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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States District Court for the Central District of California has denied the motions of Senator John McCain and the Republican National Committee to dismiss the lawsuit brought by singer/songwriter Jackson Browne for the unauthorized use of Browne's voice and famous song Running On Empty in a presidential campaign commercial. Browne filed suit in August, 2008 for copyright infringement, false endorsement and violation of Browne's right of...

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARCI) today reported that on January 6 the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted defendants JACO Environmental, Inc. et al. a summary judgment in ARCA's lawsuit against the parties for unfair competition and false advertising brought by the Company in 2004. The ruling was made by the same judge who had earlier denied summary judgment to the defendants. No claims...

Discount domestic airfares in Australia have fallen to a 17-year low, a government index shows. The figures for January from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics show the cheapest fares are nearly 30 percent lower than a year ago, The Australian reported Sunday. The survey found that full economy airfares fell 21.6 percent compared with January last year. Meanwhile, business class fares in January were less than 1 percent lower than in the previous year, while...

A Las Vegas Sands Corp. lawyer said the company would appeal a $58.6 million award won by a Hong Kong businessman for help securing a gambling contract. District Judge Michelle Leavitt denied two motions in the case, one to have the judgment overturned and one to have the award reduced, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported Tuesday. In a six-week trial that ended in May, businessman Richard Suen claimed he helped the company secure a lucrative gambling contract in Macao. The company said...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Studio Center Total Production, the Nation's largest production company, proudly announces the hiring of Jeff Russell as Motion Graphic Designer. Russell, a native of Pittsburgh, PA has lived most of his life here in the Hampton Roads, VA area attending Tidewater Community College for graphic design. While working towards his degree at Tidewater Community College Jeff received an internship with CBN in the Video Graphics Department. After...

Motion Computing(R), a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications, announced today that Springfield Clinic, a large multi-specialty physician clinic in Springfield, Illinois, successfully implemented its C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) and LE1700 Tablet PCs with the Allscripts Enterprise(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR). The solution was deployed to 230 providers, several hundred nurses and ancillary staff with positive responses from both caregivers and patients....

US-based airline Great Lakes Aviation has announced that its scheduled service has generated 12.88 million revenue passenger miles in September 2008, a decrease of 4.1%, compared to 13.43 million revenue passenger miles in the same period of 2007. In September 2008, the airline's capacity measured in available seat miles increased 21.5% to 32.49 million, compared to 26.75 million in the same period of 2007. As a result, load factor decreased 10.6 points to 39.63% from 50.21% in September...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virgin America, the California-based airline on a mission to make flying good again, today announced the availability of two new travel options -- "Main Cabin Select" service and the introduction of fully refundable fares. In response to customer requests, Virgin America is launching the innovative options to provide more flexibility for today's busy travelers, as well as a new class of service with premium amenities. "We're continuing to...

By MARK FELDMAN I'm a meticulous person; others might use words like obsessive. I prefer to see myself as organized, and wish the world worked in the same manner. I abhor stupidity, and as we usher in a New Year we are also prompted to ask forgiveness and be humbled. Almost 30 years ago, Michael Medved and his brother Harry co-authored The Golden Turkey Awards, a book that remains close to my heart. In that spirit, and with no tongue in cheek, I offer my First Annual Turkey Awards....

By VAN DEN BERGH, Roeland AIR NEW ZEALAND is on track to beat its full year, zero profit forecast for 2009 despite carrying fewer passengers in the first two months of its financial year, but analysts warn tough times lie ahead. The airline's latest operating statistics show it carried 1.8 per cent fewer passengers in August than a year earlier, but since its June 30 balance date, group yields were up 7.3 per cent. Short haul yields were up 6 per cent and long haul up 11 per cent. Air...