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In basketball terms, an NBA referee Monday asked a federal judge to call a technical foul on a sportswriter for bad sportsmanship. (more)

Daily Caller readers know that America’s road to economic recovery won’t begin in Washington, D.C. It will start in the homes and offices of entrepreneurs who risk it all to bring an idea to life. (more)

A federal judge in Virginia has determined that the part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul that requires all Americans to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional. (more)

What to do with all that money?  I have an answer. (more)

A U.S. District Court has ordered LimeWire to stop distributing and supporting its peer-to-peer file-sharing software, ruling that it “intentionally encourages” copyright infringement. (more)

Federal law enforcement authorities are investigating a nascent plot to carry out a series of terrorist bombings at stations in the Washington Metro system, according to intelligence and law enforcement sources. (more)

Under constituents’ heat to deal with corruption exemplified by the multiple-count indictment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), Illinois legislators on Oct. 15 approved placing a recall of governors law on the November 2 ballot. (more)

The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration’s initial six-month moratorium on deepwater oil-drilling dealt the government another blow on Wednesday. (more)

During the 2008 election cycle, Fox News personality Sean Hannity proclaimed journalism to be dead. As each day passes, the overwhelming evidence and recent polling data clearly prove that assessment to be correct. However, many could argue the industry had lost its so-called objective news coverage decades prior. (more)

For many, same-sex marriage evokes a broad array of passionate feelings. But, yesterday’s federal court ruling that struck down California’s same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8, is not about feelings. In fact, yesterday’s ruling is not really even about the legality of Proposition 8 inasmuch as it is about the proponents’ complete failure to argue why Proposition 8 should have been upheld. (more)

The state of Virginia can continue its lawsuit to stop the nation’s new health care law from taking effect, a federal judge ruled Monday.  (more)

When Leonid and Arlene Marmelshtein heard someone on the front porch of their small Southfield ranch house that cold winter night, they thought one of their adult sons had come home to enjoy Hanukkah dinner with them. (more)

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A federal judge has ruled two Connecticut public high schools can’t hold their graduations inside a church because that would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. (more)

ALBANY – A federal judge Friday barred Gov. David A. Paterson from furloughing 100,000 unionized state employees to help close the budget deficit. (more)

File-sharing software company LimeWire has lost a long-running court battle to the major recording companies. (more)

Three bisexual men are suing a national gay-athletic organization, saying they were discriminated against during the Gay Softball World Series held in the Seattle area two years ago. (more)

SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who accused David Copperfield of luring her to his private island in the Bahamas and raping her — and who was later charged with fabricating sexual assault claims against another man — dropped her federal lawsuit against the magician Tuesday. (more)

A trial has been scheduled to begin on December 6 in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, Florida, in a lawsuit that questions whether anyone has a trademark or intellectual property right to the “Tea Party” name. (more)

The FBI arrested eight members of the Michigan militia group Hutaree this weekend on charges they planned to levy war against the government. The eight men and one woman were charged after several raids this weekend and charged with a range of crimes including seditious conspiracy, teaching/demonstrating the use of explosive materials and attempts to use weapons of mass destruction. Update: One defendant, Joshua Stone, is currently a fugitive. (more)

Federal prosecutors plan to unseal charges today against members of a self-described Christian militia arrested Saturday and Sunday in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. (more)