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• Thanksgiving Video Treat: Watch The Fat Guy Grab All Goodies of Capitalism

  Here on YouTube you can watch The Fat Guy grabbing at all the goodies of capitalism, including the right to four cannoli on his bad days [three vanilla, one chocolate, all with fresh pistachio nuts].…

• Suicide: Why weren't there more during Great Recession?

  The real story is not that suicides have probably risen during this brutal downturn but why there wasn't more of them. In its coverage of a probable uptick in recent suicide rates, THE WALL STREET…

• Abortion Controversy: Black Swan Development for Patrick Kennedy

  There are positive, negative, and half of each Black Swan events. Those "Black Swans," a term brought mainstream by financial markets expert Nassim Taleb, are rare or unexpected developments which have profound impacts. The classic…

• Midsized Law Firms - Those online video trailers as new killer app

  Brownstein Hyatt Faber Schreck, Barnes & Thornburg, and Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson: These law firms have what might be called The Midsize Edge. When the bubble burst, reports Karen Sloan in THE NATIONAL LAW…

• U.S. Labor Dept tough on wage/hrs violations

  During the last three months the U.S. Department of Labor recovered about $2 million in back wages for 500 employees. The most recent development in its tough stance on wage/hours violations is, reports Jenna Greene…

• Tensions Esclate between U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy and Catholic Church

  In the Roman Catholic Church, the belief is that the sacrament of the Eucharist is literally partaking of the body of Christ. When young Catholics make their First Communion, it is a major spiritual rite…

• Yeah, don't give up before the miracle

  Directly related to law, at least in Pennsylvania: The PALaw 2009 Managing Partners Survey found that 93% of those interviewed said that for the timeframe June 2009 to June 2010 they did not anticipate attorney…

• Seyfarth cuts Class of 2010 5%-10%

  There will be plenty of cuts in traditional compensation for the Class of '10. Seyfarth Shaw is the latest to announce downsizing of salary. For the incoming 16, salary will be 5% to 10% less.…

• My Mother, My Girlfriend - Photos of Sherry Johnston mirror Bristol Palin

  Sherry Johnston, mother of pinup boy Levi, received a sentence of three years. Photos of her portray an eerie resemblance to the mother of Levi's child. Is it a universal of human behavior, unless it's…

• Monday: 4th Mistrial for Junior?

  Maybe it's what psychologist John Gartner contends in "The Hypomanic Edge." And that's America was settled by a bunch of misfits, so the nation has a big soft spot for outliers, even if they bend…