a boy, and dad Brad Pitt was by her side. The obstetrician who delivered the twins, Dr. Michel Sussmann, said the babies, Jolie and Pitt "are doing marvelously well." Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, a...

U.S. Attorney in Bear Case Promoted - more details
John Nathanson, one of the federal prosecutors handling the securities-fraud case against two former Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers, is being promoted to a supervisory position in the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Beauty Queen Scandals - more details
Ever since being elected the most beautiful woman in the Universe in 1996, the scandals keep chasing Alicia Machado. During her reign she suffered weight problems and, in order to keep the title, she was forced by Donald Trump to diet and exercise. In ...

EU Ruling Defends Caregiver - more details
The EU's highest court ruled that laws protecting the disabled from discrimination in the workplace also extend to employees who look after a disabled person at home.

Brinkley Testifies - more details
Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial that the day she learned her husband was having an affair with a teenager was the day "my life as I knew it had vanished." She took the stand in state Supreme Court, after testimony by her architect-husb...

Countrywide Shines Light on Loans - more details
An amended complaint filed by the California attorney general related to a suit against Countrywide Financial sheds new light on the poor quality of loans the company was planning to sell to investors.

Brinkley Settlement - more details
Christie Brinkley's lurid divorce trial came to an abrupt end when lawyers for her and her husband reached an out-of-court settlement that gives her sole custody of their two children. The settlement was reached after an all-night session that resolve...

Court Convicts Ex-Samsung Head - more details
A district court judge found the former chairman of the Samsung conglomerate guilty of tax evasion and sentenced him to a suspended prison term that means no time behind bars, adding to a pattern of South Korean courts dealing light penalties to major ...

Apple Sues Mac-Clone Maker - more details
Apple sued a computer maker that for the last three months has been selling machines capable of using Apple's Macintosh operating system software.