FX's 'Damages' expands cast with Short, Scott

Glenn Close, who won her second consecutive Emmy Award for FX's "Damages," is welcoming two new cast members to the legal drama.

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Fire! Hotels in 4 states hit by costly prank calls

The calls have all been similar pranks: A frantic man urges hotel desk workers or guests to set off a fire sprinkler, sound an alarm or bust windows. It's always the same: Do it now!

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Court lets stand $13M judgment against Chrysler

The Supreme Court has rejected a request from Chrysler to overturn a $13 million punitive damages award to the parents of an 8-month-old boy who died in the crash of a Dodge Caravan.

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Police: driver caused $26K damages, arrested

Police say a woman arrested in Nebraska on suspicion of drunken driving hit fences, garages and a house as she left a $26,000 trail of destruction.

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Judge: 1868 Sioux treaty covers pain, suffering

A nearly 150-year-old treaty between the United States and a number of Indian tribes requires the U.S. government pay for the treatment and other losses of a Sioux woman sexually assaulted by an Army recruiter, a federal judge ruled.

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Cut-Off Cancer Patient to Get $9M

A woman who had her medical coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer has been awarded more than $9 million in a case against one of California's largest health insurers.

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FX Drama 'Damages' Wins Two-Year Renewal

Even after its season finale last month, "Damages" left viewers in suspense: Would this crafty legal thriller be renewed?

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Damage Limits at Stake in Tobacco Appeal

The question of whether juries should be allowed to award massive punitive damages is at stake when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over an $80 million verdict against tobacco giant Philip Morris.

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Kennel Owner Won't Sell Puppy to Lesbian

A Swedish court has imposed a 20,000 kronor ($2,600) fine on a woman kennel owner who refused to sell a puppy to a lesbian.

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the lawsuit sat in North Carolina for months and months. Finally, in the face of PepsiCo's silence, a default judgment was entered, and a damages award tallying $1.26 billion (yes, $1.26 billion) was entered on Sept. 30.

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Short and Sweet... Let's Fix the Problem

There are many blogs on the vine that refer to crimes of hate, or crimes of the moment or crimes of greed. The perpetrator gets hurt and sues the victim for damages. Some idiot judge, at some time of our history, decided that that criminal has the right to damages.

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When Alejandra Ramos received an offer in Peru to work as a nanny for a Key Biscayne couple, she thought it would be a great opportunity to change her life, and especially to have health-insurance coverage to treat her diabetes.

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Two Peruvian women who came to the U.S. to work as nannies for an IBM executive and his wife and were forced to sleep in a converted closet and work 19-hour days have won $125,000 in back wages and damages.

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My Official Emmy Nomination Predictions

Well, I did not do too well last year, so let's see how miserable my accuracy is going to be this year! Let's get to it! OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES Damages Dexter In Treatment Lost Mad Men 24 Possible 7th Nominee: True Blood

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My Dream Emmy Ballot

Emmy season is now upon us. With a little more than two weeks until the nominations are unveiled for the 61st installment of television's highest honor, there seems to be more of a buzz in the air than some might think.

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Farmers have expressed disappointment and concern at a legal ruling in favour of a walker hurt when she was attacked by cows as she crossed a field.

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A new study published by University of Leicester researchers has found "convincing evidence" that cannabis smoke damages DNA in ways that could potentially increase the risk of cancer development in humans.

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" WASHINGTON – Bubbling beneath the surface of a highly technical argument about presidential powers at the Supreme Court Monday were implications for future relations between the United States and Iraq.

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Yes, here's another sign of the evil ways of Facebook -- or good ways, depending on your perspective. Just one day after hearing that a man may be denied disability payments thanks to time spent on the social networking site, we learn of a story out of the U.K.

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Excerpt: Leon Edwards refused to get off a Metro bus Monday, setting off a chain of events that forced the driver to stop, disrupting the bus line.

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Excerpt: History will show it was the squirrel who started this war. In an instinctive act of aggression, it occupied the territories known as the Jensens' attic. The Greendale family had no choice but to fight back.

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A 9-month-old buck fleeing a snarling dog crashed through the front window of a Greek restaurant in Silver Spring on Thursday, upending tables, shattering glassware and terrifying customers.

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A man who tried to kill himself has been paid £90,000 damages by the hospital that saved his life.

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Following lengthy legal discussions, Israel recently paid approximately 1.5 million pounds in damages to the family of British cameraman James Miller, who was killed in Rafah in May 2003.

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Excerpt: Veteran actor Ben Vereen and his daughter forced a Queens man into bankruptcy - and now the jilted UPS worker wants more than $10 million in damages, according to a fiery suit filed last week.

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--Short video of interview with man on right of link page.-- COCOA BEACH -- Dennis Kuhles thought his eyes were deceiving him when he caught the first glimpse of his in-ground concrete swimming pool floating in his backyard.

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What are the Damages?

****Note****Spoliers Abound

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WOODLAWN - Firefighters quickly put out a blaze at a pigment manufacturing plant early Thursday, but assessing the damage to their equipment - which is now splattered in red - will take much longer.

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SYDNEY (AFP) -- A crocodile which was captured after menacing tourist beaches near Australia's World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef has died from eating too many plastic bags, officials said.

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On November 3rd the Supreme Court will hear the case of Wyeth v. Levine, which has been called the "business case of the century"—and with good reason.

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Zeljko Ivanek, Emmy-nominated this Sunday for his supporting role as Damages' "troubled" Ray Fiske, is poised to set Fox's House on fire.

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EMMY ANALYSIS: Drama and Comedy Series

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES BOSTON LEGAL DAMAGES DEXTER HOUSE LOST MAD MEN

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Unbelievable but true ... our out-of-control legal system at its best!

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