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'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' shakes up cast (CNN)
The "Law & Order" television franchise is well-known for its turnover -- and its seemingly fearless willingness to replace characters beloved by fans.
Tech Firms, Privacy Groups Want New E-privacy Law (PC World via Yahoo! News)
A coalition of tech vendors and privacy groups is calling on the U.S. Congress to update a 24-year-old law to better protect users of e-mail, cloud computing services and mobile phones from government surveillance.
Obama signs final health bill into law (AFP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama on Tuesday put the final capstone on his landmark health reform legislation, signing a final, adjusted version of the bill, into law.
Iraq PM will follow law on election: US envoy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The US ambassador to Iraq voiced confidence Tuesday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki would abide by the law despite his mounting criticism of what he alleges is election fraud.
Obama signs law; finalizes health care, loan remake (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama has signed a law that finalizes his health care overhaul and makes the government the issuer of all federal college loans.
RBS fined £29 mln for breaching competition law (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined nearly £29 million for breaking competition law, the Office of Fair Trading said on Tuesday.
British bank RBS fined for breaching competition law (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Partly-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland was fined nearly 29 million pounds (44 million dollars, 33 million euros) on Tuesday for breaking competition law, a British financial watchdog said.
Opinion polls: Obama's health care reform law not a winner so far (The Christian Science Monitor)
The American public expects that Obama's new health care reform law will cause costs to rise and quality of care to drop, new opinion polls find.
Law Firm: BofA, Merrill Lynch Are Sued Over Alleged Sex Bias (Fox News)
Law Firm: BofA, Merrill Lynch Are Sued Over Alleged Sex Bias
Obama signs student loan law; banks out as middlemen (Chicago Tribune)
The changes, which are expected to free up more money for higher education by ending the role of banks as 'middle men' in the lending process, come as part of the final piece of the healthcare law. Declaring himself an ally of American students in a fight against commercial banks, President Obama on Tuesday signed a new law designed to free up more money for higher education by ending the role ...